Just call it the laissez-faire approach to fruit flies. So very French.
When I worked in Paris as an au pair, I marveled at how the French seemed to have it all figured out. The family’s grandmother always set the table with the good silver—even on a Tuesday. I was instructed to pick up fresh,from the boulangerie for the kids’ after-school snack instead of, I don’t know, granola bars . It was almost irritating how everyone around me seemed to have effortlessly mastered the art of languid lunches, work-life balance, cheese savoir-faire, and the immaculate matte lip.
Back in New York and many years later, I’m still confronted with the myriad ways the French do it better., and learned that they have mastered yet another art lost on the rest of us: keeping fruit flies out of the kitchen. While I continue to swat at them, wrap my fruit in tea towels as tightly as possible, and set outFrom Our ShopSo what’s the French secret to keeping those pesky little bugs at bay? It’s wine corks .
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