In the past two weeks I've been peeking in at every bakery/pastry shop I walk by to see their Christmas Logs or Bûches de Noël. It is the signature Christmas...

The sustainable Christmas market features fair trade vendors from Africa, Palestine, India, and other countries, as well as local environmentally-conscious v...

The Christmas markets or marchés de Noël are in full swing in Grenoble. With Christmas music and lots of lights, the mood is festive. The little cabins featu...

It was a grey Saturday afternoon and I was very ready for another pastry class. With three other people, we made three different desserts: Vendôme, Truffe, a...

With a population of 22 million and a week to visit our daughter in this remarkable city, the following pictures give only a glimpse of some of the things I ...

Millefeuille--a messy but amazing pastry: crispy layers of puff pastry alternating with rum-flavored pastry cream, along with a sweet glaze to finish the top...

There are so many bakeries to choose from and so many bread options. After trying several bakeries in the neighborhood, I generally go back to the same small...

The making of a modern day cobble stone street. Art work and precision! Doors of Lyon "Do not go on the grass"—in a park Self-serve bike pump in Lyon Doggy-d...

I saw these in a window in Paris and can't remember what they are. From looking at the garnishes, they must be a chocolate hazelnut confection. Don't they lo...

This second pastry class was a group class with three other women. We just fit into the kitchen. The plan for the afternoon was to make a Tarte Tropézienne (...

So this is the question: How do you capture this city in a blog post? I could focus on monuments or cafés, or restaurants, or people, or the unusual, or past...

When you look at beautiful pastries displayed in a pastry shop I wonder what kind of space they were made in and of course, the a-z of making them. So when I...

Visiting another city or country always involves, at least for me, going into grocery stores and bakeries. We were visiting friends for the weekend and had m...

Lyon, France's second largest city and capital of the region we live in (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes), is located on the junction of two rivers, the Soâne and the R...

There are lots of options to choose from in a pastry shop. I have been opting for individual dessert which allows for more sampling possibilities. The round ...

Grenoble is surrounded by three mountain ranges: the Vercors, the Chartreuse Mountains, and the Belledonne. Grenoble and its environs has an amazing array of...

"Viennoiseries" refers to breakfast pastries or snacks that are sort of like a bridge between pastries and bread. They are often made from puff pastry or a r...

The Halles Sainte-Claire market in our neighborhood is open every day except Mondays. Part of it is in a building, where you can buy fish, meat, cheese, brea...

Our day started early to catch an 8:30 bus to a mountain range--the Chartreuse mountains, about 25k from Grenoble. In a short time we were slowly winding our...

Where does one begin! I stood in front of the cheese section for about 15 minutes trying to decide what to buy. I just wanted one cheese for the next day. I ...