photo by Cynthia Gillespie-Smith A SPECIAL WELCOME to students who have just signed on to this journal. It is an honor to have you with us! This blog began in the South of France in 2002 when our children were 5 and 7, and I worked at a  Swedish-owned winery while my husband sold Italian wine bottling machines. (I am American and he is French.) … Continue reading Un coup de bol + ras le bol and recipe for “le pain en cocotte” (dutch oven bread)