The Power of a Postcard – make an impact
I’ve received postcards from my parents when they travel for many years. I’ve kept nearly all of them in a file and some day when they can no longer travel it will become a set of reminiscences to look at…
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Recipe for Confinement Loaf
Serves 2. Active time: 10 min. Cooking time: 55 days Ingredients for Confinement Loaf 100 crumpled attestations 100 crumbs of the pages of the book you read too many times 2 squares of minced TP because that’s all you have…
An homage to healthcare professionals “You’re the top!”
FUSAC would like to offer this Cole Porter song from 1934 called “You’re the Top” as an homage to healthcare professionals the world over who working so hard under adverse conditions that they truly are the top of our mountains…
A Quatre-quarts is a Pound cake
The French use the word “cake” or quatre-quarts (four quarters) or sometimes even fondant for what English speakers call a pound cake. It can be either savory or sweet. The sweet version is in fact four ingredients (eggs, flour, butter and…
Strawberry Shortcake, a classic
The first strawberry shortcake recipe appeared in an English cookbook as early as 1588, according to Driscoll’s berry growers (Did you know the original Mr Driscoll was a butcher from Alsace who emigrated to California?). By 1850, strawberry shortcake was…
LOOFE 2020 is out! It’s free, fun and interesting
LOOFE is an annual magazine about life in France. Inside you’ll find short articles about different facettes of France and French society. You’ll find history, books, culture, people, language, photographs and nature explained helpfully with a touch of humor.Think of…