Feb 1, 2013 | Newsletters, Uncategorized
Parapluies Simon in Paris By Patricia Tennison www.ParisCafeWriting.com The first thing I bought on my first trip to Paris was an umbrella. It was 1967, and I suddenly needed one. From high school French I knew how to pronounce parapluie—a melodious word that is still...
Jan 1, 2013 | Newsletters, Uncategorized
Off to Marseilles for Bouillabaisse By Patricia Tennison www.ParisCafeWriting.com Bouillabaisse and I have a history. For years, I made this fish soup—from scratch, fish heads and all—for Christmas Eve dinner. Then, to prepare myself when I first became a restaurant...
Oct 1, 2012 | Newsletters, Uncategorized
Yogurt: Suleiman’s Magnificent Solution By Patricia Tennison www.ParisCafeWriting.com This story starts in the 16th century when the guy on the left (Francis I of France, black hat, nice necklace) had a problem—diarrhea. Fortunately, his ally on the right (Suleiman...
Jun 1, 2012 | Newsletters, Uncategorized
Oui! Grégoire Maret on Jazz Harmonica By Patricia Tennison www.ParisCafeWriting.com The June session of Paris Cafe Writing started with champagne at a small French restaurant behind the historic winter circus (Cirque d’ Hiver). It ended with more bubbles at the...
Apr 1, 2012 | Newsletters, Uncategorized
Mad Men’s “Zou Bisou Bisou” By Patricia Tennison www.ParisCafeWriting.com Le seminar de Paris Cafe Writing en juin est complet. That’s easy to read: The June seminar is filled. The Paris writing sessions are in English, but in France we are surrounded by …...
