This 1962 work by Philip K. Dick is quite a good book — I like counter factual history. Specifically, as you probably know, the action o...

After Paris in July -- a month of reading and writing about Paris -- I picked a novel that's as far from Paris as I can imagine. Fre...

"The female head of household needs to be recategorized from 'born to cook' to 'born to figure out how to feed people....

All of July, I have been reading books about Paris, checking recipes on the website of Cuisine et Vins de France, looking for unknown books ...

July 2018 has been a month of travel, as well as houseguests visiting our house, so I've spent time in my own kitchen and in others...

Le Grand Véfour by Guy Martin is large, flashy, and overwhelming cookbook that documents the current state of a historic restaurant: ...

"Dessert crowns dinner. To fashion a beautiful dessert, you have to be at the same time a confectioner, decorator, painter, architect,...

The 6:41 to Paris by Jean-Philippe Blondel. One of the other participants in Paris in July recommended this book. She didn't say an...

If you like to read about the history of France and of its many wonderful foods, I think you will love this book: A Bite-Sized History of ...

French people care about politics -- French politics! They know a great deal about the lives and histories of recent candidates for presiden...

Saturday morning, Lafayette Farmers' Market, with my sister. The farmer says these white squash are the original from which patt...