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How Mireille Stays in Touch

I am often asked about my favorite news sources, magazines, radio stations and so on.  Here's my top list:

Favorite U.S. radio station: NPR

Favorite French radio stations: France Culture and France Musique

Favorite weeklies: The Economist and The New Yorker

Favorite method for learning a language: The newly discovered Rosetta Stone, which is improving my Italian at high speed - great fun

Last but not least, many of you like to read French or follow French news and have asked what I read/listen to:

French newspapers: Le Monde or Le Figaro online

Favorite websites: rue89.com, frenchmorning.com and canal-plus.com where talented friends work and give me great pleasure

Cooking Manifesto

  • Cooking is transportive. It helps us relive our childhoods through favorite foods and people, say Grandma’s coffee cake, and brings us to places where we’ve eaten memorable dishes, perhaps a pastry in Paris or a grilled fish along a lake.
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