Gael Giraud, renowned economist and director of research at the prestigious National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) flatly stated, “We’re seeing food rationing in London and potential rationing in New…
I live in Normandy, land of apples and pears, and everything made with them - from Tarte Tatin to Rosemary Apple Tart, to Apple Charlotte, to apples as vegetable, appetizer,…
What is more wonderful than a poached egg? Many things, perhaps, but not when you've been traveling, or you're in a hurry, or your child has a performance and you've…
It's school vacation, again. Every six weeks French students have a two week break, and parents adjust. I used to think this was insane but I've come around. When…
As I sit and look out the window at the sunny terrace, the sunny pool, the sunny green hills beyond that, for all the world, look like Umbria, I feel…
Truffles, the black diamonds of the Périgord. I have never seen so many as I did last weekend, emerging from the clay-ish red soil, sitting on the kitchen counter, sifting…
So many different organizations do so many great things around food and farming. Here is a short list of places where you can donate. Mercy Corps - "Mercy Corps works…
I was reading a piece in the International New York Times by Anand Giridharadas, and a phrase caught my eye. He likened the current moment in the U.S. to…
Thanks to a wonderful event called Mediterranean Culinary Days (admirably organized by Adnan Sahin, the president of the Anatolian Folk Cuisine Association), I spent three days in Antakya (Antioch), a city in…
Rain pounds down outside; flowers and herbs are growing, but haltingly; it’s the most tumultuous May I can remember in all my time in France. Farmer’s tear out their hair…