Postcards from France: Cassoulet

A Cassoulet Crisis Averted

Dear readers, by the time you see this post the storm will have passed and bright skies are prevailing again in my life. Rest assured that I am still very much alive, although I won’t lie, it was touch and go there for a while. The infamous ‘crises de Cassoulet’ has been averted.

In my darkest hour, I was ready to renounce my 58-year streak of gourmandizing. The end of any and all relationships with food seemed plausible and felt close at hand. I freely admit I may have done the exact same thing in a…