Cheese Madeleines with Chives Bastille Day is a French national holiday which is celebrated on July 14th every year, similar to the July 4th celebration in the United States. It is the commemoration of the storming of the Paris Bastille in 1789, a citizens’ victory at the outset of the French Revolution. I’m a Francophile, and readily admit it. I’ve been hopelessly trying to learn to speak French for more years than I care to tell you but I haven’t given up yet. Cooking French food is much easier than trying learn to...
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A friend sent this to me: I saw this in a magazine (Town and Country, December 2009) yesterday - the editor was writing about a holiday lunch she had with Julia Child. She sang this re-write of a Christmas classic to Julia. I thought you would enjoy. On the 12th day of Christmas Miss Julia made for me...• Twelve chocolate mousses • Eleven poires Hélène-ing • Ten tartes tatin-ing • Nine veaux blanquette-ing • Eight lambs a stewing • Seven ducks l'orange-ing • Six geese pâté-ing • Five crèmes brûlées •...
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