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A Rural Journal

{Tuesday Muse} - I've been enjoying fresh fruit in season right now and these sweet cherries were not only very affordable, but delicious as well. Oh, and they a...
10 minutes ago
Paris and Beyond

Métro Laumière - The seats were too far apart for these lovers Ah, c'est Paris, n'est-ce pas? * * *Métro Laumière* *75019, Paris*
2 hours ago
Young Adventuress

10 Life Lessons Travel Has Taught Me - Sunset over Lanzarote, Spain in the Canary Islands Over the years, I’ve found I do some of my best thinking when I’m traveling. Away from the hustle and ...
3 hours ago
Stylemindchic

Sun Splashed French Riviera....Tres Chic! - *Mario Testino for Salvatore Ferragamo with Claudia Schiffer **via * Following a sun drenched weekend in Saint Remy de Provence we are continuing ou...
3 hours ago
A TITLE ? What's in a title ? I was never told there should be a TITLE !

All is new here, except the ghosts and a few statues - Ilusão à Toa by Greg Byers
4 hours ago
all creatures [great and small]

Guizhou, China Photograph: Jason Lee/Reuters (via 24 hours in... - Guizhou, China Photograph: Jason Lee/Reuters (via 24 hours in pictures | News | guardian.co.uk)
5 hours ago
Bright.Bazaar

Mr. Bazaar’s Favourite Finds From Habitat - Paint the internet bright Click to share Paint the internet bright Click to share Paint the internet bright Click to share Paint the internet bright Click ...
6 hours ago
Down and Out Chic

Paper Goods: Paper Jam - One can never have too many thank you cards, amiright? With the exception of this one colorful card (which I also really like), all the cards at Paper ...
6 hours ago
Serious Eats

Don't Forget To Share Your Sweets! - This week we're looking ahead, as in make-ahead sweets. Whether it's an icebox cake that tastes better after sitting overnight or cookies that develop flav...
6 hours ago
How About Orange

Etsy pop-up shop at West Elm Chicago - Announcing a fun event for Chicagoans and visitors! West Elm asked for my input as they host a pop-up shop of local Etsy sellers inside their Lincoln Park...
7 hours ago
Tongue in Cheek

Back Yard Takes on New Meaning - 36 hours of utter downpour rain, in the middle of May, in Provence, is weird. The lack of sunshine has caused poppies to bloom late, and the cherries not to ...
9 hours ago
Misplaced Texan

20/52 - * **Vingt :: Enjoying all the attention at her great-grandma's house in the south of France.* It was so hard to pick a photo from this week because we wer...
9 hours ago
Culinate Main Feed

What to eat after a book tour? — Try Spaghetti with Green Chile and Cheese - A couple of weeks ago, I had the most rewarding book tour — to the Pacific Northwest, for Vegetable Literacy. Tours can be grueling, but this one wasn’t...
9 hours ago
Not Without Salt

Bacon Day - Remember that time a few weeks ago when I promised bacon? You thought I lied didn’t you? Well, I didn’t because today is the day. Let’s just go ahead and c...
9 hours ago
Creature Comforts

Daily Dishonesty - What half-truths or fibs do you tell yourself on a regular basis? Designer Lauren Hom asked herself that exact question, and has ever since been catalogi...
10 hours ago
French By Design

Mexico and a birthday... - I just got back from a wonderful vacation in Mexico, and boy, do I feel relaxed : three days of sun, coconuts, white sand beaches and good food - and drink...
11 hours ago
Food Nouveau

{Edible Cities} Eugene, Oregon, with Melissa from Lulu the Baker - Meet Melissa Bahen, food blogger, from Willamette Valley, Oregon. Melissa has learned to cook in her mom’s kitchen, who learned to cook in her mom’s kitche...
11 hours ago
Design*Sponge

Planes, Paper Animal Sculptures and Props in an Australian home - Anna-Wili Highfield is an artist who creates graceful sculptures of animals using cotton paper. She says that her goal is to represent animal life in an im...
12 hours ago
Small Measure

Little Things Mean A Lot - Over the weekend, Glenn and I were talking about the fact that neither of us ever gets bored. Even when the cold or the rain keeps us indoors for days on e...
12 hours ago
— Messy Nessy Chic – Blogging on the Off-Beat the Unique and the Chic

Live Vicariously in Paris - What good is an iPhone if it can’t take you to Paris?! Or an iPad that can’t take you on a stroll through Montmartre? I love having you vicariously tag al...
12 hours ago
Shoebox Dwelling

Manhattan Micro-Loft - This beautiful loft is located right in my neighborhood, Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The initial layout was challenging, as many New York apartments are (...
12 hours ago
Tea & Cookies

Love Water Memory (and Salad) - If there is one thing I’ve learned about writing it is this: writing may be a solitary pursuits, but having a writing career requires community, it require...
12 hours ago
Naturally Ella

Caramelized Cauliflower, Roasted Red Pepper, and Quinoa Salad - I’m slowly adjusting to my new surroundings and time change, I wanted to share this salad and make an introduction. After I made this salad, I couldn’t...
12 hours ago
Wives with Knives

Les Halles d’Avignon – A Traditional Food Market in Provence - The Viking “Portraits of Southern France” river cruise I recently took was one of the most enjoyable vacation experiences I’ve ever had. Our plane landed ...
13 hours ago
Bordeaux-Undiscovered

First Acquisition in Pomerol by Hong Kong Investor – Is Bordeaux Turning Chinese? - The first acquisition in Pomerol by a Hong Kong investor has recently taken place. Chateau La Commanderie, owned by the Dé family, has been sold to Grace ...
13 hours ago
Farmgirl Fare

Perfect Picnic Recipe: Lemony Tuna and Artichoke Cooler-Pressed Sandwiches and a $100 Visa Gift Card Giveaway! - *Tuna packed in olive oil with marinated artichoke hearts, lemon, and fresh basil on baguettes makes a scrumptious, no mayo twist on tuna sandwiches. Pe...
13 hours ago
Wine Tasting, Vineyards, in France

Vineyard walk in the Muscadet - Marc Ollivier overlooking the plowing Domaine de la Pépière (Muscadet, Loire) Welcome to the western-most region of the Loire, the Muscadet, where the only v...
14 hours ago
Fabulously French

just another day... - Bonjour mes belles, A couple of weeks ago, a lovely English couple came into our new shop and commented how lovely the countryside is here in the Dordog...
14 hours ago
Living in the Kitchen with Puppies

River Cottage Veg: 200 Inspired Vegetable Recipes - *River Cottage Veg 200 Inspired Vegetable Recipes by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall* Trade Paperback, 416 pages *A comprehensive collection of 200+ recipes th...
14 hours ago
Bouillie

Adana kebab variation - After a long, unusually cool spring, warmer weather and humidity have returned to south Louisiana in full force. The abrupt switch to summer leaves me cr...
16 hours ago
Life and style: Word of Mouth blog | guardian.co.uk

Chelsea flower show: a guide to edible flowers - Visitors to this year's show can pop down to a nearby restaurant and try a flower-based lunch menu. Is it just a novelty – or something worth taking seri...
16 hours ago
paris by mouth

Daniel vs. Danny Rose: the battle for America-in-Paris - Appearing on Charlie Rose last week, the chef of Spring Restaurant joked with his interviewer about hosting a dinner for people who share the name, or a ...
17 hours ago
goutaste

Is There a Way to Food Truck Like the French? - So maybe food trucks aren’t exactly French. Most people will tell you that Parisians rarely eat “on the go,” which ...
17 hours ago
Consumer Traveler

Should the U.S. government approve the American Airlines – US Airways merger? - What if *you* could make the call on the proposed merger between American and US Airways?
17 hours ago
La Mémoire Vive

Project 52: Peonies | Pivoines - So much can be said (and has been said) about the irrefutable beauty and sublime allure of the bashful yet majestic *peony*... so I'll leave it t...
17 hours ago
Cheesemaking Help, News and Information

Maggie Parkinson in Renton, Washington - This is not an ad! Maggie's book is currently out of print.The art of cheese making is only one many creative endeavors for Maggie Parkinson (stage name-...
17 hours ago
Gardenias In Beirut by Amy E. Robertson

12 Months of Life in Lebanon - One year ago today, at approximately 7pm, I arrived in Beirut, ready to embark on a new adventure. In honor of the occasion, I wanted to share 12 images, o...
17 hours ago
Desert Candy حلويات الصحراء

Good Greens Salad - [image: DSC_0423] This salad came from a craving for a good green salad, something with a mix of crunchy elements (scallions, fennel), buttery things (avo...
17 hours ago
Misadventures with Andi

Americashire: A Field Guide to a Marriage - Sometimes you pick a book and you find yourself immediately drawn to a character. You know you would be instant girlfriends in real life. That is how I ...
17 hours ago
PLANETE DECO a homes world

Des combles au charme campagne chic - Des combles sombres d’une surface de 50m²,ont été transformés en un appartement lumineux et ouvert. An attic with country chic charm A dark attic of 50...
18 hours ago
Life's a feast

Crémet Nantais - PLATED STORIES Monday Monday, so good to me, Monday Monday, it was all I hoped it would be - John Phillips for The Mamas & The Papas As I now sit day af...
19 hours ago
eat. live. travel. write.

Cooking and sharing: My Food Revolution Day 2013. - See that up there ^^^ ? Dinner, made by 5-10 year-olds. Real food. Crunchy garlicky chicken fingers and oven baked potato wedges served with a salad. Sound...
19 hours ago
In My Life

Perfect Day: Texel - After a wonderful breakfast of deliciously scrambled eggs, smoked salmon and grilled cherry tomatoes (strawberries and Greek yogurt for 'dessert'), my darl...
19 hours ago
Lucullian delights - an Italian experience

New post over on Plated Stories - New week, new theme: words Jamie Schler, images by me. The post New post over on Plated Stories appeared first on Lucullian delights - an Italian exp...
19 hours ago
Carla Loves Photography

Family Portrait Inspiration – Bruce Weber - Paris teamed with rain this weekend and I made a pilgrimage I rarely make – to Ikea Roissy! I have been to Ikea 4 times in my life time and I whispered to ...
20 hours ago
Prêt à Voyager

BOARDING PASS – Jessie Kanelos Weiner (The Franco Fly) - To an outsider, Paris may seem like a big city, but to those who live here it’s more like a village. I was lucky enough to be connected to Jessie... Read T...
20 hours ago
Ditdit in France

the smell of thyme - The rain finally stopped. It looks like we have a few nice days ahead of us. It felt good to get out of the house and take the dog for a long walk in the...
20 hours ago
Paris Cheapskate

Pissarro's Places - *(Pissarro's "Boulevard Montmartre, Matin d'Hiver" via **Le Monde des Arts** )* I was bummed when I found out that Camille Pissarro was a man, not a woman....
21 hours ago
miss minimalist

Real Life Minimalists: Kendra - Every Monday I post Real Life Minimalists, a profile of one of my readers in their own words. If you’d like to participate, click here for details. Today...
21 hours ago
Kevin & Amanda RSS Feed

Brown Butter Salted Caramel Mocha Cookies - 2 sticks (1 cup) salted butter 1 1/4 cups packed dark brown sugar 1/4 cup granulated sugar 1 large egg plus 1 egg yolk 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 2 1/4 c...
22 hours ago
Pancakes and French Fries

365: Body, Mind, Spirit | Week 20 - Body, Mind, Spirit Drought tolerant plants photographed this week, top to bottom, are as follows: Salvia (aka Mexican sage, which is actually in the mint f...
22 hours ago
Un dejeuner de soleil

Pain sans pétrissage à la farine complète et quinoa - Pain sans pétrissage Versione italiana più giù Après les images de l'azur et du soleil de mon voyage en Sicile (vous en aurez encore prochainement) reve...
22 hours ago
the ramble

A Small Dog’s Guide to Sayulita, Mexico - It's confirmed: the beach is Luna's favorite thing in the world.
22 hours ago
wcs

Still raining - A Pic a Day in May #20 - It feels less like the end of May and more like the end of March. The temperatures are low, and it keeps raining. Still, the flowering trees have flowered ...
22 hours ago
David Lebovitz

Labneh - Easy-to-make fresh Labneh cheese, goes well with herbs as a quick dip, a simple recipe made with yogurt.
22 hours ago
1.2.3...PARIS... !

Jour de pluie...! -
22 hours ago
Living the life in Saint-Aignan

Asparagus with hollandaise sauce - *Asperges blanches*. White asparagus. That's what we get, locally, and only in season. It's a specialty of the Sologne — the triangle-shaped region bounded...
23 hours ago
Paris Through My Lens

Interdit II - La petite fille - La Comédie Française has relocated during renovations to a temporary building built over the Pol Bury Fountains at the Palais Royal. This little one see...
23 hours ago
As the Bird flies... A blog about flying the nest and travelling far and wide

MusicMonday: Spanish Joint - D'Angelo - Good Monday Morning. Today's MusicMonday is a song I love and I was reminded so by an excellent DJ called Miss D at a welcome drinks event in Rotterdam. I ...
1 day ago
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

{My Home: la Camera} - La nostra camera. Ha una vista mozza fiato. Dalla finestra interna vediamo una delle due torri. A volte le nuvole sono così basse che sembra quasi di p...
1 day ago
Menton Daily Photo

Restaurant L'Ulivo - Lunch - This was Peter's first course at *Restaurant l'Ulivo* - a fish dish with oranges. Mine (see smaller photo) was created with chopped raw prawn and green a...
1 day ago
Lemons and Anchovies

Stir-Fried Noodles with Kale and Cabbage - I mentioned on a recent post that my Kindle reader has been practically attached to my left hand for the last two weeks. If not in my hand, it’s been co...
1 day ago
Mele Cotte

Peppermint Chocolate Chunk Cookies - peppermint/mentina Where did the weekend go? Monday sure came back around again quickly, faster than beans through a cowboy. My to-do list, personally and...
1 day ago
Travel Fashion GirlTravel Fashion Girl | a traveler's guide to practical and stylish travel gear

What to Wear in Paris: Packing the Perfect Wardrobe - To help you plan what to wear in Paris, Parisian shopping expert Chloe Johnston helps us create an authentic packing guide for your travel to this extra...
1 day ago
ChiGarden

Moving into our new home - I’ve mentioned before that The Boy and I were in the process of buying our first home – and now we’ve finally moved in! Well okay, we’re still in the proce...
1 day ago
Uncornered Market

Bunny Chow Serendipity - This is a story about an afternoon in Durban, South Africa where everything seemed to go wrong, but somehow ended up right. It’s also everything you ever w...
1 day ago
Better Than Bullets

True Brews by Emma Christensen is out! - My friend Emma Christensen who works for the Kitchn as an editor (and previously as a food writer) has her first book out and it’s filled with recipes for ...
1 day ago
French Girl in Seattle

Black cats, umbrellas, missing jewels and the French Riviera... - *Bonjour et Bienvenue chez French Girl in Seattle. * * * *This is the second post I have written to join mon amie Anita, of Castles, Crowns and Cottages, ...
1 day ago
Love in the City of Lights

love in the city of spices - TweetIf I moved to Istanbul, this is what I would call my blog, love in the city of spices. Or perhaps love of the city of spices, as this is a city that I...
1 day ago
Be More with Less

Simplicity in Action: Aly’s Story - Editor’s Note: This is a post in the series, Simplicity in Action. Aly If you had asked my mother or me a few years back what we thought about material pos...
1 day ago
The Bold Soul

Tin roof, rusted - And... it's another birthday. This one? 52. Fifty-frigging-two. You know that expression, "You're as old as you feel"? I'm starting to understand it, because...
1 day ago
the paris apartment

changing it up - 38702878020602332 wow it’s hard to believe we’re half way through may already. summer is going to be here soon and it would be great to savor every minute ...
1 day ago
Kalofagas - Greek Food & Beyond by Peter Minakis

Pizza With Rapini & Italian Sausage - While I was writing my book and researching info on Mediterranean cooking, I learned that the foraging of wild greens went beyond Greece – folks in Italy...
1 day ago
Sara in Le Petit Village

guest post: The Rich Life - Bonjour tout le monde! Today I'm introducing you to my friend Adrienne. I'd love to give her the fantastic introduction that she deserves but nothing I co...
1 day ago
Rambling Tart

Hunting for Beauty and A Mexican Feast in Australia - A few weeks ago I went hunting for beauty and found it among rusted and neglected items. I loved it so much that I went out again this week, passing time o...
1 day ago
The Kitchen at Camont

A Pig Road Trip Story for My Dad. Walter Elmo Hill born May 17 1922. - Last month I drove from Oklahoma to Maine with the French Butcher- Dominique Chapolard of the large moustaches and beret. Although not the first time in th...
1 day ago
On My Way

- Marseille - Mai 2013
1 day ago
City Ann, Country Ann

archivesofamericanart: Anatomy of a horse, according to Ray... - archivesofamericanart: Anatomy of a horse, according to Ray Johnson. Ray Johnson mail art to David Bourdon, not before 1962. David Bourdon papers, Archi...
2 days ago
My Bella Vita

The History of Pizza in Naples - Is there anything that says Italy more than pizza? Biting into the perfect pizza is just heaven! While you’ll find excellent pizza all over Italy, there’s ...
2 days ago
Door Number 8

Householder into the Woods - Alpenglow on the Himalayas I have sometimes thought of leaving this country for good (or more or less for good) whether in protest over one thing or another...
2 days ago
Small House Bliss

Modern vacation cabins at the Hölick Sea Resort in Sweden - Hölick Sea Resort has operated for many years as a traditional tenting campground 300 km north of Stockholm. It sits at the tip of a peninsula, surrounded ...
2 days ago
Chez Us

Angel Food Cake - I love the power of social media. One of the things that I find special about it besides relationships that are born is the creativity that is provoked ...
2 days ago
This French Life

France legalises same-sex marriage - France became the 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage Saturday after President Francois Hollande signed the measure into law following...
2 days ago
Food Bridge

A day at Ramle Outdoor Market - Shopping for food these last few months has been boring. Most of my supplies come from the supermarket – the gigantic industrial Cosco variety, with airpor...
2 days ago
Prête-Moi Paris !

Dangerous Lingerie Shop - I had been planning on investing in a little something for Chéri and I…but I had not committed to anything yet. And then, I was innocently wandering down ...
3 days ago
Maria_Angelique

fashion friday: for the love of blush tones - It is everywhere and while some consider it a trend, I like to think of it as a classic. The sudden emergence of "blush tones" in everything from fashion ...
3 days ago
The CuisinerdThe Cuisinerd | The Cuisinerd

The Summer Sandwich Must Have: Bánh mì Recipe - We eat a lot of Bánh mì sammies in our house and they always seem to become more of a frequent flyer once the Spring and Summer months push through. Maa...
3 days ago
Cheese and Champagne

Passion for Cheese {and Family Traditions} - This post is sponsored by Cracker Barrel Cheese. My passion for cheese. The “official” story behind the blog is that a small cheese shop opened in my old n...
3 days ago
Dorie Greenspan - On the Road and in the Kitchen with Dorie

Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution Day. Cook it! Share it! Salted Butter Breakups - Today is Food Revolution Day, the brainchild of Jamie Oliver and a worldwide event. The purpose is to support hands-on food education and the theme this ...
3 days ago
loving.living.small

NYC Adventures - Hello, small space dwellers! This weekend I am heading off to NYC to soak in the design energy and style of the 25th ICFF. This is my first time visiting t...
3 days ago
Paris & France photography - Carina Okula

Life before France – an island in the Atlantic - This week marks twelve years since we arrived in France, having spent the previous three years on Tenerife in the Canary Islands. I’ve been going through s...
3 days ago
C'est Christine

How to pack stylishly for Jordan - My first thought when my trip to Jordan was confirmed: what to wear? As it was my first trip to the Middle East, I knew that it would be not only much warm...
3 days ago
The Everyday French Chef

Salade verte à la française - I’ve been wanting to post this recipe for ages but put it off, daunted by what I expect could be the reaction of many. What’s so special about green salad,...
3 days ago
Cook Republic

Yoghurt Soup For Food Revolution Day - A beautiful light and healthy soup that has a gorgeous tang to it from the yoghurt and a nice crunch from the almost raw vegetables. Jazz it up with some g...
3 days ago
Gluten Free Girl and the Chef

life throws you curveballs sometimes - Life throws you curveballs sometimes. We’ve been creating, thinking, shooting video, and imagining our Kickstarter for three months. After we launched ...
4 days ago
la porte rouge

back - Dear Friends, i returned from italy just last night, my eyes are heavy and i am patiently waiting to give horses grain so i can tuck myself in for the nig...
4 days ago
5 second rule

You don't have to get crabs. - A cake can be many things: a sweet indulgence, a celebratory totem, or a vehicle for leftover fish. At some point, the universe anointed the crab to represen...
4 days ago
RowdyKittens

Happy Links: From the Internet to Small Things - {Every week, I publish a series of inspiring links. Enjoy!} What the Internet is doing to our brains. Embrace your voice. Getting intentional about inspira...
4 days ago
Savoring Time in the Kitchen

Sweet and Spicy Cashew Chicken with Quinoa - Here is another quick and delicious meal that I prepared recently when we had our two little grandsons all day and our daughter came for dinner after...
4 days ago
Southern Fried French

The Pigeons Go to the "Puces" - We make an unusual purchase at a village flea market which causes a stir. Not much of a bargain, but a real French experience. Plus, my favorite new cookin...
4 days ago
Reclaiming Provincial

Caramelized Ramp & Ribboned Asparagus Pizza - I’m curious — is it just me, or has the spring ramp craze been extra crazed this year? At first, I thought maybe it just seemed that way because I finally ...
4 days ago
Tomato Kumato

radish, carrot, mushroom, parmesan - Tweet Hi friends. I’ve been meaning to come write this post for a long time. For several months, actually, but this whole full-time working thing is pretty...
4 days ago
The Flourishing Foodie

Huevos Rancheros with Scrambled Eggs - Growing up, my dad built the family a chicken coupe, complete with four rows of tiny individual chicken rooms, and a fancy zig-zagging staircase, so that ...
4 days ago
Bella Wines

Bella Wine Tours in the press - ** *'For bespoke vineyard tours, Hamish Wakes-Miller of Bella Wine Tours can open doors to the mighty names of Chateau Latour, Lafite Rothschild, Palmer ...
4 days ago
Deborah Lawrenson

A writing update - "So how's the book going?" friends ask when I emerge from my study, and I'm never sure how much they really want to know. They probably could do without...
4 days ago
Ann Mah

The Rubicon - I arrived in New York City in 1998 (or was it 1999?), a girl from a sleepy Southern California suburb with literary stars in her eyes. I should have been...
4 days ago
French Word-A-Day

peuchère or What Not to Say to a Disabled Person - I'm having the time of my life with my wonderful mom! I love this innocent, serendipitous photo with Mom and her little fish purse. The sign says: "You are...
4 days ago
sass (blog)

Good Mood Toolbox: 20 Ways to Pull Yourself Out of a Funk - Bad moods are inevitable. You can't be walking in the clouds *all *the time. But wait! If you let your bad mood take control of you, you're going to star...
4 days ago
HiP Paris Blog

Dressing For Paris: The Parisian Male, From Bourgeois to Belleville - Swagger in Paris In an episode of HBO’s New York comedy Girls, Lena Dunham’s character, Hannah, ironically states as she steps out onto a hip Brooklyn stre...
4 days ago
Obvious State

The Paris Journal: Download the Free Preview - The Paris Journal is live in the App store! We’ve already received a lot of wonderful feedback, and we’d like to thank you very much for that. Our main dri...
5 days ago
Pink of Perfection

Carrot-Ginger Soup with Lemon - Soup might not seem like an especially fitting spring endeavor, but in Brooklyn now, where it is sunny and 70 degrees one day and moody and cold the next, ...
5 days ago
Ladies With Bottle

Watercress and Wine - Watercress is back in season and Alresford, near Winchester, is holding its 9th *Watercress Festival* on Sunday May 19th. Watercress was first commercia...
5 days ago
It's Not You, It's Brie

Everona’s Piedmont: Thank a Border Collie. - It doesn’t take much more than a quick glimpse at teetering wedge piles in a cheese case to reveal that the artisan cheese market is now very rich. It’s th...
5 days ago
The Provence Post

Days of Wine and Truffles - Very quickly after I launched my new company Provence Post Travel---arranging amazing vacations in Provence for couples, families and groups of all s...
5 days ago
Polly-Vous Francais?

Bloggiversary - Wow. Have I really been writing this blog for seven years? Did I really first arrive in Paris in 2006, that long ago? The digi-world, the blogger world,...
6 days ago
Will Write For Food

Who Won 2013 Beard Journalism Awards and Why - When the James Beard Foundation awards unfurled recently, I watched the live Twitter stream from home on the other coast in California, just to be part of ...
6 days ago
House of Brinson

Alt For Everyone Give Away - This Thursday we are teaching a styling class at Alt For Everyone. Each year we attend Altitude Summit in Salt Lake City and love connecting with the blo...
6 days ago
The Yellow House

Farro with braised radishes & their greens - I entertain the big questions with frequency but allow them to slide away unanswered with equal frequency, which is one of the 3,798 reasons I should proba...
6 days ago
Bitten

Links for the Middle of May - The latest in food and farm news.
6 days ago
To Market, To Market with San Diego Foodstuff

Seedling Soiree for Olivewood Gardens - You've read about Olivewood Gardens & Learning Center in this space many times before. They're the sprawling oasis in National City that teaches primarily...
6 days ago
Pure Green Magazine Blog

The Kitchen Gardener | Ginger & Garlic Purple Sprouting Broccoli - My days as of late are spent nurturing and loving little Charlie, mixed in with a good deal of hustle during her naps to finish producing our new issue, wh...
6 days ago
du Jour

Cubism - The first time I saw a box of wine in France, I was shocked. SHOCKED! Boxed wine in France? This is an aberration. It can't be true! I was at a villag...
6 days ago
Lost In Cheeseland

The Paris Journal - If you only had a day in Paris, how would you spend it? Skipping stones along the Canal Saint-Martin like Amélie Poulain or ambling the cobblestone stree...
6 days ago
Becoming Madame

L’Ile de Ré – A Pearl off the West Coast of France - Across an enormous bridge from La Rochelle, a bridge reminiscent of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa Bay, lies a … Continue reading »
1 week ago
Half Baked

Lemon Cheesecake with Ginger Shortbread Crust - I was recently invited by Walkers Shortbread to become an ambassador for their company. I've been a lifelong fan of Walkers Shortbread, so I jumped at the ...
1 week ago
Secrets of Paris Blog

An English Hair Salon in Paris - I know I'm not the only one who has been frustrated by French hairdressers. Even with the best French language skills, no matter how many times I explain...
1 week ago
what's cooking good looking

quinoa + white bean burgers with a ramp + chili pesto - I cannot believe that this is the first ramp recipe I am posting this season, since ramps have been on my plate at almost every single meal I've had at h...
1 week ago
Herbivoracious - Vegetarian Recipe Blog - Easy Vegetarian Recipes, Vegetarian Cookbook, Kosher Recipes, Meatless Recipes

Hungry Ghost Moroccan Carrot Salad – Recipe - Before we get into Ellen Kanner’s lovely book, a quick note about the James Beard awards. My book didn’t win. While it would have been great, it also wou...
1 week ago
FOOD BOX

Un Atelier de Cuisine à gagner avec le chef Jean Sulpice & Charles et Alice ! - La Food Box a un Bon Plan pour vous ! Etre invité(e) à un *Atelier de Cuisine* avec le chef étoilé *Jean Sulpice* pour apprendre à utiliser les produits ...
1 week ago
Over a Tuscan Stove

Photography and Food in Chianti- Sept 29- October 5th, 2013 - Join Nancy Bundt and I in a fabulous week exploring Tuscany. We will combine photography lessons from Nancy with my food and wine connections, touring smal...
1 week ago
B COMME BON

Petite salade de rien ! - [image: VSZ_2160] Un jour férié… ça permet de se laisser aller à la contemplation. Ouvrir sa fenêtre et profiter du ciel bleu légèrement dérangé par quel...
1 week ago
Homesick Texan

Avocado-coconut ice cream - If your mom is anything like my mom, then she probably loves avocadoes. While everyone in my family enjoys this tropical fruit, I most identify it with my ...
1 week ago
MAISON de BALLARD

No. 3 Is Sweet As Can Be! - The No. 1 spot as "Best Gift Shop" of the Central Region of Virginia in the Virginia Living Magazine Reader's Survey "BEST OF VIRGINIA 2013" woul...
1 week ago
Beau à la louche

Tartines façon vitello tonnato - Le vitello tonnato est un classique de la cuisine italienne, se sont de fines tranches de veau froides servies nappées d'une sauce au thon, aux anchois ...
1 week ago
Artfully Adored

Tate Modern: Guess the Artist, Part 2 - This round of Guess the Artist featuring works of art from the Tate Modern in London has certainly proved to be the most challenging – just as I had hoped....
1 week ago
Croque-Camille

Eleven Things, Eleven Questions - My dear – and now many-miles-distant – friend Melissa has tagged me with the Liebster Award, a fun, navel-gazing meme that’s been going around. To start, I...
1 week ago
Cowgirlchef

New Sponsor: National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame - An exciting announcement, y’all – the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, which hosted a sell-out luncheon for my book tour last fall —...
1 week ago
Quick Indian Cooking

Surprise encounters - Saving Saag Aloo The post Surprise encounters appeared first on Quick Indian Cooking.
1 week ago
Milk and Honey Home

Buckhead Tour of Homes - There is no better reason to show off your home than to help Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. This hospital facilitates miracles every day. It was a chil...
1 week ago
Pulling Stakes

Feeding a Teenager - It's been a trying week. Mitch is in DC learning about the evil that men do, and I am home learning about the evil that viruses do. Or mosquitos. My gir...
1 week ago
God, I Love Paris

Five things worth waiting in line for - Un pain aux raisins, first thing in the morning Ou, un croissant amande Une tranche de quiche—de préférence epinards et saumon Clafoutis: dense, eggy, brimm...
1 week ago
Bleeding Espresso

Finish What You Start — Or Don’t. That’s Cool Too. - "If it's important you'll find way. If not, you'll find an excuse."
1 week ago
Mama Afrika's World

Mama Visits the deYoung Museum in San Francisco - I have been a huge fan of museums for as long as I can remember. From big, busy classic favorites like the Louvre or the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New...
2 weeks ago
Travel Over Easy

A Hilltop in Umbria - Picture this. You wake to the sound of birds chirping. You fling open your bedchamber windows to overlook a spectacular Umbrian valley. You brew your own e...
2 weeks ago
"A little drop of Cognac"

So what's going on with the Charente property market? - I'm fed up of reading stories in the press about French house prices. Market commentators tend to speak in such generalisations that the conversations are...
2 weeks ago
Belle Provence Travels

Market Cooking…Tomato & Onion Tart with Herbes de Provence - As we get further into the heart of a Provençal spring, the more vibrant the markets become and the more interesting the cooking opportunities. Apart from ...
2 weeks ago
paris (im)perfect

Parc Floral de Paris - “Suddenly I realize That if I stepped out of my body I would break Into blossom.” -from “A Blessing” by James Wright This past weekend I stumbled into the ...
2 weeks ago
Live The Charmed Life

It Isn’t Personal, It’s Life - One of the things I do, which completely complicates my life, is to take things personally. Whether it’s in business, in personal relationships, or in life...
2 weeks ago
52 Martinis

Swanky Cocktail Adventures: Bistrologist - Bistrologist 16, avenue de Friedland 75008 Paris With new and emerging cocktail scenes, it’s sometimes the bartender more than the bar itself that makes a ...
3 weeks ago
A Normandy Kitchen

Some Reflection Time... - A little blogging break is in order, I apologize in advance... I sadly found out yesterday that my oldest friends' husband has died after a long battle w...
3 weeks ago
aglio, olio e peperoncino

Pasta con le fave ~ Pasta with fava beans - I love this season, it brings with it sunshine, allergies and all my favorite vegetables. Every Wednesday, my CSA delivers a box with bushels of asparagus,...
3 weeks ago
The Mistress of Spices

Yam mamuang (green mango salad) with lemongrass - Though it's soon coming up on a year and a half since we've been in Thailand, I still sometimes have to pinch myself to make sure that I'm not dreaming, ...
3 weeks ago
Food Lover's Odyssey

Lemon and Olive Oil Cake from Puglia ~ And a Giveaway - Although I've been spending a lot of time in the kitchen with our Italian mammas, many of whom we'll meet on the Food Lover's Tour in Puglia, I was lucky eno...
4 weeks ago
Thyme For Cooking, the Blog

What can I say? - This blog may be / will be unavailable for a day or two. My week: First the freezer on our fridge-freezer quit working. No problem, I turned the vegetable ...
4 weeks ago
Eat (Think) Hong Kong

Fresh Direct - The soon-to-be lunch special, on a floating fish farm in Sam Mun Tsai.
4 weeks ago
Ramblingspoon.com || Karen Coates

On Boston and the Eternal Tragedy of Bombs - SCARS OF BOMBARDMENT: an aerial view of the countryside around Phonsavanh, Laos, showing the ubiquitous bomb craters that remain throughout the province,...
4 weeks ago
Ms. Adventures in Italy

Lemon Almond Cake (Gluten Free) Recipe and Making a Recipe your Own - Do you feel confident enough to create a recipe from scratch? That was one of the reasons I bought Michael Ruhlman’s “Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Cr...
4 weeks ago
Lucy's Kitchen Notebook

Foraged Things - *This morning, strolling the market, I noticed the foraged Spring things*have finally made their way to town. Tonight we will enjoy fresh morels in cream ...
5 weeks ago
We Are Never Full

The Special Eksperiment: Belgrade Pork Chops - “A smooth sea never a skilled mariner made.” - English proverb In the summer of 1997, two friends and I decided it would be a hoot to spend six weeks visit...
5 weeks ago
egg & dart

Making Home & Birthday Plans - It’s Friday! Again! Honestly, things have been so busy with work around here that we find ourselves in awe Thursday night that the following day is the las...
5 weeks ago
Wine Harlots

Wine Harlots Spring Fling in Spain and France - Share/Bookmark“We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.” ― Anaïs Nin I’m in Spain as I write this, embarking on a twe...
1 month ago
Gourgazaud.fr

Nouveau Guide des vins - Le nouveau Guide DVE (Dis Vins Editions) a séléctionné la Cuvée Mathilde 2011 et lui a attribué une note et récompense. Commentaire de dégustation: Note : ...
1 month ago
My Mélange

France Travel : Ouigo, New Budget High Speed Rail - Traveling by train is one of my favorite ways to get around in Europe. So I’m very excited to announce that April 2nd, France launched a new budget high-s...
1 month ago
Po Boy Views New Orleans

- Po Boy View By Phil LaMancusa Made in the Shade Or A.K.A. Jazz Fest “Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends; we’re so glad you could att...
1 month ago
Hidden In France

Blue Paris - I was just looking through the many pictures I took the last time I was in Paris and I wondered if there is a lot of blue in Paris or if my lens was attracte...
1 month ago
La Mom - an American mom in Paris

Are French Children Better Behaved? - *Les petits français sont-ils vraiment bien élevés*? Are French children really better behaved? Zat ees ze question! La Mom and her American mom friends ...
1 month ago
Fresh Local and Best

Breakfast for Dinner - A mysterious package arrived in the mail a few weeks ago. Heavy, padded, square and solid. I open the package, and voila! A cookbook! Not just any cookbo...
1 month ago
The Truth About Paris

Rules to Follow When it Snows in Paris - SPECIAL GRAND FROID translated as The Big Chill It's important to remember that France is a culture of Rules and Regulations, many of which are quite mean...
2 months ago
Dispatches from France

The light at the end of the tunnel - Hi. I haven't been here for a really long time. I'm not even going to look to see how long; there's no point. The job has been a complete roller coaster. I...
2 months ago
A White Picket Fence

Wanderlust - I have to admit I have come down with a severe case of wanderlust. It maybe the winter doldrums, but I have been feverishly researching, planning and da...
2 months ago
I LOVE PARIS : Blog sur Paris, ses quartiers et ses habitants

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2 months ago
When I Have Time by Sara Rosso

Ask the Geek: Should I use a publisher or self-publish my ebook? - Have a question for Ask The Geek? Send it to me. Dear Ask The Geek, Bugging you with another quick question … Read More →
2 months ago
PutYourFlareOn

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2 months ago
Accidental Hedonist

A Small Clue to the Latest Project - [image: manet_absinthdrikkeren_1859_1]
3 months ago
La Recette du Jour

English apple pie - It must be over a decade since I last made an apple pie. Since I became French, my default option for apples and pastry is sinfully easy Tarte Tatin. Or oc...
4 months ago
David Downie

Paris, Paris Goes to Politics & Prose in Washington, DC - Writer and teacher Janet Hulstrand teaches courses at the great indie bookstore Politics & Prose in Washington, DC. This year her class is entitled "Pa...
4 months ago
The world from my windows

On the 12th day of Christmas... - *Part of our Christmas village, which, if 2013 is like most years, will probably stay up until March or even beyond* * * ... I will take stock of these 12...
4 months ago
Tales from Languedoc Wine Country

Divem - Divine - In May this year, hubby and I had a wonderful time in Montpeyroux/St Saturnin, celebrating 10 years of wedded bliss. We walked up Mount Baudile, drove ar...
7 months ago
Fermentation - The Daily Wine Blog

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