I’ve Fallen Under The Spell Of Capodistria

"Where is Capodistria?" you are probably asking yourselves. I myself had only heard about the town in passing and almost certainly wouldn't have been able to place it on a map. But as the boy, the dog and I drove back to Italy from Croatia, we spent the morning tracking along the Istrian coast. I …

Sexual Harassment – it doesn’t have to be this way…

I want to take a second from my usual food-related ramblings to talk about something more serious: harassment on the streets of Paris. The wave of women posting #MeToo statuses has meant that journalists are getting the green light to publish articles which state the bleeding obvious. The Local, for example, recently published a piece …

Spotlight On: Chausson au Speculoos

The croissant is so passé. My social media feeds this week (I'm looking at you in particular, Facebook) have been clogged with supposedly scandalous chatter of straight vs curved croissants. It's pure semantics. Anyone who knows their butter from their margarine knows that the croissant was not created equal. So while we wait for the online …