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A self-professed foodie and wine lover, budding photographer and aspiring (as yet unpublished) fiction writer, I am a 23-year-old student living the life in the beautiful city of Bordeaux.

The Ivory Tower

It may not be the job of my dreams, and it may not as well paid as I thought I deserved–although that's more a case of over-bearing, if not futile, moments of righteous self-confidence–and it may seem, by many regards, an unremarkable...
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21 Days

This is, unmistakably, France. A dreaded motherland of sorts. The mosaic of lukewarm shade patches on the searing hot pavement. The distinctive British resilience I praise, and that some French so blatantly mock. The kafkaesque,...
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Recipe: Trout Tarama

Tarama, or taramosalata, is a Turkish and/or Greek (they never agree) meze, part of the usual selection of small dishes served in Mediterranean countries for breakfast (a regular meze includes hummus and muhammara for instance). Originally...
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Recipe: Spaghetti alla Carbonara

I haven't had a real weekend (i.e. baking with a stupendous amount of butter and sleeping until 11 AM on Saturday AND Sunday) in like, a month and a half. Our "moving the hell out of France" proceedings are nearly over. Most of our stuff...
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    Mary6065 valeur sure !! j'adore ;-)) le 13 octobre 2012, 10:13

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Event: 2012 Bordeaux Wine Festival

Disclaimer: my thoughts and opinions are my own. They do not represent a general overview of the French wine industry, nor the views of the company I currently work for. I am simply observing what I hope are specific occurrences of some...
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Recipe: Masoor Dal (Red Lentil Curry)

Job search in one country when you're on the other side of the sea (however tiny the Channel is compared to the vast oceans that lie between me and my dearest readers and blog-friends) is, well, pretty damn harsh. You a) apply with the...
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Restaurant: CPP [4]

A small post with yummy food to tell you that I'm doing fine. I'm in a sweet place called my own personal limbo, not quite willing to let go of things here in France (although in that I have no choice) and craving for the adventure that is...
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Recipe: Ghee

While I was away, Awfully French crashed towards the 40000 hits milestone. Thank you! Quite a sound achievement considering the blog has been on some sort of mini hiatus for the past week, not because I don't want to but because I hardly...
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A Day

I go out with the sweet, quirky flourish of one who is definitely out of place in her own country. Not only socially, but politically. I am sentimental, but not foolish; judgmental, but not without good reason; sunny, but not bubbly;...
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Recipe: Spring Rolls [Cooking Lesson by Frédéric Coiffé, Part 3]

Okay, so, yeah, I haven't updated. In like, more than a week now. It's the price to pay when you're juggling between an internship, another job on the side (I'm your newbie wine hostess for company seminaries in and around Bordeaux during...
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Recipe: Sushi Rice [Cooking Lesson by Frédéric Coiffé, Part 2]

Even though I started really blogging in High School, I started in my early teens, although most of what I wrote were the inane ramblings of a rather shy and socially inapt girl... in French, at that. Now that I have some kind of focus...
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Recipe: Kiri® Sweets

When I move to London, I'm going to miss the French cornucopia of cheese. Not only the artisanal quaint molds where you can still see the farmer's fingerprints at the local fromagerie but also a whole slew of well-known and beloved brands...
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Recipe: Gorgonzola Cremoso Soufflé

A soufflé is a typically French, puffed up and fluffy cake, baked in a ramekin, made of bechamel sauce with egg yolks and beaten egg whites combined with savory or sweet ingredients. The texture is extremely delicate and refined, and yet...
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Restaurant: CPP [3]

The funny part about France is that, although I've been living there for the past 17 years, there are only so many things you can miss from a country you can't even relate to. The French are not known for their cool demeanor—they are a...
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Recipe: Semi-Cooked Fennel, Anise, Fleur de Sel and Pepper Breaded Tuna [Cooking Lesson by Frédéric Coiffé, Part 1]

Figure that: my job is actually disrupting with my usual blogging patterns, which means that I'm down to two posts a week (which isn't much considering I would update every two days a couple of months ago) whereas some of you post daily....
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Recipe: Avocado Hummus

Okay, this is the last post about hummus, I swear! But I just can't enough of the silky, nutty flavour of my favorite vegetarian staple. Healthy, green, delicious, I mean, everyone should just start eating hummus and the world would be a...
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Tea Room: Karl [2]

Blueberry, cranberry, chocolate and regular muffins What a week! Commuting to and from work has given me somewhat of a routine, a clearly defined schedule, and a regular eating pattern, something I lacked as a student, and although I'm...
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Underdog

I hate it when everyone presumes my life is made of a strange succession of uncertainties that are far beyond my control (or even theirs for that matter). They are the buts, the what ifs, the coulds and the woulds that I commonly refer to...
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Event: Eco'Vie

You might be aware by now that I am extremely sensitive, and even more so ever since I've been ill, to ecology, wildlife preservation, animal respect, organic and/or local produce, alternative diets, (near) self-sustaining ways of life...
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Recipe: Roasted Red Pepper & Walnut Hummus

Hummus and its numerous variants are excellent staples for dysphagic people. It's protein, it's smooth, it's pretty damn yummy, and you can add a generous whiff of vegetable oil to supplement your daily fat income. And it also comes in...
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