http://www.trippert.comTrippert : share and blog your trips120 http://www.trippert.com/article/823:Ceci+n%27est+pas+une+fraiseThere were a lot of strawberries at the market today, and I noticed that they were labeled 3 barquettes/3 Euro , so I decided to get some for our lunch. Unfortunately, most of the strawberries looked a little dreary dark and dull red, oversized, a little mushy. But then I spotted a few barquettes sitting apart from the others,Wed, 30 May 2007 02:24:41 America/New_Yorkhttp://www.trippert.com/article/821:Looks+Can+Be+DeceivingFrance is rightly famous for its sweets and pastries -- there are few more decadent pleasures in life then slicing into a rich, gooey fondant au chocolat or elegant tiramisu. Still, sometimes a girl gets homesick for the treats of her youth... Which is why, when I saw a rack of freshly-baked donuts at my local patisserie, I just had toWed, 30 May 2007 02:02:30 America/New_Yorkhttp://www.trippert.com/article/820:Holiday+HangoverThanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, New Years The holiday season is dead and gone, with not a hint of revelry on the horizon until Valentine s Day, right? Ah, but that s because you don t know about La F te des Rois.Even as a kid, I always thought of La F te des Rois as a sort of hangoverWed, 30 May 2007 01:45:25 America/New_York