by John Elkhoury | Jan 22, 2015 | French Food & Drink
Vegetarians and PETA supporters should leave now. I ate a baby calf’s head, and it was delicious. Warm, tender meat surrounded by a gelatinous skin and coated with a flavorful gribiche sauce. Soft to the bite it was easily washed down with a glass of local red... by John Elkhoury | Jan 19, 2015 | Learning French
Sometimes becoming fluent in French seems like an unachievable feat. You don't know where to start or you slave away at seemingly senseless exercises with no hope of French fluency in sight. There are concepts which still confuse you and you have trouble holding... by John Elkhoury | Jan 9, 2015 | French Culture
January 7th, 2015, two armed assailants executed a methodical assault in the 11th Arrondissement. Armed to the teeth, their gunshots rang within and around the main office of French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo. Targeted for their edgy depictions of radical...
by John Elkhoury | Jan 5, 2015 | Learning French
Liaisons and linking are two concepts which characterize the French language. English speakers stand out as foreigners partly because of the lack of liaisons. Liaisons and linking (enchaînement) help smooth out French words and distinguish different words. Here we...