Thanksgiving Jitters
Judging from the notes I’m receiving, the general panic about how to organize Thanksgiving dinner has settled in. I’m here […]
France
Apples Apples Everywhere
Friends recently stopped by with two huge crates of apples that ranged from scrubby green to lush, deep red. When
Happy Classes and Summer’s End
It’s been a whirlwind of classes in Louviers and Paris for the last many weeks, and recently in one of
Apple and Pear Compote
The apple and pear harvest this year in my small, urban garden is like a treasure hunt, as the fruit
Red Pepper Essence
Every autumn for the past three years has found me dicing snaky sweet peppers and cooking them slowly in extra-virgin
Real Values
Looking forward without looking left, right, or behind (fracking); violence on the street in a London neighborhood; Beckham quitting soccer;
Vanilla Sugar
A house without a cookie is a sad place indeed, I thought as I pulled the vanilla sugar from its
Cookeez
In the early 1980’s, I was hired to open a small tea salon in the sixth arrondissement of Paris. My
Radishes & Pink Martini
The other day an email dropped into my mailbox, with the subject line “You’re IN!” This was from my
Toasts de Sardines
With all of the glorious fresh seafood around me here in Normandy, I tend to forget about tinned sardines. I
