August 2019 newsletter Bonjour! It has been quite a month and there's so much to talk about! Let's start with heatwave: In case you missed it, Paris broiled last week with a record high of 108ºF – and it was just as miserable as it sounds. Like almost everyone, we don't have air conditioning so we battled the heat by closing our apartment shutters, sitting in front of the fan, and taking cold showers. I stayed mostly indoors – it was actually marginally cooler inside! – but the brief periods I ventured outside were terrible. Even in the shade, the air was like a hairdryer or the blast from an oven, and the wind, when it blew, offered no relief. There was no way I was turning on the stove, so we ate cold food for a week – fruit, ham, cheese, and baguette... the latter strangely doughy and flabby; I think the extreme temperatures affected the proofing process. Overall, it was an intense, war-like experience and I quake at the prospect of the next canicule, and the next, and the next, for all signs indicate this is the new normal.
Ann Mah's newsletter / August 2019
Ann Mah's newsletter / August 2019
Ann Mah's newsletter / August 2019
August 2019 newsletter Bonjour! It has been quite a month and there's so much to talk about! Let's start with heatwave: In case you missed it, Paris broiled last week with a record high of 108ºF – and it was just as miserable as it sounds. Like almost everyone, we don't have air conditioning so we battled the heat by closing our apartment shutters, sitting in front of the fan, and taking cold showers. I stayed mostly indoors – it was actually marginally cooler inside! – but the brief periods I ventured outside were terrible. Even in the shade, the air was like a hairdryer or the blast from an oven, and the wind, when it blew, offered no relief. There was no way I was turning on the stove, so we ate cold food for a week – fruit, ham, cheese, and baguette... the latter strangely doughy and flabby; I think the extreme temperatures affected the proofing process. Overall, it was an intense, war-like experience and I quake at the prospect of the next canicule, and the next, and the next, for all signs indicate this is the new normal.