Category Archives: Food

Weekly Blogger Round-Up: Origin of the croissant – Road Trip to Romania – Le Petit Palais

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

This week’s Blogger Round-Up is all Australian. French Moments shares the story of the croissant with us which is more Turkish orAustrian than French while Andrea from Rear View Mirror takes us on the ultimate road trip to Romania, a … Continue reading →

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Weekly Blogger Round-Up: Advantages of Paris in Winter – Surprising Things about Istanbul – Eating Rules for French Children

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

In this week’s Blogger Round Up, Carolyn from My Sydney Paris Life shares nine big reasons to love Paris in winter (even though it hasn’t snowed this year); Jo Karnaghan from Frugal First Class Traveler takes us to Istanbul in … Continue reading →

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Weekly Blogger Round-Up: Saxon Switzerland – Dying Overseas – Chinese New Year Treats

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

This week’s Blogger Round-Up starts in Germany, in Saxon Switzerland, where Anda from Travel Notes & Beyond has inspired us to go on another cycling holiday this summer. Australian blogger Paula McInerney from Contented Traveller broaches the somewhat taboo subject … Continue reading →

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Weekly Blogger Round-Up – Travel Insurance – Bergamot

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

Just a short Blogger Round-Up this week as I am still under the weather: Carolyn from Holidays to Europe talks about the importance of travel insurance and Sylvia from Finding Noon explains what a bergamot is. Enjoy! A Real-Life Travel … Continue reading →

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My Fève Collection

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

This is a photo of my fève collection from the galette des rois. You can click on it to see the fèves in more detail. You can see that some come from the same bakery (the two see-through carafes, the … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Week – Galette & Crackers

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

We were invited by our neighbours for a galette des rois. Liliane and Alain had bought two types – one with almond filling (frangipane) and one with apple filling just in case we didn’t like frangipane. I took along some … Continue reading →

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Weekly Blogger Round-Up – Getting Tough in French – Top 7 moments in France – A French library and literature

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Rosemary Kneipp

This week’s Blogger Round-Up starts with two expats talking about their experience in France. Wendy from Random Ramblings describes a major breakthrough in French while Bread is Pain shares her top 7 moments in France as part of the Expat … Continue reading →

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Fried Onion Rings on a 5:2 fast diet feast day

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Rosemary Kneipp

Apparently fried onion rings are an important part of Thanksgiving in America but most people buy them in cans which I can’t even begin to imagine. It would be like buying tinned battered fish surely. But I checked it out … Continue reading →

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An Anniversary Celebration at La Maison d’à côté in the Loire Valley

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Rosemary Kneipp

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 →

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Friday’s French – raisins

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Rosemary Kneipp

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 →

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