In French food, you have to have sauce. What better use of French baguette is there than to sop up the sauce on your plate at the end of a satisfying main course? You’ve probably heard that there are essentially 5 sauces in French cooking: […]
About a week ago, my wife and I were in desperate need for a date. It’s been a long, cold, rainy winter, and we’ve had a lot going on between illnesses, back issues (for both of us), work, travel for our daughter’s karate and to […]
One of the things that I really miss about the U.S. is access to a wide variety of beans. Here in western France, most regular grocery stores only have two types: white (mogette, basically cannellini, though I think they’re a bit larger) and red kidney […]
We’re now in early January, the time of year that starts about six weeks of wet, gloomy weather here in western France. It’s the kind of weather that makes you want to stay in bed all day. It’s the kind of weather that makes you […]
Being an American in France hasn’t stopped me from celebrating Thanksgiving, in fact, it’s done just the opposite. Instead of having to trek out to see family, as was often our custom in the States, we hosted our “French family,” essentially the key people who […]
A few weeks ago, we made homemade sushi, and I had some left over surimi that I had been putting in salads all week. Now, I’m from Baltimore, so there’s really no substitute for crab, but I’ve found it’s actually a highly versatile and flavorful […]