Le Creuset French Press Coffee Pot is Pretty and Useful reposted by Ruth Paget

This green Le Creuset French Press coffee pot is pretty and useful.

I like Frenchbpresses coffee pots:

-you place your ground coffee in the bottom

-pour on hot water

-let coffee steep

-press down

-pour out your coffee

The following TikTok video shows the French Press in use:

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTyQLLVVF/

Reposted by Ruth Paget

L-author Eating Soup with Chopsticks, Marrying France, and Europe’s Lessons written during overseas duty in Germany + 5 other Kindle books

-developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games + 8 Classical Western Civilization War Games

-developer of food and beverage knowledge games

-creator of online exhibits about San Miguel Arcangel Mission, French baguette making, and the Carmel Valley History Center

-creator of French travel and culture games

-writer of 2000+ Central Coast California lifestyle blogs

-family genealogist

-developer of 9 music theory games

UChicago Art Exhibits for Fall 2026 reposted by Ruth Paget

University of Chicago Fall 2026 Art Exhibits Across Campus deal with Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) to digital art.  

A list of the exhibits and brief descriptions follows with a link to detailed exhibit description:

-Created Equal: The Premises and Promises of the Declaration of Independence

-Hartapu: The Forgotten King of Anatolia

-How Do We Heal -an exhibit about how the process of creating art helps us heal

-Intentionality, 1960: Whose Dreams - an exhibit about community displacement in Chicago

-Karina Ashadu - an exhibit about bodybuilding in Lagos, Nigeria

-Pierre Bismuth: Love Bless America - an exhibit about leading figures of Chicago’s jazz and improvisational music scene

-teamLab: Everything Exists in Infinite Continuity - a digital art installation

Full descriptions about these art exhibits at the University of Chicago follow:

https://news.uchicago.edu/story/enjoy-these-fall-exhibitions-across-uchicago?utm_medium=10.01email&utm_source=UChicagoNews&mkt_tok=MjUwLUNRSC05MzYAAAGkl35tAdQjGUe0YMMA3HjpkGUgvmgLVb24o4TYBvqj9un-ZtmYS9KxVCSNCcCmqc8y1Je57ImCL09JTZbr2M5t9I-Rmxm3cjfe-b0-f4Cj2hnvnXI

Reposted by Ruth Paget

-author Eating Soup with Chopsticks, Marrying France, and Europe’s Lessons written during overseas duty in Germany + 5 other Kindle books

-developer of food and beverage knowledge games

Korean Kimchi Appears to Remove Microplastics from the Gut reposted by Ruth Paget

The following Science Daily article suggests that Korean Kimchi removes microplastics from the gut by binding to them before being flushed out of the body.

The article I read follows:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260517211451.htm

Food and Wine magazine has also written about kimchi removing microplastics from the gut.  Their article follows:

https://www.foodandwine.com/kimchi-may-help-remove-microplastics-from-human-body-11953372

Reposted by Ruth Paget

-author Eating Soup with Chopsticks, Marrying France, and Europe’s Lessons written during overseas duty in Germany + 5 other Kindle books

-developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games + 8 Classical Western Civilization Games

-developer of food and beverage knowledge games

-creator of online exhibits about San Miguel Arcangel Mission, French baguette making, and the Carmel Valley History Center

-creator of French travel and culture games

-writer of 2000+ Central Coast California lifestyle blogs

-family genealogist

-developer of 9 music theory games

Cheese Advent Calendars On Sale Now reposted by Ruth paget

An Adult Advent Calendar Featuring Cheese!

Mom Ruth likes this Advent calendar that is being advertised on TikTok.

The advertisement video from TikTok follows:

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPLJm9EFj/

Great idea!

Reposted by Ruth Paget

-author Eating Soup with Chopsticks, Marrying France, and Europe’s Lessons written during overseas duty in Germany + 5 other Kindle books

-developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games + 8 Classical Western Civilization War Games

-developer of food and beverage knowledge games

-creator of online exhibits about San Miguel Arcangel Mission, French baguette making, and the Carmel Valley History Center

-creator of French travel and culture games

-writer of 2,000 Central Coast California lifestyle blogs

-family genealogist

-developer of 9 music theory games

Bring On the Brooklyn Pizza to Salinas, California! Reposted by Ruth Paget

Brooklyn Pizza looks very appetizing and healthy.

If you freeze those pies and sell them, I will buy them.  I shop at Raley’s Nob Hill in Salinas, California!

Gorgeous pizza Krispy Pizza selections in the following TikTok video:

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTymggCkb/

If you use a pizza stone in your oven, the crust on frozen artisanal pizza becomes crispy.

More on the Krispy Pizza Chain from Tik Tok:

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTymGUFWm/

Mangiamo!

By Ruth Paget

-author Eating Soup with Chopsticks, Marrying France, and Europe’s Lessons written during overseas duty in Germany + 5 other Kindle books

-developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games + 8 Classical Western Civilization War Games

-developer of food and beverage knowledge games

-creator of online exhibits about Dan Miguel Arcangel Mission, French baguette making, and the Carmel Valley History Center

-creator of French travel and culture games

-writer of 1900+ Central Coast California lifestyle blogs

-family genealogist

-developer of 9 music theory games

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French Outings in Napa Valley, California besides the French Laundry by Ruth Paget

The following TikTok video shows what to do if you cannot get reservations at the French Laundry in Napa Valley, California.

All the places mentioned have a link to Chef Thomas Keller of the French laundry including his Bouchon Bistto, kitchen garden, and caviar line.

The TikTok video follows:

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPLJDEpKA/

Bon Appetit!

Reposted by Ruth Paget

-author Eating Soup with Chopsticks, Marrying France, and Europe’s Lessons written during overseas duty in Germany + 5 other Kindle books

-developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games + 8 Classical Western Civilization War Games

-developer of food and beverage knowledge games

-creator of online exhibits about San Miguel Arcangel Mission, French baguette making, and the Carmel Valley History Center

-creator of French travel and culture games

-writer of 1900+ Central Coast California lifestyle blogs

-family genealogist

-developer of 9 music theory games

Free UChicago E-Book for October deals with Reclaiming Native American Artifacts reposted by Ruth Paget

The free ebook from the University of Chicago Press for October 2026 deals with reclaiming Native American artifacts from museums.

Download information for Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits: Inside the Fight to Reclaim Native American Culture by Chip Colwell follows:

https://mail.google.com/mail/mu/mp/465/#cv/priority/%5Esmartlabel_promo/1a0fd0a2b02dc203

Reposted by Ruth Paget

-author Eating Soup with Chopsticks, Marrying France, and Europe’s Lessons written during overseas duty in Germany + 5 other Kindle books