July 2, 2009 · 8:00 pm

OUR APRONS HAD A GOOD WORKOUT THIS MONTH !

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I was delighted to see my classified ad in the new Christian Science Monitor this week. Because I came to France 40 years ago due to a Monitor ad, I hopeful that this one will entice new guests to come to France as well !

I knew when I started this blog that I might not write every day…or even every week, but now it’s almost a month since D day, when I last wrote. Many guests have come and gone to my B&B at La Forge…I have more and more French guests through a wonderful web site http://www.guidesdecharme.com/

We had several cooking classes during the past month, with two wonderful cooks: Xavier Fages, a teacher at the restaurant and hotel lycée in Libourne, and Jean Pierre Moullé from Chez Panise in Berkely, CA and his group from http://www.twobordelais.com/

I’m going to use this blog to keep you up to date with what our cooks are doing as well. Take a look at our new recipe file !

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June 5, 2009 · 6:25 am

D-day

Taking a group of americans  to discover the gastronmy of the French pasture land with my friend Jean Pierre Moullé, our stop along the Normandy beaches turned out to be one of the most emotional moments of my life here in France. High above the cliffs I looked down on those beaches where hudrends of young american soldiers arrived laden with arms and the conviction that they were going to free Europe from Hitler’s hands. For most of them it was their first time out side of their own country. Hundreds stayed forever in this gentle Normandy countryside and I met them in the white fields of crosses covering acres along the French coast. They were mostly they same age as I was when I first arrived in France 24 years later….and I stayed too…to live in a France freed by them.  The French, though they sometimes seem to forget, are ever greatful to those young men.

The Peace Museum in Caen is a wonderful “merci!” to them all….don’t miss it when you come to Normandy !

For the next tour to Normandy with Jean Pierre and Denise Moullé check their web site: http://www.twobordelais.com

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May 25, 2009 · 8:26 am

What’s Cooking in France

Bonjour from France !

Bonjour from France !

What’s cooking is my new blog  about:

B&B in Bordeaux and it’s country side and in Paris

House rentals and exchanges

Personalized tours

Cooking classes

Gardens

Artist’s and artisan’s studios


As an American having lived in France for all of my adult life I started http://www.whatscookinginfrnace.com as the  perfect way to get to know the French and France. I’ve established a intimate network of friends with Bed and Breakfasts  “à la Française”  in country houses and Paris apartments. I propose organising winetastings with passionate experts, cooking classes in private home kitchens, lunches with new French friends,  visits to extraordinary gardens,  to artists’ studios and to their collectors’ homes and gallerys . I also want to let you know what’s going on at the moment that you shouldn’t miss. I can help you put together your next trip to France… to those places off the beaten track where you’ll experince France better than you ever imagined.

Carol de Montrichard Dalléas

whatscookinginfrance@gmail.com

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