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I’m back… I think

On June 5, 2022 By sabbaticalchefIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

It has been so long since I’ve blogged. I have missed this. But life got in the way. Covid, family crises, more Covid… It has been exhausting. For me and the rest of the world. A pandemic. The past 2 1/2 years have been a blur. Masks, tests, confinement, quarantine, so many deaths, so much …

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Gratitude- now!

On March 27, 2020March 27, 2020 By sabbaticalchefIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

I know, here I go again with gratitude and all that. It is sometimes how I get through the day. Well, that and making lists. As I sit in my "office" for hours a day, working on lessons, answering emails from students, colleagues, family, and the big wide world, listening to music clips sent to …

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Paris— one more day

On January 16, 2018 By sabbaticalchefIn Uncategorized1 Comment

It has been an amazing trip. With only one more night to go. It always goes by so (too) quickly. I bought the macarons and chocolate today during a Montmartre food/art/history tour with the amazing Bertrand. If you ever need a guide to show you around, Bertrand is your man. He knows Paris like the …

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Eating in Paris: Days 1 and 2

On January 13, 2018 By sabbaticalchefIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

It is pretty glorious here in Paris. After walking all day, I decided to take a break in the shadow of Notre Dame. I went in to the cathedral to light a candle for Mme Christiane Buchanan, my high school French teacher. I always do this when I am in Paris. Merci, madame. There was …

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This is a test — Part deux

On January 13, 2018 By sabbaticalchefIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

There is a chance that I will fall asleep writing this post. It has been been a long time since I actually slept. Ready for a math problem of epic proportions? It is 10:21 pm Friday in France. 4:21 EST. I woke at 5:30 am on Thursday. I slept maybe 2 1/2 hours on the …

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This is a test

On January 11, 2018 By sabbaticalchefIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Not of the emergency broadcast system, in case anyone but me remembers that. Is that even still a thing? No, this is a Can-I-blog-from-my-iPad? test. I have such good intentions. That pave the way to you know where, as Mama Mildred has told me more than once. Anyway, back to the test. I leave for …

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Paris, je t’aime

On March 13, 2017 By sabbaticalchefIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

​​I am back, with 22 students, two co-chaperones, and our tour manager, B. He is a Frenchie, originally from Basque Country, but a Parisian for the past 10 years. He owns his own tour company, was a political science major, speaks several languages, with English as the first language he studied in school. He spent …

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Hearts

On February 4, 2017February 4, 2017 By sabbaticalchefIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

I have a thing for hearts.  I probably have since the first time I exchanged valentines with my classmates in elementary school.  Back in the day when we decorated white paper bags and left them out for our classmates to slip a little card in at some point leading up to the Big Day.  I …

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I lived in Provence and worked as a chef's assistant in 2007 and 2008. I fell in love with Provence-- its food, wine, sights, smells, and people. It's where I dream of living someday. Until then, I will teach French and blog about eating, cooking, reading, teaching, my family and life in general.

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