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Category Archives: Food travel
Camionettes Come Laden with Promises
Ask yourself where in Europe are food markets at their strongest and part of the answer is trucks as much as treats. The French reign supreme with their ingeniously constructed Camionettes du Marchés. The closest we might get are the traditional silver and … Continue reading
Posted in Blue Collar Gastronomy, Chicken, Coffee, Food Marketeers, Food travel, French Markets, French Regional Foods, Poulet Fermier, Poulet Fermiers, Real Italy, supermarkets
Tagged 'In Search of TASTE' Magazine, Blue Collar Gastronauts, Boucherie Chevaline, Camionettes du Marche, Charcuterie, Choucroute, Citroen Tye H, Drome-Provencale, Etretat, French Markets, Gonneville-le-Mallet, Hamburg Fischmarkt, Joy Davies, Le Laitier, Liguria, Musee du Camion, No compromise shopping, Nyons, Panhard Dyna Van K, Penny Averill, Peugeot D4A, Piaggio Ape, Poulets Roti, Seine-Maritime, South Brittany, Transformers
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Liguria: Plotkin’s Paradise, Panizza’s Pesto
Paradise is a word never to be employed lightly, it being too special to be devalued by mis-use. I’ve been in touch with a man who uses the ‘paradise’ word with every last gram of passion and meaning that it is due - and I … Continue reading
Posted in Basil, Best Pasta, Coffee, DOP, DOP Basilico Genovese, Food travel, Genoa, Il Genovese Restaurant, Ligurian, Memories, Mercato Orientale, Pesto alla Genovese, Pesto alla Genovese, Real Italy, Terroir, Veal, Vitellone
Tagged 'Il Genovese' on Via Galata, 'Recipes from Paradise', Basil, Brown and Company, Byron, Camogli, Charles Dickens, Cinqueterre, DH Lawrence, DOP Basil, Fred Plotkin, La Spezia, Little, M&S Deli's, Mercato Orientale, Pesato alla Genovese, Pesto Rossi, Roberto Panizza, Shelley, The Gulf of Poets
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A Perfumed Potager in L’Orne
There are buds showing and daffodils coming up right now all showing us Nature’s rebirth, but a finely tended garden in mid-summer is another thing altogether. I saved this piece for our winter time with the intention of delighting my readers. I write … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, Bread, Chicken, Food travel, French Regional Foods, Organic Food, Pigeoneau, Poulet Fermiers, Salad, Salad and Digestion, Simple Food, Terroir
Tagged 'The Scented Kitchen' by Frances Bissell, Boudin noir, Calvados, Cider, Cidre, Eco-Tourisme, Floc de Gasgogne, L'Orne, Mortagne-au-Perche, Normandy, Pineau de Charentes, Pommeau, Potager, Prospect Books, Raymond Blanc. Chateau de Villiers, Serif Books, Tom Jaine
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‘Ragu al Forno’
So many dishes come about through accident. Here’s one that recently happened in the No 19 kitchen. I’ve written about Ragú and Sugo; I’ve been first in England to talk of the rich Tuccú alla Genovese. Next comes a Ragú al … Continue reading
Posted in Beef, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Food of the Ancients, Food travel, IGP, Nonna's Cooking, Origins of our food, Real Italy, Simple Food, Southern Italy, Terroir, The Moors
Tagged 'In Search of TASTE', 'Ragu al Forno', Basilicata, Cruschi, Espelette Pepper, Fresh Tomato Sugo, Gallucci & Gilmour, Nora Peppers from Spain, Peperoni di Senise, The Moors, Tuccu Genovese
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Carrette & Schtick
Ah the joy. I met a young Michelin-starred chef recently in Tournus. His cooking was all we’d expect from a boy who come through Peter Kromberg’s kitchen in London to then finish his training at the eminent Troisgros restaurant in Roanne, with … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, AOC, Burgundy, Capon, Chicken, Foie Gras, Food travel, French Regional Foods, Great Chefs, Guinea Fowl, Hen's and Bantam's Eggs, London Dining, Memories, New Chefs, Perfect Eggs, Pigeoneau, Poulet, Poulet Fermier, Speciality Chicken, Terroir
Tagged AOC Poulet de Bresse, Champignons de Paris, Cote Loisirs, Cotes de Maconnais, Jean-Michel Carrette (Chef), Jura, Les Eleveurs de Bresse, Les Freres Troisgros, Morels, Morilles, Peter Kromberg, Reidel Glass, Restaurant Aux Terrasses, RN6, Tournus, Troisgros, Vin Jaune
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Guild and Save the Corniotte
I told you about Les Corniottes, the speciality from Louhans (Bresse). I brought as many as my luggage could hold – along with my treasured Poularde de Bresse en Roulé - back to London and even No 19 (my family) couldn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, AOC, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Burgundy, Food travel, Great Chefs, Left Overs, New Chefs, Simple Food
Tagged Burgundy, Corniottes, Jean-Michel Carrette (Chef), Left Overs, Les Corniottes de Louhans, Madeira, Marsala, Panetone, Passito di Pantelleria, Restaurant Aux Terrasses, Talmouse, Tournus
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Autumn’s in the Woods
Do I have a favourite season? Immediately I’d say Autumn because long hot sunshine days rather pull me down. But this is rubbish. All the seasons have their special moments and merits. Autumn just happens to over brim with Richness, … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, Alliums, Black Peppercorns, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Dry Martini, Food travel, Foraging, Game, Good Potatoes, Graisse d'oie and Confit de Canard, Real Italy, Richard Olney, Stocks and Stock Making, The Good Cook Series, Wild Funghi, Wine Boxes
Tagged Autumn, Autumn Cooking, Cepes, Family Feasting, Family Sunday, Foraging, Fresh Chestnuts, Game Birds, Juniper, Les Navets, Master Stock, Porcini, Red Cabbage, Roe Deer, Sauce Making, Stocks, Venison, Wild Funghi
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