It is with great sadness that I heard last night of the passing of Matilda Caragiu Maroteanu, aged 82, younger sister of the actor Toma Caragiu on 11th March. I met Matilda in November last year at her home for a glass of tsuica with Brigitte. She impressed...

RED ALERT EVERYONE! It's that time again! Saturday, 25th April at 19h30 Where? At the Roumanian Orthodox Church, rue Jean de Beauvois, 75005, metro Maubert Mutualité, line 10. YES! It's ANOTHER Charity Concert for ass ociations "Enfants de Roumanie" and...

La Multi Ani for all those without a saint's name day to celebrate - today it's our turn! Ha! Mucenici, of course! I didn't know what it was until my Nicole told me she'd been making them, showing how she would wrap the pastry strips around her finger...