I wanted to eat fresh peas.  Why?  Because it's time and they're in the market.  It's always such a ..

Sunday was M. Parret's turn to host a celebration of his country's national holiday, Bastille Day.  ..

We invited Le Parret over for a casual lunch of chicken, macaroni and cheese.  You should have seen ..

We seem to be caught in a horrible French canicule or  heat wave, with temperatures as high as 101 F..

Here in Sens, the days are starting to heat up, although the mornings are still chilly.  I think, be..

I love to see the haricots beurres(wax beans) in the market!  That means that fresh coco beans are n..

Whenever my husband and I are in France together, it's as if we are on vacation, no matter what our ..

Yesterday was my birthday and Yves, a riverboat friend, had told me about a picturesque town about 3..

The July-August issue of Saveurs magazine has an interesting article on the Midi and in particular t..

We've been craving tarbouriech oysters but alas my fishmonger says it's not the season and if you bu..