François-Auguste-René Rodin November 12, 1840 – November 17, 1917 Sculpturally, Rodin possessed a unique ability to model a complex, turbulent, ...
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A Day In Beauvais
Arriving in Beauvais around 11:30 in the morning, my chest puffed up like a proud hen's. So pleased with my self for having made like clockwork this ...
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Food For The Table: Potage Parmentier
Why Parmentier? A few potato dishes in France are named after Antoine-Augustin Parmentier (1737 – 1813) who is known as the promoter of using ...
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Food For The Table: Mafé Poulet
Paris is a maze of many cultures and many of those cultures come from West Africa. Walking through the lively streets of Bellevue, you may begin to ...
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Food For The Table: Zucchini Provencal
Zucchini Provencal in my kitchen One way to use the end of abundant summer growing season vegetables - tomatoes and zucchini - is to make this simple ...
Art History: The Palette of Cézanne
La Montagne Sainte Victoire vue de Bibemus, 1897 by Paul Cezanne The Impressionist palette, no matter how wild the paintings may have seemed to be ...
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Food For The Table: Pâtes Au Saumon Frais
My take on Pasta with Salmon, using linguine, Chez Moi It is not unusual to find pasta dishes in the South of France, or more specifically, in ...
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Michelangelo At The Louvre
The Louvre is not a place one would instinctively visit to see work by the famous Renaissance sculptor Michelangelo Buonarotti. He does have work in ...
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Food For The Table: Sweet Crêpes
Chestnut Crêpes in my kitchen You can find many different kinds of Crêpes in Parisian restaurants and cafes as well as at the to-go windows of the ...
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The Winged Victory
The Winged Victory of Samothrace is that one piece in the Louvre that is a constant. Throughout the years, as the museum has undergone changes - ...