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 ...