Myweekin.nethttp://www.myweekin.net/2008-04-27T00:00:00ZAli Wallacecontact@myweekin.netFrench Provincial Kitchens2008-04-27T00:00:00ZAli Wallacepostcard-from-paris-4French provincial kitchens only exist outside France. The average French kitchen is a modest, uncluttered, practical affair.Postcard from Paris 32008-04-05T00:00:00ZAli Wallacepostcard-from-paris-3April may well be the cruelest month, but in Paris it can also be the grumpiest month. People generally feel if they can get through January and February then for sure things will start to get better by mid-March or thereabouts.
Madame in the Loire2008-03-12T00:00:00ZAli Wallacemadame-in-the-loireJust when you think winter is over and spring is about to begin a cold snap arrives out of nowhere throwing you off balance. The shutters you folded back in great expectation now have to be shut. The bikes you hauled out of storage and chained to gardenPostcard from Paris 22008-02-20T00:00:00ZAli Wallaceblog-post-2From my apartment I can hear the bells of Saint-Eustache, the sixteenth century church where the future Louis X1V received first communion, Moliere was married and Madame de Pompadour, mistress of Louis XV and intermittent friend of Dr Who, was baptised JPostcard from Paris 12008-02-02T00:00:00ZAli Wallaceblog-post-1I don’t know why I have an alarm clock because the ancient radiators and hot water pipes in my building start gurgling and ticking away like a dinosaur’s digestive system from about 6AM onwards.