The best way to appear French at a dinner party is offer your guests an apéritif (AH-pear-a-teef), that is, a pre-dinner cocktail. The classic French apéritif is a Kir, a meeting of blackcurrant liqueur and dry white wine produced in Burgundy. How to make Kir: 1/5 Crème de Cassis (blackcurrant […]
I have found myself to be a merger of two distinctly different lifestyles: the American one with which I grew up and the French one I came to love. I don’t believe that one precludes the other or that these seemingly different lifestyles should be mutually exclusive. What I hope to give you in this blog is the chance to live like a Parisian for a moment, a day, or a lifetime in the comfort of your own American city. I hope to give you the tools to create your own perfect blend of french-ness and la vie américaine.