Wednesday, September 2, 2020

Why BONJOUR is the most sacred word to French people and your entree into France

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  While greetings may not be much of a part of  life here in the USA, in France, the word BONJOUR is sacred. "Honestly, it may be terri...
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Wednesday, August 12, 2020

"We'll always have Paris'..an update on when we'll be able to visit

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  I can't believe its been since January that I have worked on my blog..Time is racing by, but now I'm back. The pandemic has thrown...
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Friday, January 17, 2020

Why are French shops asking customers to round up the price of their purchases?

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The next time you are shopping in France you might be asked 'l'arrondi solidare" and the question you are being asked is whet...
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Sunday, January 5, 2020

Paris Place Vendome - a smart , elegant and expensive neighborhood meets a bargain

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A place where Stomachs rumble to the the subtle scents of good regional food and the best sandwiches in town. The bistro Le Petit Vendome...
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Wednesday, December 4, 2019

A great chef has left us...

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Andre Daguin was a man committed to the defense of French terroir, the use of good products and above all, put the French region of Gascony ...
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Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Are French waiters really rude?

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OK, so French waiters can be a little cold-shouldered ( especially Cafe, ones) But what would you prefer? A serious professional who gets yo...
Sunday, October 20, 2019

Cole Porter once penned "I love Paris, every moment ,every moment of the year' Oh! do I!

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Once of the hundreds of pleasures I get from being in Paris , is to walk the numerous tree line streets. Emperor Napoleon III is responsibl...
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Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Restaurants worldwide today are noisy, loud music, uncivilized dinners, silly cuisine.. so in the future...for me I wish...

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Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Paris - French classic dishes are once again back on menus..Hurrah!

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Enough of the fancy, pretentious, minimal , foreign inspired, fusion nonsense   on French menus. A new crop ( actually old restaurants) are...
Wednesday, October 2, 2019

The sardines, goddess of plates and tins in France

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There is a harbor, ( in Brittany)  a bay where sardines meet every year from April to September, as if ending their lives there and their jo...
Wednesday, September 4, 2019

In praise of oysters..are the oldest foods of the human race

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Although in France, you can get oysters it seems any time of the year, now being September, this time of year offers the best in oysters ser...
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Sunday, September 1, 2019

A hidden spot in Normandy - just a bit north of Honfleur - Etretat - the dramtic rocky coastline, BUT BUT

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Yes, the cliffs of Etretat have attracted painters and tourists for over 100 years,. It's ( but only located in France) a mirror of the ...
Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Ou sont les napps?

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As nice and pleasant as it seems, my question, will always be..            WHERE ARE THE TABLE CLOTHS? Not only today are people dresse...
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Wednesday, July 24, 2019

That Face - Audrey Hepburn, William Holden and Paris..

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Friday, July 19, 2019

French country sounds are keeping visitors awake and they are complaining - what is wrong with people?

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Many holiday makers ( both the French and other country visitors) are complaining about the sounds of the French countryside, what with ov...
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Tuesday, July 9, 2019

This is what food and cooking is all about in France and none of that silly stuff..

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The chef to French Presidents, Guillaume GOMEZ  and his fantastic Pate's
Wednesday, July 3, 2019

Arcachon Bassin is located 30 miles from Bordeaux; but feels like another world

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The Bassin of Arcachon has many things going for it, but to me, its their oysters and oyster farms. Life's simple pleasures; French ...
Tuesday, July 2, 2019

The time has come - NO tourist buses to be allowed in central Paris - Hurrah!

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Because of the influx of tourists; France is the worlds most visited country, the local government is soon to pass legislation to ban touris...
Thursday, June 27, 2019

France's favorite village of the year - St Vaast La Hougue - Normandy

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Every year viewers of the French TV show - Beautiful Villages vote for their favorite French Village. This year the tiny village on the s...
Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Remembering Anthony Bourdain..

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Its been a year since we lovers of real food lost Anthony Bourdain..I can't believe it.. He expressed for me and my chef brother, so ma...

Paris and France heat wave...

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Yesterday it was 104 degrees ( 40 Celsius) in Paris...wow!!!! The hottest since 1947 ... WOW! Most French do NOT have AC, and those that d...
Friday, June 21, 2019

Monaco - France's tiny neighbor and one of my favorite places to indulgent in one of life great pleasures

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It's Friday morning in sunny Beverly Hills and yet, my thoughts go to the second smallest country in the world - Monaco. Within its mere...
Thursday, June 20, 2019

French rules of dining etiquette - what another one?

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" Where do I out my cell phone, the left or right side?" Yes, Being in France, there is a strict code of rules on how to behav...
Monday, June 17, 2019

Tired of the overtouristed, overdone French Riviera? then...

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...head to the Ile de Re, on the Atlantic coast..( one of my all-time favorite places in France) , its a haven for foodies (I hate that term...
Friday, June 14, 2019

France cooking - Silly food vs real food - guess which is which? Nuf said!

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Wednesday, June 12, 2019

It's Over - The days of Metro individual tickets is going away after 119 years...

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For nearly 119 years from the first opening of the Paris metro in 1900, the little rectangles of thick white paper with a black line on the ...
Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Gratitude - It comes in Two Kinds

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First, there is the gratitude which we should all feel for what France has given the world. The language, the hardest by far of the Romanc...
Friday, June 7, 2019

The Megaliths of Carnac - The largest gathering of standing Stones in the world

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In Brittany ( my favorite part of France) stands 7000 years old megalithic alignments and one of the most important European prehistory c...
Thursday, May 30, 2019

St Tropez – nothing succeeds like excess

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St Tropez is quiet simply, the most famous resort in Europe – and it has attracted the artistic and dissolute long before BB ( Brigitte ...