Traveling around France in low season, sometimes mean you won’t find a restaurant open, especially if you travel off the beaten track. But is there another way to travel?
Lost in the countryside, far from any “big” town, the only thing open is the local épicerie, what do you do?
Well, you simply enter the [...]
Posts from ‘January, 2009’
Le déjeuner sur l’herbe
Sourdough Bread
I recently had the fortune to put my hands on a 22 years old pasta madre, levain, sourdough (kind courtesy of Semerssuaq*).
I was always afraid of sourdough: I mean, it’s alive! What if it dies? What if I kill it???
Well, apparently it’s not so simple to kill it! If you take good weekly care of [...]
La France que j’aime: Aveyron, Saint-Affrique Market
My husband was born in Paris, but when he was 2 his parents moved to Aveyron, one of the most agricultural, rustic and breathtaking region of France.
And even one of the least touristic.
As we have a legacy there, we have to fortune to go there at least once a year, in very different times of [...]
Pasta with leek, endive and bacon
A few months ago I opened another food blog, in Italian, and I published the recipe that it’s at the base of this pasta. While I was cooking it I though it could have done a perfect side dish, *and* a perfect pasta dish
For 2 people
200 g high quality pasta, short kind
200g diced [...]
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Stuffed and roasted guinea fowl
A good stuffed and roasted guinea fowl is something merry and wintery, that will add to your post-holiday dinner a reminder of the late Christmas and New’s year celebrations.
1 guinea fowl (enough for 4 to 6 people)
For the stuffing:
300 g chestnuts, peeled and boiled (our chestnuts were a courtesy of a fellow Italian blogger and [...]
La France que j’aime
Les Pays Basque
France is a big country, filled with wonders at any corners. My advice to everyone who wants to travel around France is to go off the beaten track and search for the real French experience.
What’s the Real French Experience?
It’s a life changing experience, full of wine, incredible food and fantastic people. Because French, [...]
