Archive for July, 2009


Vive la France!

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Whether you are in France or à l’étranger, Happy Bastille Day mes amis! I just stepped off the Eurostar from London but I couldn’t call myself a francophile if I didn’t try to see the fireworks tonight. Alors, off to the Seine I go, with friends, to catch the 10pm feux d’artifices. Stop by for a report [...]

A year in a French market: Bachelorette cooking (or not)

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

My husband, CK, left for a year-long stint in Baghdad three months ago (actually, 83 days — but who’s counting?). I have to admit that after all the dread, being solo isn’t as bad as I’d feared. Of course, I miss him like a major organ — there’s no one to hold my hand at [...]

Twitter with me

Monday, July 6th, 2009

I know, I know, I’m about about two years too late to hop on this bandwagon. But if you use twitter, I hope you’ll follow my tweets about eating, cooking and living in Paris — not to mention my on-going garden battle against aphids. Oh, and news about my upcoming novel, Kitchen Chinese. And if you don’t twitter [...]