Rita Selles
Bûches de Noël-Last Pastry Class
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...
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Rita Selles
- Dec 7, 2019
- 1 min
Sustainable Christmas Market
The sustainable Christmas market features fair trade vendors from Africa, Palestine, India, and other countries, as well as local...
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Rita Selles
- Nov 25, 2019
- 2 min
Christmas Market
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...
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Rita Selles
- Nov 11, 2019
- 3 min
Pastry Class # 3: Ganache and Mousse
It was a grey Saturday afternoon and I was very ready for another pastry class. With three other people, we made three different...
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Rita Selles
- Oct 23, 2019
- 1 min
More Desserts
Millefeuille--a messy but amazing pastry: crispy layers of puff pastry alternating with rum-flavored pastry cream, along with a sweet...
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Rita Selles
- Oct 22, 2019
- 1 min
Cafés
Like bakeries, there are so many cafés to choose from. I have not become a regular at any one café in town, probably because our...
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Rita Selles
- Oct 21, 2019
- 2 min
Street Scenes
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...
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Rita Selles
- Oct 16, 2019
- 1 min
Doors of Grenoble
More accurately, these are the doors to apartments on one street in Grenoble—the street Jean-Jacques Rousseau. The street is named after...
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Rita Selles
- Oct 15, 2019
- 1 min
More Pastries
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...
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Rita Selles
- Oct 15, 2019
- 3 min
Pastry Class # 2
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...
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Rita Selles
- Oct 2, 2019
- 4 min
Pastry Class #1:Chocolate and Raspberries
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...
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Rita Selles
- Sep 20, 2019
- 1 min
More Desserts
There are lots of options to choose from in a pastry shop. I have been opting for individual dessert which allows for more sampling...
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Rita Selles
- Sep 20, 2019
- 2 min
Hike in the Chartreuse mountains
Chamechaude is the highest summit in the Chartreuse Massif and the fourth most prominent mountain in France. This one is practically in...
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Rita Selles
- Sep 16, 2019
- 2 min
Hiking in the Vercors
Grenoble is surrounded by three mountain ranges: the Vercors, the Chartreuse Mountains, and the Belledonne. Grenoble and its environs has...
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Rita Selles
- Sep 16, 2019
- 1 min
Viennoiseries
"Viennoiseries" refers to breakfast pastries or snacks that are sort of like a bridge between pastries and bread. They are often made...
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Rita Selles
- Sep 11, 2019
- 1 min
A walk in the Park
For an apartment dweller, a park is a beautiful thing! It becomes your back yard where you read your book, talk on your phone, meet up...
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Rita Selles
- Sep 11, 2019
- 1 min
To Market, to market
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...
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Rita Selles
- Sep 8, 2019
- 1 min
Grenoble at a glance
These pictures are courtesy Otto Selles who captured a wide view of the city when we arrived. The city of Grenoble is very flat but...
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Rita Selles
- Sep 8, 2019
- 2 min
A day in the Chartreuse Mountains
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...
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