January 22, 2012 5 MY FAVORITE CHOCOLATIER IN PROVENCE First of two-part article L’Alphabet des Saveurs chocolates Photo: 1j2M Some of the best [...]
January 15, 2012 7 LONGING FOR BLACK TRUFFLES, CONSOLED BY FRAGRANT MEMORIES AND PATRICIA WELLS’ “SIMPLY TRUFFLES” Today is the third Sunday in January, otherwise known as “The Mass for the Truffles” in Richerenches: the [...]
January 9, 2012 8 NINE NEW BELLS TO BE INSTALLED IN NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS: WHAT WOULD QUASIMODO SAY? Paris’ famous Cathedral of Notre-Dame is about to celebrate its 850th anniversary. In anticipation of this [...]
January 1, 2012 33 ADAM GOPNIK IS RIGHT: THE TABLE COMES FIRST As I write this week’s post, 2011 is about to roll into 2012 and I am reflecting on all the wonderful times [...]
December 18, 2011 4 LA POSTE: MEDIEVAL PRACTICES STILL LURK IN THE FRENCH POSTAL SYSTEM By Louis J. Salome Author of “Violence, Veils, and Bloodlines: Reporting from War Zones.” As Christmas [...]
December 11, 2011 9 ‘TIS THE SEASON FOR VERRINES DE NOËL! Having entered the season in which we all eat, drink and endeavor to be merry, I would like to introduce you [...]
December 5, 2011 8 4 DECEMBER STARTS CHRISTMAS SEASON IN PROVENCE: PLANT YOUR WHEAT SEEDS AND GET OUT YOUR SANTONS! Department stores in the United States ring in the Christmas season the day after Halloween—with the [...]
November 28, 2011 8 MEET ME AT LES DEUX GARÇONS: A SEQUEL TO “MIDNIGHT IN PARIS”? Should Woody Allen and Owen Wilson decide to follow Picasso to the South of France, surely Les Deux Garçons [...]
November 19, 2011 10 “JE NE TE FAIT PAS DES BISES CAR JE SUIS ENRHUMÉ” * and other reasons to visit a French pharmacy Ah, two weeks in Provence. Heavenly. I arrived in Marseille, feeling bushy-tailed if not quite [...]
November 7, 2011 5 NEED SOMETHING FOR MONDAY NIGHT’S DINNER? GO TO THE MARKET AT CADENET…AND, WHILE YOU’RE THERE, POKE AROUND! Mondays are the best day to visit Cadenet. Okay, some people will say that Monday is the only day to visit [...]