The Sabbatical Chef

My Advisory Pumpkin 2009 Pat, my dear friend and member of the Arles 6, sent this to me.  It is by Peter Mayle via the New York Times.  Fu...

Halloween isn't a French holiday.  Some towns have tried it, but it hasn't been successful.  Last year, in Arles, Jonas and I carved...

I have been known to say "One can never have a bad day when one is wearing pink."  I do indeed wear pink as often as possible- in ...

(This was first published in the Durham Herald-Sun on November 5, 2008.) Food is sacred in France.  Many of the conversations I have hear...

(This article was published in the Durham Herald-Sun newspaper October 6, 2008.  It is the second article I wrote from France during my sa...

(photo courtesy of Jeremy Salamon:  www.jeremycooks.com) The latest victim for my monthly column was Dave Artigues of Elodie Farms in Rou...

 In exchange for doing some sewing for Craig and Seth, the BFF and I were given a too-good-to-pass-up deal on last week's wine class at...