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I think it's important to keep it simple and spontaneous, I would find too specific questions a little fake... But then I'm French, so maybe we don't have the same social rules.
I agree that asking about work is the worst: it's leisure time, you don't want to talk about this, and another French thing: money is taboo for us, so everybody's almost trying to "hide" what they do to prevent the others from guessing their income.
I usually start with "How do you know [insert host name]" and hope it will lead to an interesting answer. Talking about the food is also a good option, as well as the news, though it might lead to arguments or make some uncomfortable if they happen not to follow the news at all.

Is there a reason to write the whole article using "iPhone" instead of "smartphone"? Because really, this could have happened with a SAMSUNG or NOKIA or whatever.

Sheep. Baaa.

Like jmorri26, my favortie way is NO WAY! The Kitchn and I are quite syncronized as you guys chose to start a special egg week (one of the very few things I really don't like to eat) just when I decided to start watching my weight a little bit. So no tempting tasty dishes on this website for me this week, it helps keeping the good resolutions! :)

When I want to give myself a special treat, I go for my favorite grilled cheese sandwich: etorki, red bell pepper and chorizo. And red wine (the one that's already open).
Heaven.

Hi all,

There is indeed a version with apples but it's meant for desert. You use the same dough (no pizza dough, sorry, but bread dough flattened as much as you can), spread some softened butter on it, then apple slices (as thin as you can) and cinammon (you can also sprinkle brown sugar). Put it in the oven and now the best part. take it out maybe two minutes before it's done, pour some alcohol such as calvados, and put it back in the oven for 1 or 2 minutes. At this point, it can also be actually "flambé", with a lighter for example.

I grew up in Alsace and this is how I've always seen the desert version being made, but then you can try other ways. :) I think plums could be a good variation...

Like many of you, I started liking fruits (and veggies) when I could eat "real" ones. My mom started growing her own vegetables and fruits when I was a teenager and I will always remember this summer dinner when I tasted her tomatoes for the first time: I completely (re)discovered the taste! Now I live in the city and cannot have a garden, but I buy almost all my seasonal fruits and veggies at the farmer's market on Saturday mornings. It's better than grocery-store, but I'm still missing the little something that comes with having seen the thing grow in the backyard...

I have a bit of a quirky experience with red wine stains.

I made one on my favorite linen blouse at a halloween party (dressed up as a hippy) and went really "F#%&!?!". I ran to the bathroom and used the first thing I could found, basic industrial soap. The stain turned blue, lovely... Rinsed it and tried another kind of soap, but it remained blue.

I went back to the other guests. We started the usual "salt" vs. "the last thing you want to put on it is salt" debate. Then a fellow compatriot reminded me that in France, we often say that white wine could remove red wine. I was a little desparate and tried it: the stain disappeared right away!

No idea if it was just the "white wine over red wine" formula that worked, or rather the whole "two kinds of soap, a 15-minute debate and then white wine" formula, though. :)