I started this blog post a couple of weeks ago... before life got real again. Before school meetings and then classes started. Lord have mercy. How on earth did I manage it all when I had two little boys depending upon me to feed them? Anyway... back to finishing what I started. I have …
Author: sabbaticalchef
I am a middle school French teacher, the mother of two boys and the gramma of an adorable little girl. I love to travel and go to France as often as I can. I am obsessed by all things French. I am a cooker, an eater, an amateur photographer and an avid reader.
The Ex-Ex
This is my favorite photo of the summer. I took it during our family's week at Sunset Beach. The Ex-Ex and Mlle Adorable reading. Here's another-- He doesn't know I am writing this. (I guess I will find out if he reads the blog, n'est-ce pas?) The Ex-Ex and I have known each other since …
5 August 2008
I am watching a Hallmark movie, Summer Villa, supposedly set in the south of France (really set in Montréal, Canada). The opening views of lavender, the market scenes, someone with a (I hope) legit French accent take me back to ten years ago I was living in Arles, on the Rhône River, working as a …
Projet Déjeuner Part Deux, Trois, Quatre…
Blogging live today from Pompieri Pizza in lovely downtown Durham, dear readers. If only I could capture the smells coming from the kitchen... I was sitting at home, working on the format (the guts) of this blog, and was shocked when the Ex-Ex came home and I realized it was already 12:15. I am not …
Summer Reading 2018
This is what I am currently reading. A former student who is now one of my beloved colleagues gave it to me this spring. I think she found it at our annual book fair, one of my favorite school-related events. It is a great read- kind of like peeking in the window and watching Renoir, …
I am an eater
I like to eat. No, scratch that. I love to eat. Most of the time, food that is really good for me, once in a while treats that are probably not so good for me but undeniably delicious. Just look at those beauties from Britts Donut Shop in Carolina Beach. Two donuts once every two years …
Projet Déjeuner 2018
Okay, so that bundle of cuteness has nothing to do with lunch, but I couldn't resist. Babysitting for Mlle Adorable is my other summer project now that SCHOOL IS OUT!! My official summer projet has begun, as of Thursday. I kicked off the Out-to-Lunch Series 2018 with a visit to Namu with Señora Verde. She …
How a French teacher becomes l’assistante américaine to a French chef in Provence
As if the title isn't long enough... It's now been 10 years since The Sabbatical Chef was born. I am honestly afraid to read my first attempts at writing, but, well, here it is. My first post. I am a Southern girl and grew up around good food, but my mom and grandmother never used …
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The Queen
I just stumbled across this poem, thanks to the dad of one of my 6th graders. It came from the blog Just An Inquisitive Soul. Maybe Inquisitive is the author? When I googled The Queen poems a slew of different poems popped up. No time (or patience) to wade through them right now. I am …
City Daily Photo- Me!
City Daily Photo's June theme is ME. I found this out by looking at Virginia Jones' Paris Through My Lens blogpost. This photo of ME was taken by a student during our 2017 school trip to France. We spent a week in Paris and then headed south on the TGV to Avignon. It was a …
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