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Frogs Galore
The Frenchie in me has never been quite able to comprehend why the thought of eating the legs of such an inoffensive little creature as a frog should inspire such unmitigated horror in the majority of...
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A Snaily Tale
It could be imagined that the prospect of consuming a creature even more viscously repulsive than the frog might have inspired similar feelings of unmitigated revulsion in the English-colonized part of...
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Le French Dunk
It has always been an enigma to me that a nation so universally condemned for the uninspired nature of its cooking could have managed to impose on our planet such a varied, copious and delicious meal...
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Baguette or loaf?
The French baguette The deep Anglo-French discord as to the propriety of using bread to clean your dinner plate in much the same way as you apply a mop to the kitchen floor (see...
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Cafés, Bistrots, Bars and Brasseries
The newly-landed Anglophone expat might be interested to learn that in the France of today the distinction between ‘café’, ‘bistrot’, ‘bar’ and ‘brasserie’ (and even sometimes restaurant) is becoming...
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10 Tips for Wild Mushroom Hunters
If you’re attracted to France by the prospect of living a rural idyll, wild mushroom picking will probably be high on your list. Literally hundreds of varieties of cèpes grow in the forests and fields....
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