La Capitale de Noël
As I said in my last post, I've just had 2 weeks of vacation. I started out by taking a short trip to Alsace. Though in this case, short trip…
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“How do you say ‘foie gras’ in English?”
{EDIT 11 MAY 2011: Click for a pronunciation guide of the word "foie gras."} So coming back from 2 weeks of vacation and tomorrow will be my first day back…
Snow + French people = Chaos
So the week before Christmas vacation, there were threats of a "big storm" that was said to yield about 10 cm of snow in the Loire. (10 cm is about…
Christmas cookies (re: Continued battle with convection oven part 2)
So, I decided instead of buying gifts for everyone in the French family that I was with for Christmas, that I would continue the cultural exchange and make something that…
The Continued Battle with the Convection Oven
Because I'm an American in France and there are certain American delicacies I just cannot live without, I have been putting my microwave convection oven to the test. The latest…
Thanksgiving Potluck
While in France there are a LOT of holidays, one of my favorites, Thanksgiving, does not exist here. So, you may be wondering what I did. Well, not only did…
Cooking Time Machine
Being that I'm American, it's nearing the end of the fall, and Thanksgiving is next week, I have been craving all things pumpkin. Being that I'm in France... it's not…
Magical World of Harry Potter
This past week I took a slightly spontaneous trip to London for the premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. Quite an incredible experience. I arrived in…
Toussaint Vacation – Part 1
We are now in our first period of “vacances scolaires” (school vacation) – for the Toussaint holiday. We have a week and a half off from school. Yes, we have…
What a day!
Today was difficult. I had four classes and none of them went as smoothly as I would have liked. In the first class there were only boys - you can…