January 21st, 2010 | by Vivian Draper | published in Features, Interviews, Life & Culture
Michael Streeter, Editor of theFrenchPaper, talks to Vivian Draper of English Talk Radio, 90.8 Radio Campus Grenoble. Read the full interview here.
November 2nd, 2009 | by Suzanne Bonnefond | published in Comment, Features, Life & Culture
Regular Grenoble Life contributor Suzanne Bonnefond takes a seasonal opportunity to share her photos of Foire A L’Ancienne Et Aux Potirons in St Antoine l’Abbaye, and her recipe for stuffed potimarron pumpkin. Enjoy …
October 29th, 2009 | by Hannah Dee | published in Comment, Features
The French are not known for their love of spices – difficult for Grenoble’s British expats such as Hannah Dee, who comes from multicultural Leeds. Here is her guide to Grenoble Spice: the specialist food stores that hold those treasured, hard to find exotic ingredients.
October 27th, 2009 | by Gill Baconnier | published in Comment, Features
Gill Baconnier has lived in France for over twenty years – seven of them in Grenoble. A former feature writer for an English regional magazine, her articles about life in France can now be found at her blog French Windows. She kindly agreed to share this article about Chartreuse with Grenoble Life.
October 17th, 2009 | by James Dalrymple | published in Comment, Features, Life & Culture
James Dalrymple of Grenoble Life asks why the French – despite sleeping more and living longer than everyone else – are so stressed. Apparently the French government wants to know too …
October 5th, 2009 | by Gill Baconnier | published in Comment, Features, Life & Culture
Gill Baconnier has lived in France for over twenty years – seven of them in Grenoble. A former feature writer for an English regional magazine, her articles about life in France can now be found at her blog French Windows. She kindly agreed to share this article about la noix de Grenoble with Grenoble Life.
September 23rd, 2009 | by John Hess | published in Comment, Features, Life & Culture
In his new blog ‘The Franco-American Daily Deconstructionist; History and Culture in Everyday Life’, John Hess’s attention is caught by a recent French road safety advertisement.
September 8th, 2009 | by Kelly Rigotti | published in Comment, Features, Life & Culture
Kelly Rigotti writes Almost Frugal, a blog about being smart with your spending, saving and money goals. As probably the only American living in France writing about frugal living, we invited her to share her personal finance tips for her adopted home town of Grenoble. Part I in the series is about food.
August 23rd, 2009 | by Christina Rebuffet-Broadus | published in Features, Interviews
Bob and Sylvie Tharinger own and operate Pumpkins (33 rue d’Alembert), Grenoble’s only authentically American restaurant. Christina Rebuffet-Broadus of Grenoble Life talks with them about showing the French that American cooking is much more than McDo has led them to believe.
July 28th, 2009 | by Christina Rebuffet-Broadus | published in Features, Interviews, Life & Culture
Denis Rivière owns and operates the Bookworm Café, Grenoble’s newest English-friendly establishment. Christina Rebuffet-Broadus of Grenoble Life talks with him and his English wife Dawn about setting up a used book shop and tea room in one of Grenoble’s historic neighborhoods.