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Hit and Miss: French Grocery Stores Go Anglo

Want to have a truly bizarre experience? Go shopping in the ethnic section of a French supermarché, and you’ll find international products---from the states! Can ...
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A Brasserie Classic with Heart: ‘Choucroute Garnie’

Today we're longing for French comfort food. Which brings us to a little history of how French brasseries came to be. And while we're talking ...
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Just a SIMPLE lunch….

If a French family should invite you over for a ‘simple’ meal, just be sure you know what 'un repas simple' means. It may not ...
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Show that Turkey just a little bit!

A little advice from our favorite Charleston chef. It's the Southern Way, and it just so happens to be the French way, too.
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Play with your Pesto

All that was 'ancien' is new again: pesto and pistou, with their bright fresh flavors, make a tasty comeback, especially if you create your own ...
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Stirring the Pot at a Spanish Inn

What in the world is an ‘auberge espagnole’? Better brush up on this term if you’re ever invited to a French fête. Then try a ...
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Into the Depths: Stocking ‘La Cave’

The good news about Burgundy farmhouses: They nearly always come with a real live stone wine cellar. A wine 'cave' is de rigeuer in France---but ...
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How the French Really Eat: An Interview with Five Lyon Ladies

How did I finagle a lunch, fixed just for me by five great French cooks? Why it’s all in the name of research, of course! ...
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How to Get a Guy to Go Shopping

The Sunday flea market, a social tradition in the French countryside: we look forward to our weekly treasure hunt. But what do the shopping-phobic HUSBANDS ...
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Lost In Translation, but in the Neighborhood

Time for un petit language lesson, a special one that just might keep you out of trouble. Then treat yourself to a very French spring ...
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