Calla Jones Corner

There are so many ways to express love in French that it’s easy to make faux pas. My faux pas over the five decades I’ve been speaking French are legend – at least in the family. Best to keep them there. Most people know that ‘Je vous aime’ means ‘I love you’ and covers one or more people.

A multicultural family is a recipe for tasty treats

When asked what was for dessert, I said, ‘Oh, it’s a topsy-turvy cake, just like this crazy world we live in now’

Richard liked to say that I became a royalist because Prince Philip paid special attention to me

This time of year always makes me nostalgic for the New England coast

Plus a recipe for Saugatuck Succotash

A Gallic twist on an American staple

My father and mother adored what became known as ‘Anna’s eels’

By the middle of June, nasturtiums are finished here in central California. But there are many places where they are just beginning to bloom

Unknowingly, my parents were playing a part in a rapidly disappearing American scene: families conversing civilly around a table

A French Valentine classic

One thing we all agreed on was cheese, cheese, cheese and more cheese — calories be damned

Chopstick diplomacy would not be enough now

I had contemplated knocking on my famous neighbor’s front door and asking if she had any suggestions for cooking veal kidneys

Chrysanthemums signal the beginning of fall and the harvest

‘He’s a guy’s guy’, my father would say of Willard. Less known was that Willard was also a lobster gal’s guy

Trading places with Meghan and Harry

My tangled web of basket weavers