Okay so just to be totally honest here, I don’t know whether ‘provencal style tuna’ is really the best description of this bagel filling. It has flavours of Provence: tapenade, tuna fish, peppers … but I think it’s entirely possible that a French person could take offence to my description. But who cares? I was […]
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Foodie penpals – August 2015
Thanks to a pretty horrendous workload at the moment, I am only just getting around to sharing my latest Foodie Penpals update. My parcel from Anne of Les Recettes du Panier (“Recipes from a wicker basket”) was awesome, so I have been desperate to post … so annoying when work gets in the way! So […]
F is for France – Cigalon
Oh yes, Alphabet Adventures is back. Charlotte’s lovely baby Henry is a year old now – wowsers – and she is back at work, making it a little bit easier for us all to meet up. Actually, we met up for our F meal in February, but I have only just found the time to write […]
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Tres bien New Year meals in Paris – friends, food and flambee
I actually wrote this post last weekend, and planned to publish it today. During the week we have seen the awful terrorist attacks in Paris which have shocked us all, and it prompted me to add an extra note before publishing. I love Paris: working for a French company, having lots of French friends, and […]
Foodie penpals – March 2014
This month, I met my foodie penpal for the first time. Selina from Thrift Street commutes to London every day, so we decided to meet face to face. Selina brought a lovely parcel directly to my office (how’s that for service?!) and it took me seconds to rip it open and examine this month’s goodies. […]
Bienvenue a Paris
What a week, with two trips to Paris – one for pleasure (a gift to my mum to celebrate her 60th) and one for work. I know the city very well – I work for a French company and get to travel to our Paris offices quite frequently, plus we have plenty of friends living […]