Adventures of an American cooking, eating and living in France

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This mushroom soup is perfect for gloomy days

This mushroom soup is perfect for gloomy days

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 […]

Chilled cucumber soup hits the spot on a hot summer day

Chilled cucumber soup hits the spot on a hot summer day

We’ve got a heat wave going on here in western France right now, and we’ve been looking for easy ways to cool off, including eating half a gallon of ice cream and/or sorbet in a single sitting. Because of the heat, I’ve been on a […]