I will never forget my very first trip to the United States. I was part of a group of French business people and, after attending a trade...

Soups are easy to do and good for you. They can be light; they can be hearty – You choose. When I had my restaurant, people loved my...

Life in France is very appealing to a lot of us. We see France as a beautiful, charming, picturesque, romantic place, which it is! French...

I know the French have lost the beret, although the cliché remains, and probably for ever will. The young people of France and Europe in...

If you have ever been to France, you must have seen this word, “Brasserie”, all over the large, busy downtowns and all the way to the...

Learning a foreign language can be intimidating, sometimes discouraging. You start from nothing and you build up, one word after the...

Holidays in France are defined by labor laws, and we have eleven of them every year. Yes, eleven!!! The first one is New Year’s Day....

Do you think the French are snobby, haughty and stuffy? They used to be, but they are not any more. All in all, the French are more...

If you have never had escargots and you swear you will never have any because they are gross, it is very much the same as talking about a...

The French do not really use baking soda in baking. I must say, it took me some years to one day add a heaping 1/8 of a teaspoon of...

Many of us are determined to eat a healthy diet. We wait for the first of the year to get a fresh, new start, and it does not happen....