Dear Ones,
Jean-marc bouley
Happy Easter Weekend. Here they say 'Bonnes Paques' - it just doesn’t have the same ring. This morning as I write to you, I have a collier d'agneau (lamb’s neck) braising in the oven, a stock simmering from last-night's poulet de Bresse, am thumbing through Simca and Elizabeth David recipes, putting together things for an Easter picnic in Chablis. My pop warned me that I would go to France and become a thick-ankled woman hovering over a stove… well,
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