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Author Archives: Rosemary Kneipp
Weekly Blogger Round-Up: A Provençal Christmas village – European Christmas Foods – The Notre Dame Christmas Tree
With Christmas approaching, the theme for this week’s Blogger Round-Up was easy to find! Phoebe from Lou Messugo takes us to the Provençal village of Lucéram famous for its Christmas cribs, while Carolyn from Holidays to Europe introduces us to … Continue reading
An Anniversary Celebration at La Maison d’à côté in the Loire Valley
Last year Jean Michel and I also celebrated the anniversary of our meeting in the Loire and were very disappointed with the restaurant we chose. This year, we were much luckier. We arrived early too early for lunch at Montlivaut … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Loire Valley, Restaurants
Tagged la maison d'à côté, Loire Valley restaurants, montlivault
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Friday’s French – raisins
I made my Christmas cake this week using the recipe handed down to my mother by her mother. For the last 8 years, I’ve been able to buy all the dried and candied fruit (peel) at my local market but … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Food, French language
Tagged currants, Friday's French, raisins, sultanas
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Weekly Bloggers’ Round-Up: How to make a Christmas log – Favourite places in the Marais – Limone in Piemonte
A little bit of Christmas to start this week’s Blogger Round-Up with a recipe for French Christmas Log from French Moments, followed by Paris Weekender‘s favourite haunts in the Marais. To finish off, fellow Aussie Chrissie from Riviera Grapevine takes us … Continue reading
Posted in Food, France, Italy, Paris, Weekly Blogger Round-Up
Tagged blogger round-up, christmas log, limone, marais
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The 2013 Independant Wine Growers’ Fair in Paris
It’s Friday and we’re making our yearly trip to the Independant Wine Growers’ Fair in Paris at Porte de Versailles. We are surprised to find plenty of empty parking spaces in the back street we usually use to avoid the … Continue reading
Friday’s French – père de famille
Now I bet most of you don’t know what this post is about. Père de famille, you say, “father of the family”? Don’t all fathers have families? And why not mère de famille? Aren’t père and mère enough? Well, there is an added meaning. … Continue reading
Posted in French customs, French language, Uncategorized
Tagged Friday's French, gilf-edged securities, père de famille
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What does adventure mean to me?
Adventure means going out of your comfort zone. That’s what my son would say anyway. For me, that means experiencing a new culture, a new language, a new place. So my first adventure was going to Noumea for six weeks … Continue reading
Weekly Blogger Round-Up: Orangerie Museum – French history of the Potato – New rabbit to eat
This week’s Blogger Round-Up starts in a museum and ends in a cemetary. Daisy de Plume, whom you may remember from the THATLou treasure hunt I participated in recently, tells us all about the Orangerie Museum; Bread is Pain, in … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Food, Paris
Tagged blogger round-up, lapin gris de Touraine, potato in France
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