Monthly Archives: October 2009
links for 2009-10-25
Lebanon dips into another world record with hummus – Yahoo! News For those, like me, who love hummus. (tags: hummus Lebanon)
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links for 2009-10-21
Black and Orange: Black Bread with Manchego, Marmalade, and Hazelnuts What to do with black Himalayan salt! (tags: recipes sandwiches) ‘Wichcraft For Dinner: Trying To Go Beyond Sandwiches Since I don’t live in NYC anymore, I guess I will have … Continue reading
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D Day
doublage (m) = dubbing (de film) désalpe (f) = process of bringing cattle down from the high Alps for winter (we actually have festivals dedicated to this!) démailloter = to take the swaddling clothes off No one can complain that … Continue reading
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The words of the day come from a sign on the door of our building, which forbids: colportage (m) = hawking, peddling mendicité (m) = begging
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Rick
You can read all about one of my crushes heroes, here.
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links for 2009-10-12
Dinner Tonight: Beef and Dark Beer Chili This sounds great. Will not to try to make anytime soon, since I am sure some ingredients not available here. (tags: chili recipes) 8 Coping Tips for Living in Paris – David Lebovitz … Continue reading
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Today is a D kind of day: daube (f) = stew, casserole dauber = to braise, but also to jeer! dicton (m) = saying, dictum
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links for 2009-10-10
Andy Borowitz: Obama Named Country Music Entertainer of the Year This is too funny. (tags: Obama Borowitz)
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C is for: coupe-cigare (m) = cigar cutter crise des larmes (f) = crying fit colocataire (f) = roommate
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