MANNA is here!

Today’s the day! I am so excited to launch MANNA Paris for fellow English-speaking women and mothers abroad and our Francophile friends back in the home country. I have been dreaming this up for a year. And like all journeys and adventures in life, over the months and months I ...

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Campbell’s Chicken Quinoa Salad

One of two people I credit my love for food and ability to feed myself semi-decent meals is my dear old friend Campbell Whitman Riemens at Boots for Breakfast. She is a fellow mother abroad whose story and recipes I look forward to sharing here. (You will ...

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Zeva Bellel, Contributing Writer

As a girl living in Brooklyn, Zeva Bellel was fascinated by France. First it was the language, then the films. Her first trip to Paris, in lieu of a sweet sixteen party, made up her mind that she was meant to become Parisienne at some point ...

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Lou Murrin-Honoré, Life In Paris

Lou Murrin-Honoré is a cross-cultural communications specialist with over twenty years’ experience in international media, who has held key creative and management roles in the television industry, including Director of Youth Channels for Turner Broadcasting, France as well as Head of Acquisitions for ...

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Vegetable Quinoa Patties

There is nothing better than a kid-friendly recipe that feeds big people too. Timesaver! This is another recipe that came together by accident. (As an amateur home chef that happens a lot.) While I was in Switzerland visiting the in-laws and I was scratching my head for a finger ...

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Lélia Thimonier, Interior Design

Lélia Thimonier is an interior designer from Paris. After studying art and journalism, she moved to Los Angeles to work as a journalist with French publications. Then she returned to Paris and her first love—interior design. Lélia studied at L’École Boulle, an advanced school of ...

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First Look: Hatch Underpinnings

When I was pregnant with my daughter and even post-birth, I couldn’t stand underwire bras. (I suppose they are good for support and fighting gravity, but damn they be uncomfortable.) Half the time, my maternity bras of choice were ratty old sports bras that had been washed so many times ...

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Lucy Knight, Interiors & Fashion

Lucy Knight worked at AEFFE in New York City as the head of sales for Alberta Ferretti before moving on to work as the wholesale director for Lanvin. She has traveled the world attending fashion shows and working with ...

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