Chez Nous.

La Minette Anglaise is actually Janette, a North London girl living in Paris. She moved to Paris two years ago and is still adjusting to life in her new city, but I find her home to have that natural, effortless Parisian way about it. Not fussy, just naturally beautiful and simple.

It's that kind of simplicity I strive for, and then my OCD takes over (the fact that I am striving at all kind of defeats the whole concept, now doesn't it?). But, whenever I visit a European city, I'm very aware of it, and wonder how that graceful look comes so easily. I think we can sometimes overpower our kitchens with the latest things, like toaster ovens and Cuisinarts, instead of filling them with pretty jam jars, geraniums from a neighbors garden, fresh loaves of crusty bread, and big bowls of fresh ingredients from the local farmers market.


It makes me want to have a lovely, slightly disheveled kitchen like Janette's. There's just something so authentic and romantic about it. It makes me want to sit at an old, world-weary kitchen table with a warm latte in my hands, toasty crumbs scattered everywhere and a smile with a bit of ruby red raspberry jam in the corner of my mouth.