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Recipes from the time of Louis XIV
Here are two, not too complicated, recipes for some of Louis XIV’s favourite things to eat. Both are meant for six persons, and both have two of the Sun King’s favoured ingredients, asparagus and pears. L’Omelette d’asperges 500 g green asparagus 1 small onion 12 eggs 20 cl liquid cream 50 g butter 1 bunch fresh chives 2 sprigs of thyme…
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Adieu 2016….
2016 is nearly over, I presume it is already in some parts of the world as I write this, and I want to take a moment to thank all my readers for their support. Party Like 1660 is a bit over a year old now and steadily growing. I have to admit it grows a little slower at times than…
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Mademoiselle Has Been Interviewed
Oui. I am as surprised as you are. Or was as surprised, as the lovely Kate Braithwaite, whose book Charlatan we reviewed here, asked me if I would be up for a little interview. Here it is. I hope I did not talk too much nonsense. Meet the blogger: “Party Like 1660”
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Mademoiselle In Facebook Purgatory
Some might have already noticed it, my whole Facebook presence vanished from one second to the next. With that I mean, my actual account and my page for this blog. What happened? I actually don’t really know. All was normal until Saturday and I didn’t hit the disable button myself, in fact I didn’t even notice something was wrong. That…
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Paris With Claire
Paris is a beautiful city and a large city full of history. There are the major tourist attractions everyone knows about, but there are also the little side-streets with their beautiful buildings, small parks, corners the normal Paris visitor does not normally see. For example the oldest tree in Paris or were the old Roman wall once stood. If you plan…
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Versailles Giveaway!
Versailles is finally to air in the UK. Hurray. BBC Two will air the first season from June 1st on and this calls for a celebration, does it not? As little thank you for all those that read my Thoughts On Versailles, the one where I talk historical backgrounds for what we see each episode, and for all those…
