As a child growing up in France with my elderly French Grandmaman, I greatly enjoyed the time of l’apéritif, now commonly called l’apéro. On Sundays, my Grandmaman and I would meet up with her 3 great lady friends for the day. This involved bathing the day before, putting on your Sunday best, going to church, ...

Since summer in Europe has been very temperamental this year, I find myself automatically combining summer dishes with other more fall or wintery ones. After a lovely walk at sunset, albeit between rain clouds, the air begins to chill with the arrival of the evening and it’s time to go indoors to some snazzy but ...