la cuisiniere provencale

la cuisiniere provencale: the oldest french cookbook in continuous print

-karen le billon

'a table!'

'a table!' is a summons that brings most French children running. everyone waits for everyone else to be served, and for the ritual 'bon appetit!' to be said before beginning the meal
-Karen LeBillon

delight!

the simple living guide by janet luhrs:

'cooking can be an act of love and delight, or it can be yet another exercise in racing through life on automatic pilot - never stopping for a moment to notice, feel, or taste.

-karen LeBillon

supermarket

'when you go into a supermarket in the United States, there is hardly any food!'...there was not a lot, in most American supermarkets, that most French people would consider (traditionally at least) an ailment...the processed and preprepared foods that filled up the aisles in a North American grocery store weren't real food, because, although they were edible, they weren't nourishing.
-Karen LeBillon