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June 2008

  • The French call it apéritif, the Italians call it aperitivo.  Whatever it’s called, I’m a huge fan and I ‘m always on board! Derived from the Latin verb, apirire, it literally means to *open the palate*.  It refers to the…

  • Our farmers markets are brimming with fresh, sweet, juicy, ruby-red strawberries.  I love to eat them right from the basket.  In fact, many don’t make it on the car ride home. I also love to come up with quick, easy…

  • You all know I am a wine lover, but even I can't bring myself to pop the cork on my favorite Cote du Rhone or Chianti in the  blistering heat of the summer. No, at that point, it is time…

  • Sunset on the river Seine, Paris shot in the Square du Vert-Galant at the tip of the Ile de la Cité The Pont des Arts, in the foreground, is the only wooden pedestrian footbridge on the Seine. I love the bird and the…

  • Thanks for all your wonderful responses to my lovely Peony Bouquet!  I let the Random Number Generator pick the winner….and it picked comment #8. Congratulations Erin of Fully Alive, Ready to Smile. Isn't that a great name for a blog?! Erin,…

  • Pissaladière is the best of two of my favorite worlds colliding.  France and Italy.  Nice and the South of France are so close to the Italy border that there should be no surprise that influences in food, culture and language exist…

  • Peonies.  Prose.  And Prizes. Large drooping blossoms Bright pink, pale pink, white, even peppermint striped   They start tight as a little round ball and gradually, silky petal after silky petal they triple their girth Those fat pom-pom like blossoms, cheering…

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