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Blog Notes and Online Appearances

-This Thursday, April 16th, Iโ€™ll be on my publisherโ€™s Instagram Feed at Ten Speed Press Iโ€™ll be talking about how to set up your own French bar as well as sharing a classic French apรฉritif that Iโ€™ll be demonstrating, which you can make at home. Itโ€™ll be taking place at 10 pm CET which is 4 pm ET, 1 pm PT. Please confirm the timeโ€ฆ

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Montparnasse Cocktail

This cocktail is named after Montparnasse, an area of Paris where the Gare Montparnasse is situated in, a train station thatโ€™s surrounded by crรชperies. Each train station in Paris serves a different region of France; The gare du Nord serves the North of France, the gare de lโ€™Est serves Alsace, and the gare Saint-Lazare transports people to Normandy.

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IGTV Live Instagram Apero Hour (Happy Hour)

As some of you know, since the lockdown (and since my book tour was postponed), Iโ€™m doing a daily Apรฉro Hour (Happy Hour) on Instagram Live. At 6pm (CET, Paris time) each day, except Sunday, Iโ€™ve been demonstrating a different drink, ranging from cocktails to classic cafรฉ drinks and apรฉritifs. Along the way, Iโ€™m talking about French spirits and apรฉritifs, sharing some history and loreโ€ฆ

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Frozen Melon Margaritas

When I was in Mexico last year, after they were able to uncurl my iron-clad grip on the airport entrance door frame because I was having a hard time leaving all those warm, freshly made corn tortillas behind, on the walkway to the departure gate, I realized I had a few extra pesos jingling in my pocket. Thankfully aside from a lot of great Mexicanโ€ฆ

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