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So it's been quite a while since I made a mark on the blogosphere... and I know it's been lacking without my presence! But what can be said - a lack of blogging fodder and a school/ work schedule that nearly cost me my sanity prevented me from blogging.
BUT - at long last I make my second summer debut this time not from New York or home in N.C. but from my home-away-from-home, St. Marcellin, where my family and I are apparently living under a black cloud as it's been raining for what seems like half an eternity. Forecast says we'll get sun June 5. We're not sure if we can make it that long without washing away. I mean all this rain makes it hard to get anything done, drying laundry's like being in France and not eating bread - i.e. impossible.
So this summer's fodder is going to be (at least for a time) documenting the colors of France. Interpret that as you will, because I don't think I can really define it.
Example 1: It's an amazing phenomenon we've stumbled upon here. French women have taken to dying their hair and then matching them to their clothes!!! Now we're not talking typical bottle blondes and all here, you see everything from the fire engine red at right, to purple and orange. Incredible. Imagine the time and effort put into finding enough clothes to match that one specific color. And then what if this woman one day wakes up and decides she wants to change hair colors? She's now stuck with a closet full of red!
Like before I'm sure this will turn into a conglomeration of all my random thoughts and yes, ramblings... are you really that surprised?!
Peach tart à la Bonne Maman! quite the crowd pleaser and way easy... especially with the roll-out pastry dough that they've got here. use it for tart, quiche, appetizers - it works like a dream and cooks up flaky and wonderful! we bring rolls of it back when we come home.
Beignets de courgettes farcis (stuffed fried zucchini flowers!) so we bought a bunch of zucchinis from an old couple in the country one one of our Sullivan family drives through the country and on top were the blossoms, which the woman told us to fry up and eat. normally you're charged extra for the blossoms with the zuccinis but they gave us these for free with our purchase. we stuffed them with herbed ricotta and they turned out to be deeeelicious! (the pic is pre-frying.)
straaaawberries that ended up being made into confiture that we now put over yogurt in the morning for breakfast!
