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Bread's week
Today is the end of La Fête du Pain. Since 1996, French people celebrate bread during one week in May, around saint Honoré's Day. Saint Honoré is the patron saint of bakers. So yesterday, as everybody was at home, I bought different sorts of bread, a...
Rhubarb time
Rhubarb is very common in Lorraine. And it is the right time to cut some and make jam, pies and even crumbles. I have finished the jam and tasted it, really good. And this afternoon I'm going to make a rhubarb pie with migaine (cream, milk, eggs) and...
Income tax form
The income tax form must be sent back before the end of May in France. Each year we have to face it and each year something changes in the form so you feel like having to be very careful when you read it and when you fill it in. As yesterday was a public...
8th of May
V-E Day is a public holiday in France. It has not always been. Twice a president decided it would be a "normal" day and twice the day was a public holiday again. On television and radio we hear about the different ceremonies to celebrate the end of WW2...