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Glou-glou! How to get out of cooking for Thanksgiving (hint: be a turkey)

Turkeys or dindes at Château Miraval, in 2005. "Glou-glou! Gobble-gobble!" turkeys say, in French and in English. More turkey talk, and some mischief, in today’s story. TODAY'S WORD: glouglou or glou-glou     : gobble-gobble    : glug-glug* (the sound of wine pouring out of a bottle) FRENCH SOUND FILE: Click below to hear Jean-Marc pronounce the French words in this post. Then scroll down … Continue reading Glou-glou! How to get out of cooking for Thanksgiving (hint: be a turkey)

Kristin Espinasse50 Comments
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Authentic French Stuffing Recipe from My Belle-Mère

facultatif, tive (fa-kewl-tah-teef, teev) adjective 1. optional, voluntary A Day in a French Life… by Kristin Espinasse Today I share my belle-mère’s* stuffing recipe. Instead of presenting it in a logical recipe-type format, I am including the actual letter she wrote to her son (which, she would add, was scratched down in a very haphazard fashion) along with a rough translation. As for weights and … Continue reading Authentic French Stuffing Recipe from My Belle-Mère

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