One of the great joys of being in France was the daily choice of which market to go to, and then to see great looking food to choose from, from small producers, local producers, French producers. Which made us debate how we managed to loose that in the UK. I mean, the French had rationing [...]
Entries Tagged as 'French food'
The Friday Five – The state of British Food
August 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Food Writing, Foodie gifts, French food, Friday Five
Tags:British favourites·food history·food markets·Local food
If you’re in Honfleur…a review of Sa Qua Na
August 4th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Foodie Travel, Foodie gifts, Foodie treats, French food, Places to eat
I love Honfleur, and we often end our trips to France with a night there. This year I chose to delay my birthday dinner so that we could eat at Sa Qua Na, a stunning restaurant that lived up to billing. Recently awarded its second Michelin star, this was true fine dining, but not stuffy [...]
Tags:French food·Honfleur·Sa Qua Na
The Foodie Gîte Hunter
August 1st, 2010 · 3 Comments · Foodie Travel, Foodie things to do, French food
I’m facing our return to the UK, with the usual mix of sadness and a bit of anticipation about favourite, familiar things. As usual, we’ll have eaten too much, drunk over our weekly units, and discovered some new things and places to eat. I’ve spent a total of 10 weeks in the Charente Maritime and [...]
The Sawday effect versus the Tarver effect
July 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Foodie Travel, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie treats, French food
As usual, we have decamped to France, although a week later than usual, meaning we’ve missed out on the Bastille Day festivities/eating opportunities. We’ll be making up for lost time! Along with a stack of other books, I’ve got a copy of Alastair Sawday’s Go Slow France, which kind of sums up our approach to [...]
Celebrating Bastille Day
July 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Cheese, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, French food, Places to eat, Places to shop online
Unusually for me, I’ll still be in the UK for Bastille Day this year, unlike the past four years, and likely to be stuck in an anonymous meeting room most of the day. So my Gallic celebrations will probably be limited to a glass of wine on arriving home, possibly some cheese. Which is why [...]
Vive La France! At least for 2 weeks
July 7th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Cheese, Eating with kids, Foodie Travel, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie treats, French food, Meat treats, Places to eat
I am on a countdown to our annual escape to France, and already hungry in anticipation of the food treats ahead. Not sure if it makes us dullards, or just greedy, but we have been to the same part for the past 3 summers, and still each year we find new places to try, new [...]
Channelling Juliette Binoche
March 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Chocolate, Foodie Travel, Foodie gifts, French food, Places to eat, Sweet treats
Today is Juliette Binoche’s birthday, who I think is the most amazing actress. I also think she’s incredibly stylish, not to mention the fact she has that French flair of being comfortable in her own skin, and seems to have avoided the lure of the plastic surgeon. My favourite, favourite film of hers is Chocolat, [...]
Tags:Alastair Sawday·Chocolat·Chocolate·Flavigny-sur-Ozerain·French food·holidays·Johnny Depp·Juliette Binoche·Lent·Willie Harcourt Cooze
Spring bargains on the foodie front
February 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Foodie gifts, French food, Italian food, Offers & Discount Codes, Places to shop online, Sweet treats, Wine
Just a quick post on online retailers of good foodie stuff with good offers, in case you need a gift but with some cash left for day to day eating! Here goes: 1. Thorntons have a free gift on offer for orders over £15 between now and the 14th, so a great one for the one [...]
Tags:Charcuterie·Chocolate·Chocolate Trading Co·coffee·Coffee Cavern·credit crunch gifts·Foodie gifts·French food·Italian food·Majestic·Natoora·special offers·Thorntons·Virtual Farmers Market
What do foodies do in Spring?
February 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Chinese Food, Cookbooks, Food Writing, Foodie Travel, Foodie blogs, Foodie gadgets, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, French food, Fruit & Veg, Grow your own, Kitchenwares
There are very vague signs of Spring: mornings are lighter, if I slink off sharpish it’s still light when I leave work, and there are some small green shoots in the garden. And in the kitchen all sorts of things change for me. I know that it’s Spring when I start reaching for Bill Granger [...]
Tags:allotments·Bill Granger·Chinese New Year·Cookbooks·French food·Grow your own·pancakes·Pierre Herme·Seeds of Italy·Shrove Tuesday·Spring·vegetable growing
