L’Art de Bien Manger

  • Late to the Party – La Chandeleur

    Late to the Party – La Chandeleur

    The 2nd of February in catholic tradition is a high holiday, it’s the day Maria presented Jesus at the temple, yet like so many catholic traditions, the holiday has its roots in old pagan rite, the hailing of the sun returning and light winning over darkness, old hat really, yet very powerful. Living in the Read more

  • January Snow

    January Snow

    The weather has turned eventually, and it’s become wonderfully wintery, snow falling softly yet steadily turning everything into white dusted cake. It’s very cosy inside though, with the woodburner in the kitchen and all those cats sleeping the day away. We’ve successfully introduced our fifth member of the crew into our family, the last of Read more

  • Moving in

    Moving in

    We have moved into our new home on New Year’s Eve. It was of course not at all planned like that. Instead we intended to have had moved by the 26th and easy time getting to know the new place, the new neighbourhood, checking out a few hides etc. and a blast at a very Read more

  • 24 Les Poissonchat’s Wondrous Advent Calendar – Joyeux Noel

    24 Les Poissonchat’s Wondrous Advent Calendar – Joyeux Noel

    Joyeux Noel, Merry Christmas my dear friends from near and far, may you have a Very French one!  Read more

  • 23 Les Poissonchat’s Wondrous Advent Calendar – If All Else Fails

    23 Les Poissonchat’s Wondrous Advent Calendar – If All Else Fails

    If all else fails, have another glass of wine French insurance against everything: if all else fails, have another glass of wine. I know we said that there is no need to resort to alcohol to resolve one’s life’s issues because Santaclaus (see door no 4), however, as goeth the saying, there is an exception Read more

  • 22 Les Poissonchat’s Wondrous Advent Calendar – The Bûche de Noel

    22 Les Poissonchat’s Wondrous Advent Calendar – The Bûche de Noel

    The Bûche de Noel You may have a French Christmas without it, yet not a Very Merry One: The Bûche de Noel. The Bûche de Noel is the traditional French dessert on Christmas Eve. It’s a rolled biscuit cake with creamy filling and shaped like a log, hence its name. It comes in all flavours Read more