Boreal Flavors and Quebec-Style Hygge
I am passionate about boreal flavors and the Quebec-style hygge way of life.
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Category Discoveries
A Gourmet Getaway in Quebec City (A Foodie Tour)
If you want to discover Northern and Boreal cuisine, a gourmet getaway in Quebec will delight you.
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Butter with Sea Salt Crystals
Clearly, Brittany is known for its salted butter, but the inclusion of coarse salt crystals brings a delightful crunchiness to regular salted butter.
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Sea Salt Caramel – A Brittany Favorite
Salted caramel. A few years after becoming so, so popular in Brittany, that delicacy crossed the Atlantic!
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One Ocean, Two Continents, 1,000 Connections
As I read about those men who came from where I come from and lived where I have lived… on the other side of the ocean, I can only be fascinated to discover so many connections between those two worlds.
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Newfoundland – “Terre aux Bretons”
Bretons and Basques have been fishing and exploring the seawaters of Newfoundland and the Saint-Laurent before Samuel de Champlain and even before Jacques Cartier.
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Brittany Wooden Shoes
Stories about Brittany wooden shoes.
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Fireplace and “lit clos”
The "lit clos" or enclosed bed is a very traditional and unique piece of Brittany furniture.
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Rediscovering Brittany
Brittany is where I came from. I left. And here I am, having to rediscover the place I came from. I was born and raised in Brittany but left for America when I was 22. America was a place where…
The Greatest Places on Earth!
I started thinking about the places that I have visited and found remarkable. Not easy to select.
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