Making history in the kitchen is a beautiful thing

What a great month it has been.

The National Women’s History Project has done another stellar job in highlighting the accomplishments of women this Women’s History Month by using their platform to show how the achievements of women matter to us all.

Women's History Word Cloud

Word cloud: Presidential Proclamation — Women’s History Month, 2016

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A gem of a restaurant, a jewel of a chicken recipe

Hand written parton note

Mistral hand-written customer note

 

In French the word “mistral” means wind.

More specifically, the word is a noun used to describe a cold, dry, northerly wind that blows through the Rhône Valley and South France to the Mediterranean coast, mainly in the winter.

The neighborhood bistro

In Sherman Oaks, California, Mistral is the name of a warm and charming neighborhood French Bistro that settled down at 13422 Ventura Boulevard, in 1988. Continue reading