February 2, 2012 0 FRENCH COURTS: CA VA PAS, NON?! A February 1, 2012 ruling in France has left sensible people scratching their heads: Google has been [...]
January 29, 2012 10 JOËL DURAND SENDS US CHOCOLATES Second of a two-part article.These chocolates are so delicious that most people say, ‘They are to die [...]
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 [...]