Jardin des Plantes
Our first full day in Paris was also the last full day of our tour. Since our tour guide works for the Jardin des Plantes and the Missouri Botanical Garden has a couple of people with offices there, we had … Continue reading →
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Book Review: Salt Sugar Fat by Michael Moss (Part 3)
Book: Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss Genre: nonfiction Publisher: Random House Publication date: 2013 Pages: 446 Source: Library Summary: This is the third and final part of my review of Salt Sugar Fat by Michael … Continue reading →
Book Review: Salt Sugar Fat by Michael Moss (Part 2)
Book: Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss Genre: nonfiction Publisher: Random House Publication date: 2013 Pages: 446 Source: Library Summary: I reviewed Part 1, Sugar, in March: Book Review: Salt Sugar Fat by Michael Moss … Continue reading →
Jardin du Plessis Sasnières
The French style of gardening features long straight lines and lots of trees and shrubs, with green as the dominant color. The feel is calm and elegant. But after many days of French gardens, it was lovely to visit an … Continue reading →
Saint-Cosme Priory, France
We began our last day in the French countryside with a visit to the Saint-Cosme Priory. This has been a religious site since at least the year 1000AD. It was a way station for pilgrims on their way to Compostela … Continue reading →
Villandry, France (part deux)
I put up some of our photos from our visit to the chateau and gardens at Villandry on Wednesday: Villandry, France. I saved the photos related to our lunch and the huge potager for Weekend Cooking today. Our lunch was at … Continue reading →
Villandry, France
According to our guide, Henri Carvallo, the owner of Villandry, this is the last of the great chateaus built during the Renaissance period in the Loire Valley. This impressive chateau and its gardens are currently supported entirely by visitors’ fees. … Continue reading →
La Chatonnière
One gray morning we visited the gardens at La Chatonnière (link to English version of the website). This had multiple themed gardens. I like the idea of themed gardens, but having been to a number of them, now, I’m aware that they … Continue reading →
Chateau de Valmer, the Potager
I posted photos of Chateau de Valmer on Wednesday, but I saved the ones from the potager for Weekend Cooking and Saturday Snapshot today. Potager is the French term for what Americans would call a vegetable garden or a kitchen … Continue reading →
Chateau de Valmer
We visited Chateau de Valmer (link to the English version of the website) on an evening when it had rained on and off all day. We arrived in a drizzle but got a delightful bit of sun during the golden … Continue reading →