French la Vie https://www.frenchlavie.com French la Vie Fri, 31 Jul 2026 06:12:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://www.frenchlavie.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/poppy-1-150x150.png French la Vie https://www.frenchlavie.com 32 32 https://www.frenchlavie.com/2026/07/31/lindas-spiced-fig-cake/ Linda’s Spiced Fig Cake https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/964860809/0/tongueincheek~Linda%e2%80%99s-Spiced-Fig-Cake/ https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/964860809/0/tongueincheek~Linda%e2%80%99s-Spiced-Fig-Cake/#respond Fri, 31 Jul 2026 02:00:50 +0000 https://www.frenchlavie.com/?p=85881 Every time I’ve come home from France over the past 40 years, I’ve walked through my mother’s front door to find one of Linda’s glorious welcome baskets waiting—filled with homemade jams, cakes, cookies, fruit, vegetables, nuts, and countless delicious surprises, all prepared with such generosity and care. Today you outdid yourself. Lunch was absolutely delicious. […]]]>

Every time I’ve come home from France over the past 40 years, I’ve walked through my mother’s front door to find one of Linda’s glorious welcome baskets waiting—filled with homemade jams, cakes, cookies, fruit, vegetables, nuts, and countless delicious surprises, all prepared with such generosity and care.

Today you outdid yourself. Lunch was absolutely delicious. By the end, I’d probably eaten enough to feed ten little pigs for ten years. Then you brought out your beautiful fig and spiced cake. Even after feeding those ten little pigs, I could happily have eaten the whole cake myself.

That’s your magic—every single thing you make is irresistible. Thank you for feeding me so generously, but even more, for making me feel so loved.

Now, off to walking around the world to give away those calories!

]]> https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/964860809/0/tongueincheek~Linda%e2%80%99s-Spiced-Fig-Cake/feed/ 0 https://www.frenchlavie.com/2026/07/30/the-youngest-and-the-oldest/ The Youngest and the Oldest https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/964440674/0/tongueincheek~The-Youngest-and-the-Oldest/ https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/964440674/0/tongueincheek~The-Youngest-and-the-Oldest/#respond Thu, 30 Jul 2026 02:00:49 +0000 https://www.frenchlavie.com/?p=85876 The youngest in our family, his baby Cal- he is one year old. The oldest is my mother. She is 90 years old.]]>

The youngest in our family, his baby Cal- he is one year old. The oldest is my mother. She is 90 years old.

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Olivia’s drawing on herself and her brother Gabriel, bellybuttons include.

This is her daddy. Note his non curly hair.

The entire little family plus…

Plus a wee little one.

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Green vibrancy, Chris’ vegetable patch hums with yum. His passion finds its way into every row, joy lingers on every vine, and the reward arrives in delicious vegetables—blue-ribbon marvels!

Autumn leaves become a tablecloth for tomorrow’s feast. By spring the leaves are swept aside, leaving room for posthole-dug homes, each plant welcomed with compost rich in coffee grounds and eggshells. Folded weed cloth, a « fresh » tablecloth of leaves, a crown of real steer manure, then drip lines, sturdy stakes, and construction-wire cages complete the scene.

No mystery, only care, patience, and a gardener who knows that generous hands coax extraordinary harvests. Chris shares his know how freely— and his bounty.

now, Chris my readers, and I would like your recipes for sun-dried tomatoes, and marinara sauce. Please indulgence us in your secrets!

M some of the photos were taken by Chris

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