French Wine Pairing 101

by Ghislaine Mahler on May 2, 2012

 

Wine Pairing 101 – What You Need To Know Before You Go

By Adam Costa

Wine is delicious. Wine is amazing. Wine is the best thing ever made… especially when it’s paired with a delicious meal.

You’d struggle to go wrong with food pairing, but – like fresh baked [click to continue…]

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Paris in the XIXth Century

by Ghislaine Mahler on February 29, 2012

The “Musee Carnavalet”  (Carnavalet Museum), in Paris, will be showing a collection of wonderful old photos from the XIXth century, from April to July, 2012.  Here are a few I found on their website.  This makes me dream of old times – wouldn’t you just want to travel in time [click to continue…]

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French TV for kids

February 27, 2012

I recently switched my cable service from Charter to the Dish Network because I wanted access to TV5, a French television channel.  It is much fun for me to find some of my favorite shows, films, documentaries, all in French, and also to watch the news from a European perspective. 

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Catching up with Life

November 10, 2011

Now that the winter months are ahead, I am going to have a bit more time to post on my blog.  I am thinking of the fall seasonl in France, in the western suburb of Paris, Chatou where I grew up .. I remember the long walks to school, dragging

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Panoramic views of Paris

December 20, 2010

I discovered a new website with wonderful panoramic views of Paris.  You can scroll around, up and down, right and left, you can pull closer or farther away from the views, and you can read info about all the monuments you see, and much more!  I absolutely love it. 

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Fresh Herbs for French Cooking – Part 1

May 12, 2010

It’s time to plant your herbs.  I moved to a new state just a few months ago, so I needed to plant a new herb garden for all my French cooking.  Which made me realize that some French cooking amateurs might not be familiar with the ideal French herb garden?

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French Cooking Blog

April 5, 2010

Finally!  After several months of battling with the intricacies of 21st century technology and a couple of vicious viruses which somehow made their way into my website … everything has been cleared.  It is finally time to launch Ma Belle France.  This was a very difficult birth and I Thank

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