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French cuisine – three little piggies went to Montreuil- sur-Mer!

Last week my sister and her partner came to stay while my other half was doing a business course in London. I love it when ...
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Bake my Day

There’s absolutely no doubt about it bread is very important to the French. Your Croissant or your life I read a story in the news ...
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My cat garden helpers

I don’t know what it is about me and gardening but all the animals seem to find it fascinating.  If the chickens are in the ...
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The French are never wrong – this can be very taxing

When I bought my house in France it came with a couple of outbuildings that had no windows or doors and were missing walls on ...
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All French men are rude

  “Well we’ve all heard it or read it somewhere haven’t we? “The French are so rude – and arrogant!”   My husband said this many ...
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The perils of not speaking French and Churchill the pinscher

After we got Winston the cat and decided that I really like cats and my other half Mark really likes dogs we decided that one ...
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My cat Winston

I’ve got three French cats or rather lodgers.  All three of them, Winston, ‘Enry Cooper and Loulou are ex-strays who now think they are the ...
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Eaglet the confused chicken

When we moved to France I hankered after keeping chickens for eggs.  After a couple of years which were spent prioritising work on the house ...
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Parterre gardens

Originating in France in the 16th century – parterre is a formal garden style consisting of planting beds, edged in stone or a single species ...
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Le Festival des Soupes et des Pains (The Soup and Bread Festival) Montreuil-sur-Mer

It was the last Sunday in October and the clocks had gone back making us feel refreshed, and as we had time on our hands ...
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