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Recette pour un très bon cassoulet Posted by Josh Dougherty on Dec 7, 2014
Well, it’s cold out, and nothing quite warms me up better than a good cassoulet. Qu’est-ce que c’est (what’s that?)? You’ll find plenty of variations, but a good cassoulet is always a slow-cooked white bean and meat stew. It’s a pretty heavy (assez bourratif) dish, and it’s generally served at lunchtime. Attention: ce n’est pas…
Compound Nouns en français Posted by Josh Dougherty on Nov 26, 2014
verb + noun Dans ma région, on attend beaucoup de neige demain. Le lendemain, c’est Thanksgiving, et le surlendemain, c’est Black Friday. Pour vous aider dans cette période stressante de l’année, je vous présente un blog qui porte sur un sujet super intéressant: la grammaire! (In my neck of the woods, we’re expecting a lot…
Je blogue, donc je suis: New Blogger at Transparent! Posted by Josh Dougherty on Nov 19, 2014
“Il faut remonter le score, eh, Josh?” (You need to raise your score, eh, Josh?) I can still remember my French teacher, Annick, making this remark to me during a game of Scrabble against a fellow classmate. I’m not sure what made this little sentence of seven words such an impetus, but something inside me…