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The French Life

Paola Westbeek
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French cuisine, wine, travel, culture, art, and good living.

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The French Life Table

October 2026

One of the great pleasures of living in southwest France is that excellent food is never very far away. Walnuts still in their shells, purple-black prunes, chestnuts, tangy rounds of Cabécou cheese, tomatoes from Marmande that...

7 days ago
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The French Life Table is almost here!

Happy Friday from southwest France!

Tomorrow we will have been here for one whole month. One month! I’m not quite sure how that happened, because it feels as though we only just arrived—with our boxes, our slightly bewildered dog, and a lo...

10 days ago
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The day Madame the baker went away

And a recipe for the best brownies you’ll ever have

Last Sunday we heard some terrible news.

12 days ago
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A season of mushrooms

A few readers have asked why, although I eat mainly plant-based, I continue to mention meat, fish, eggs, or cheese in The French Life. The answer is pretty straightforward: When I started our plant-based journey in an attempt to reverse my...

13 days ago
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Welcome to The French Life Table

I have always loved entertaining. Not the performance of it, but everything that happens before anyone arrives: deciding what to cook, choosing the wine, setting the table, putting a few carefully chosen flowers in a glass, lighting candles...

17 days ago
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