Table & Foraging
Carottes Râpées, the Ubiquitous French Carrot Salad
This is one of those recipes that you’ll find everywhere here, in varying quality, from unattractive supermarket versions to fancy upscale bistros.
Keith Christiansen
Table & Foraging
Finding Food Elsewhere
In this part of the newsletter, I’ll explore ideas, recipes and thinking about food that I have found in France and elsewhere. These are take on recipes and maybe not “correct” but tasty.
culture
Salad Days: Understanding a bit about French Mortgages & Loans
From Steaks to Stakes: A Glimpse into France's Approach to Mortgages and Life Insurance
daily life in france
Teacher Strikes continue today and Saturday
Strikers assemble for a smaller march starting at the Ducal Castle in Nantes
culture
C’est la Grève: Life in a Country Built to Protest
What “business as usual” looks like when the buses don’t run.
Leaving the US
Beyond Nantes - finding an apartment in France
finding something a bit closer to how we want to live in a new country
culture
France, language, and the problem with the French
another series of problems with the French language
Table & Foraging
The Rat That Ate France
A South American fur trade experiment became France’s weirdest countryside resident — and sometimes, dinner.
american food in france
Yet another list of things to like about France
Of course it's not all bad - here's my version of a slice of life for us these days
american food in france
A Quick Cost of Living Comparison - NYC to Paris
And a little bit about the French city we're living in.
expatriate
Visa, Bureaucracies and Documentation
The Bureaucracy is really a big part of daily life in France. Move cautiously.
French bureaucracy
The French bureaucratic death loop
How to navigate the French paperwork trap