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June 30, 2025
by Cheryl
life in paris, recipes

Summer Baking – Peach Crisp

The best part of summer is all the fresh fruit at cheap prices. In France, they have flat peaches that look like UFOs, but they are delicious, sweet, and so easy to peel for baked goods. I made peach crisp this week and it was just the best thing I’ve…

June 17, 2025
by Cheryl
life in paris, recipes

Le Macaroni Et Fromage

Some days you need your Mom’s macaroni and cheese casserole. Weirdly, it is a much easier thing in France – so there will be TWO recipes. One US and one French! La Recette Francaise You will need: 1 casserole pan1 whisk1 spatula Ingredients: 3 -33 cl bechamel2-140g shredded cheddar 1…

February 12, 2025
by Cheryl
recipes

Fall Classic – Chicken and Dumplings

Fall in Paris is glorious. Is it better than spring? Oui. It also has me craving a little bit of home. Between immersive French, data algorithms going off the rails, and trying to find all my packages all over the city – I’ve been a little overwhelmed, actually, a lot…

February 12, 2025
by Cheryl
recipes

Taco Hotdish Makes The World Go Round

I can cook. Really. I can. However, the dish that is most requested by my fellow Parisians is Bev’s Taco Hotdish. A little background. I worked with a group of grumpy old ladies in an office during college. You could still legally smoke and I think the office collectively smoked…