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The Petite Anglaise interview

Keith Eckstein — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:00:34 +0000

Petite Anglaise is the pseudonym of Catherine Sanderson, a British blogger living in Paris, whose blog articles caused her to be sacked from work and whom subsequently she was offered a publishing deal. Her first book, "Petite Anglaise" was published in 2008. Her second book, "French Kissing" was published in 2009.

Catherine's blog is at petite anglaise - not updated so often now that Jack (the new baby) has come along but, there is a lovely photo slideshow thingy showing the aforementioned Jack and his sister, Tadpole.

I asked Catherine if she would consent to an interview, she seemed enthusiastic - I assumed that she hadn't looked at A Taste Of Garlic.

Not wishing to miss my chance, I put on my Sunday best and sped right off towards Paris.

Unfortunately I hadn't realised that being seen in public in a Val Doonican cardigan is a criminal offense in France and it took a little while to convince the Gendarmes that it wouldn't happen again.

Thus, I had no choice but to send the interview by email.

Kristin Espinasse interview

Keith Eckstein — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 04:00:12 +0000

Kristin Espinasse began French Word-A-Day in 2002 she decided to share a piece of Provence by distributing her "café letters" from France.

What began as an earnest attempt at freelance journalism, eventually worked itself into a more suitable self-made mêtier as resident "French Word Artisan" and author.

Kristin says... "Although I majored in French, I still struggle daily with the language.

Luckily I have two built-in tutors, my 14-year-old son Max and my 12-year-old daughter Jackie, who have taken it upon themselves to straighten out my language faux pas.

Sometimes I get a bit miffed and remind them that I spoke French before they did, but they just stare back, heads shaking in disbelief."

You can read more about how French Word a Day came to be created by reading Kristin's book... Words in a French Life.

The Le Franco Phoney interview

Keith Eckstein — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:00:42 +0000

April Hollands’ blog, describes her life in St. Jean de Sixt (in the Rhône Alpes.) I wanted to interview April for A Taste of Garlic to discover what Life in France means to an Australian girl (albeit one who has spent some time living in England.) Especially one who describes herself as… A typical Aussie [...]

The Charles Bremner interview

Keith Eckstein — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:18:28 +0000

Charles Bremner’s blog, at the Times Online is a sensible but witty view of an alien race. One, strangely, that many of us choose to live amongst. I very very keen to interview Charles for A Taste of Garlic to find out the what Our Man in France (at least as far as the Times [...]

The Living the life in Saint-Aignan interview

Keith Eckstein — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:22:23 +0000

Ken Broadhurst’s blog, at http://ckenb.blogspot.com is largely, deliciously and appetisingly all about food; Apart, that is, from the few non-edible bits that have managed to sneak their way in. And even the non-food bits taste good. I very very keen to interview Ken for A Taste of Garlic to find out the real difference between [...]

The Chez Loulou interview

Keith Eckstein — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:04:21 +0000

I recently wrote about Chez Loulou and mentioned that it was one of the most popular Life in France blogs, in terms of being on other people’s Blogs I Read lists. It was with a bit of trepidation then, that I asked Jennifer if she would consent to an interview. I was interested to find [...]