There is a little sweet something that I love about France……it is called the Carambar. A chewy, caramel tasting sweet that is totally delicious. Carambars are not soft and they are not hard, they fall somewhere in the middle with a smooth texture that can melt slowly in the mouth or can be gobbled up
Mister: I love your shoes. Are they new (he says with an enquiring look)? Missus: Yes, my darling aren’t they gorgeous. They are the latest 10.5 Divas. Mister: Yes angel, I can see that they are very beautiful but… Missus: Don’t you think my darling that they make my legs look longer and I just
Shall We Kiss … so sweet and so cute – I was totally enchanted. Trust the French to spin out the most simple of romantic moments into a full blown cinematic experience. The plot goes something like this, ‘When Gabriel and Emilie meet by chance he offers her a ride and they spend the evening talking,
This recipe is an easy one. I am big on presentation and light on preparation – this salad fits perfectly into this category. The ingredients are simple, fresh and available, it can be prepared ahead of time and it looks very pretty on the plate. Chicken Salad *Poach the chicken breasts (one per person or
I am always undecided whether I want to be a minimalist or a maximil-ist. I don’t think that is the right word in this context, but I guess you get the picture. When I am having a minimalist moment at home I hide anything and everything away. I remove all traces of personal memorabilia,
Yesterday I ate my first fig of the season – not perfectly ripe but near enough. I have always loved figs – figs for breakfast, figs for lunch and figs for dinner. There is just something so good about a ‘first bite’ of the season – it is a ‘memories conjured up and promises
I think we all agree the woman who is, Bien Dans Sa Peau is the woman we would like to be.
Bien dans sa peau, translates as being ‘well in her skin’.
This popular French expression relates to women, not to health and describes a general state of being rather than any one specific female feature.
French or Italian in your other life? I have always thought that when it comes to France and Italy, passions are divided. It seems to me that there are those people who love Italy and who love all things Italian and then there are the Francophiles who can think and dream of nowhere but
This film is a gentle watch with all the right ingredients that make French movies such a pleasure. For a start the main character is pretty easy on the eye and the female counterpart is not bad either. The plot is nothing too heavy or violent with just the right amount of emotional angst
I like to paint a romantic picture of life in France, and for the most part it is la vie en rose, but the hum drum days do exist as do the confusing days. Because the truth of the matter is that wherever you live in the world life is full of detail, and
To wake up in London and find myself in the midst of a winter wonderland. London doesn’t really do snow. There are the occasional flurries or an inch or two that hug the pavements for minutes rather than hours, but generally London is more about the rain than the snow. Not today. When
Favourite French Music Serge Gainsbourg – Couleur Cafe, Comic Strip, Love and the Beat, and Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited. Jane Birkin – Je t’aime…Moi non Plus ( again with SG – her great love) and Arabesque Isabelle Boulay – Tout un Jour Carla Bruni – Quelqu’un m’a dit and Comme si de rien netait Belinda Carslile –
Oh I am tired tonight… I have been picking olives all day in the sunshine (yes, the weather was beautiful in St Remy de Provence today) but I am aching all over – the back hurts, the legs hurt and the long hot soak in the tub is only minutes away. But I don’t care
You will receive my guide to, The Top Ten French Wardrobe Essentials, as a thank you.
