Discover a Secret Recipe for a Local Specialty

My first article as a web ambassador just posted on the Les Contamines webzine. I'm dishing on one of my favorite winter staples, farcement, and sharing a secret recipe for this tasty, regional specialty.  Each valley in the region and nearly every family in our village has their own adaptation of this homely but delicious dish.  Hope you find it tasty, too!

You can read either the french version or the english version.  Bon appétit!


Also, special thanks to my good friend, Aurore, for sharing her lovely kitchen and to Jeff for giving me a lesson on how to make his secret recipe. And of course to Félix, too, for his enthusiasm over the resulting repast. It's no wonder he's my favorite person to cook for.

well-known mittens

It's very rare that I sit down to read a magazine but the exceptional occasion arose recently, and I came across something quite amusing that I wanted to share. Had to share, really.  It hails from the February issue of Vanity Fair. They published the results of a poll that included the question, what is Mitt Romney's real first name? The choices were:

Mitt
Mitchell
Milton
Willard
Gromit
Mittens
Don't Know

About 20 percent opted for Mitt, another 20 percent guessed Mitchell. Over 40 percent took the easy way out and admitted that they didn't know.  2 percent guessed Gromit, another 2 percent guessed Mittens. Just typing Mittens makes me laugh out loud. Anyway, his real name is Willard. If you would like to see the full breakdown of answers by political party, it's here.

Be honest. Are you secretly hoping it's Mittens, too?