You know you are reading a French cookbook when the author’s instructions begin, “marinate for…
Month: August 2013
The charm of The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (1933), Gertrude Stein’s tongue-in-cheek “memoir” of her partner,…
Like many Americans, I studied French in school, choosing it over the more practical Spanish…
Embarking on a new reading list is, to me, a highlight of starting a new…
The story of Parisians being reduced to eating rats, cats, dogs, and even zoo animals, during…