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Maine

• Post Author:Susan
• Post published:September 3, 2019
• Post Category:Blog / Book / Featured / Life in France / Recipes
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My recent visit to Maine was a patchwork of memories and a blossoming of experiences to add to them. I moved there two minutes before my son was born, nearly…

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Truth in a Tomato

• Post Author:Susan
• Post published:August 26, 2017
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What a week. My eldest, Joseph, was home briefly to accompany my youngest, Fiona, to college. There was packing, unpacking, parties, hellos, goodbyes, car trips and ocean swims. Amidst it…

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The Best Vinaigrette

• Post Author:Susan
• Post published:March 31, 2017
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  French vinaigrette.  It's a liquid poem you pour over freshly harvested greens, which in turn becomes the best dish you ever ate. Like any French person, I eat a…

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Dreaming of Tuscany

• Post Author:Susan
• Post published:October 16, 2016
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We're having our first grey, drippy autumn day.  It's warm - close to 60F/15.5C but it's dismal.  So naturally I'm dreaming of Tuscany, where I spent three weeks this summer.…

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The Season’s Silver Lining

• Post Author:Susan
• Post published:June 14, 2016
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  We had a halcyon moment last week, given the deluges of the weeks before and the grey skies and intermittent torrential rains of this week (I’m looking out the…

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Dueling skewers, Diablo, with Chris

California, There I Was

• Post Author:Susan
• Post published:August 19, 2015
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From La Jolla to Del Mar, San Francisco to Diablo, Napa to Roseville, California was such an amazing venu, with such amazing hosts.  Thank you all!   and finally, a moment of…

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Finishing Up the Perfect Salad

• Post Author:Susan
• Post published:April 22, 2015
• Post Category:Videos
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Now you've washed the lettuce and made the Classic Vinaigrette. All that's left is tossing the lettuce leaves, and this video shows you how to do it perfectly.  You think…

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Winter salad, spring egg

End of Winter Salad

• Post Author:Susan
• Post published:March 18, 2015
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It really does seem to be the end of winter. I can tell this by the sun in the bright blue sky, the temperature hitting 55F by noon, a certain…

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Making Classic Vinaigrette Video

• Post Author:Susan
• Post published:February 26, 2015
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Just published on youtube and vimeo....soon there will be others! Bon Appetit!

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Baptist the farmer, every happy!

Spring Buying Tips at the Farmers Market

• Post Author:Susan
• Post published:April 23, 2014
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A walk through the farmers’ market, particularly now when the season is changing and we’re suddenly offered a whole, new array of produce, is magic. It’s one thing to be…

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