Tag: cheese
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Cheesy Miss France
The first weekend of December, Papa’s Wife usually hosts a Raclette party to usher in the holiday season (I love her for this by the way… and if you served me melted cheese all night I’d love you too). She did it last year, and she did it the year before (and I could have…
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the long weekend
Last weekend was a long one here. La Fête Nationale (Bastille Day to you and me) was Thursday and The Husband had Friday off too. Extra long weekends mean a trip to Auvergne to see French Mommy. It went a little something like this: Thursday… 5am; time to hit the road because no traffic is awesomesauce.… finding Vitamin Water…
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la fête du fromage
{from Billy, with love} I like cheese. I feel blessed to have ended up in France, home of about 400 different types of cheese (St. Nectaire, and Roquefort, and Cantal, oh my!). And, I’m lucky enough to live only a few miles down the road from Banon. Besides being the name of the village, Banon is…
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It's A Cheese Cheese Cheese World
I’m talking about cheese again. But it’s not my fault. I live in a country with about 400 cheeses. We’re all about the cheese here. This is what happened… Friday morning we awoke to a snowy icy village. Too much snow and ice for The Husband to drive to work (the roads in and out of…
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Sunday is Cheeseday
Just as last Sunday I was stuffing myself with the wonderful gooey goodness of the Raclette, yesterday we indulged in cheese again, but this time in the form of the Fondue. Clermont was playing Leinster in Rugby. And since The Husband’s home team was playing my Dublin team we had to do something. Melting cheese…
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I Heart Raclette
Let me tell you about my friend Raclette. Raclette is both a cheese and a party and it’s all the rage in Switzerland, France, and probably loads of other countries too (because yeah, it’s that good). See, you take one of these grills… {buy me} And you put slices of Raclette cheese on the little…
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the art of relaxation
After the usual horrible drive (but bonus… Fifty only threw up once) we got to French Mommy’s a little after 10pm. A double cheek kiss, a bite to eat, and straight to bed we went (driving with Fifty is a very tiresome experience). Around midnight I woke up to someone shouting, in French. French Nana…
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International Day of Awesomeness
Today is my birthday. And since it is also this guy’s… Dan Quayle And this guy’s… Alice Cooper It pretty much makes it the greatest day of the year. I’m thinking of petitioning to turn it into an International Day of Awesomeness. Anyhoo, I’ve made a list, because I love those, a list of what…
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A Very Grown Up NYE
New Years Eve at N & Honey B’s house in Avignon. N & Honey B are one of those fabulously grown up couples who make me feel like I am a teenager even though I’m a couple of years older than they are. They have a grown up house, perfectly designed and decorated. Everything bought…
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Holiday Highlights
La Bourboule… try and say it I dare you! It feels funny and makes your lips and tongue do something pretty strange, something American mouths are not used to doing. French mouths have no problem, they have rather talented lips and tongues. But I digress, La Bourboule (I just wanted to type it again because…
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