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In France and some other French-speaking countries, a réveillon is a long dinner, and possibly party, held on the evenings preceding Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. The…

The best olives and oil come from a fresh and slow process of curing the olives with brine for at least six months.  Once the olive has softened…

  gorgeous 11 acre piece of property in Americas, Georgia. This is the main home named Cuthbert. This gothic revival cottage also has elements of neo-classical,CHINOISERIE and antiques…

Scenes from the DaVinci Code were filmed in St. Sulpice.  It’s a beautiful church that has huge matching genuine clamshell holy water fonts at the entrance. It contains…

French Tian Bowls are basically mixing bowls made of earthenware.  The tian style bowl is originally from Narbonne, France near Spain; however, they can now be found in…

French Onion Soup:  A  French  Tradition Legend has it that the first Onion Soup or “soupe à l’oignon” in French, was created by King Louis the XV of France…

     A quick “history” of the origin of the Trumeau      The trumeau is a mirror (pronounced troo-mo) set into tall wooden frames with a large…

French olive jars originated from Biot, France -A small potting village in the south of France – “Jarres de Biot” are made from hand, without mold or wheel.…