It’s fantastic to have you ever again right here with me in the present day! Welcome !
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In this article, you’ll discover contemporary articles, “Butter, Belief & Beauty: Exploring the French Paradox.”
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AND IMPORTANTLY, our MyFrenchLife French BookClub is active again. Please let us know if you’d like to read with us in English or in French and share the word – invite your friends – the more the merrier!
BookClub
Bookclub Announcement: #Mona’seyes
Since ‘Mona’s Eyes’ (Les Yeux de Mona) by Thomas Schlesser was first published in France on 31 January 2024, I have been posting about it elsewhere in this BookClub group because I was certain such a special (and acclaimed) novel would eventually be translated.
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AN IMPORTANT NOTE FOR YOU, yes, all of you.
Bonjour My friends,
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Warmly,
Judy – 4.10.2025
“There are many talented contributors to MyFrenchLife Magazine and I thank all of you for sharing your experiences with us in such an engaging manner.
You take us right across France & deep into many worm-holes. We delight in discovering
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Judy
I stumbled throughout Susie Mawhinney’s “A hill and I” the best way you uncover most good issues, fully by chance. Her Substack promised “field conversations and blurry photography from a hill in SW France, wrapped in self-sufficient chaos, memoir obscurities and armfuls of love.”
Oh my, I assumed, this sounds manner past the cliché, and it sounds intriguing.
Reading her intimate tales of rural French life, I discovered myself completely absorbed. Here was somebody sharing the actual, unfiltered expertise of residing on a hill in Southwest France… not the shiny journal model, however the lovely, messy, genuine actuality. The form of writing that makes you’re feeling such as you’re sitting beside her, cup of espresso in hand, listening to tales about life within the French countryside.
And that’s when it hit me: if Susie’s voice was this charming, what number of different extraordinary writers from France had been on the market, sharing their tales to small audiences, fully unknown to the broader Francophile neighborhood?
SOI assumed, we have to repair this…”, I discovered myself saying.
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This article is the second a part of a video collection in French – you can find the English translation beneath – English Below.
Less frequented than the fitting financial institution, the left financial institution of Lake Annecy has many property to be revealed to who takes the time to browse it. In this video, Pierre invitations you to comply with a mild and distinction itinerary, between animated shores, small hamlets filled with allure, lake trails and panoramic views on the encircling peaks … “mentioned Pierre Guernier.
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The French and Australians are likely to disagree of their desire between butter and margarine. The French worth style over the implications of consuming excessive ranges of saturated fats. Australians settle for a much less satisfying, palatable expertise for a corresponding discount in dangerous fat and energy. Is one proper and the opposite incorrect?…” wrote Alison Eastaway.
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The French are the world’s most prolific butter eaters. Unafraid of fats, they’ll unfold butter thickly onto bread, rub it into pastry, and even drop a slice onto heat greens.
Producers of the well-known Isigny Sainte-Mere butter from Normandy lovingly describe it as “yellow like buttercups, with a faint taste of hazelnuts”.
People come from far and huge to pattern French butter. So what does French butter have that others don’t?
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“…I was filming a video about Dijon Mustard in a village restaurant in Burgundy when the chef said to me,
You should really do a story about Beurre Bordier up in Saint-Malo. That’s what all the big French chefs use.”
“I had never heard of Beurre Bordier, but I soon discovered that it was almost like never having heard of Ben & Jerry’s — it was the butter, renowned both in France and around the world, a gem, but hardly a hidden one…”
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Chers amis (pricey associates)
What a journey this has been!
We’ve strolled the shaded lake paths of Annecy with Pierre, soaking in that stability between calm and sweetness. Then, with Alison, Stephanie, and Amanda, we checked out butter not as a easy ingredient however as a cultural mirror—revealing French pleasure, custom, and even a contact of controversy.
Isn’t it fascinating how butter in France can inform us a lot about style, well being, and identification? These tales remind me why I like gathering right here with you: to share la vraie France in all its delicate, scrumptious element.
Thank you for being a part of this journey, week after week.
And a reminder to contemplate upgrading your subscription to have the ability to immerse your self within the FULL MyFrenchLife expertise.
Warmly
See you quickly
Judy
judy@myfrenchlife.org
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