Happy Earth Day! I feel a bit funny saying that as every day should be Earth Day, not just one day a year. It's not like we've got ...
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Growing up in the southwestern part of the USA, the closest I ever got to a chestnut was the opening line in The Christmas Song about roasti...
Bienvenue ! But at what price? All large grocery stores in France have an International Section. It's where you find the American/Britis...
We're celebrating the Epiphany in France today. Although the origins of this holiday are ancient (see last year's 2021 Epiphany post...
1st row – savory buckwheat crêpes, sweet crêpes, crêpe pan 2nd row – heating up the crêpe, savory crêpes – hubbie's ham and my veggie 3r...
France's favorite Christmas dessert is a bûche de Noël . Bûche means log, and represents the traditional yule log that was burned t...
Fall is synonymous with fresh mushrooms in France and even though it feels like winter outside, Christmas is next week, and festive savory ...
European and American supermarkets are definitely different. There are things you see in European grocery stores that you never – or hardly ...
Since Halloween isn't traditionally celebrated in France (and since we're in confinement again as of yesterday, it certainly won...
The realization came to me recently as I was searching product links for my Polar Bear Christmas Step Card post , the majority of my scrapbo...
Provence and Dordogne black winter truffles (Photo: maxpixel.net) Have you ever tasted a fresh French truffle? If you answer 'No' yo...
One thing our recent confinement has made me do is notice more of the interesting things around me I take for granted...like these innoxiou...
This sign was outside the door of a bio shop I visited recently (a health food store). It cracked me up. It reminds customers that the law...
The vendange – grape harvest – has already begun in Southern France, three weeks in advance, with Northern France and Switzerland soon to f...
In addition to weekly outdoor markets, you can find smaller stores around France that focus on fresh fruits and veggies and regional foodstu...
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