Soup Chou Romanesco

When I moved to Paris I assumed I’d encounter all kinds of foreign items in the grocery stores; different brands of toothpaste, soap, soft drinks, plastic wrap, garbage bags, razor blades and junk food. But I figured the vegetables would…

Haricot vert! Mange-Tout!

Here in Paris the autumn harvest of beans is in the markets now. Well, maybe they’ve been around for a while, but at any rate, I’ve just noticed them.

I’ve been hungry for something comforting, but also green (but not the…

Paris Sketchbook

It’s been seven years this month since I moved here (the number “seven” seems to be a magic number in life; Seven Days of Creation,  Seven Seals of Revelation, Seven Days of the Week, Seven Deadly Sins, The Seven Samurai, The Seven…