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Category Archives: French Markets
Flat Eggs and the Omelette Poulard
Driving through Eastern France about 20 years ago, en-route to Germany with an American who’d never been out of the US was stressful – a road trip that I wished I’d never agreed to. Kerouac’s ‘On The Road’ it wasn’t. My passenger … Continue reading
Posted in Blue Collar Gastronomy, French Markets, French supermarkets, Hen's and Bantam's Eggs, Perfect Eggs, Real Italy, supermarkets
Tagged 'On the Road', Dean Moriaty, ED Picnic Day May 26, Elizabeth David, Elizabeth David's Centary, Flat Eggs, Fried Eggs, Jack Kerouac, Mere Poulard, Oeufs Plat, Omelette, Omelette Poulard, Roger Williams, Scrambled Eggs
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Press(e) on to Bresse
Eurostar to Paris, a noisy RER to Gare de Lyon, then a drink for old time’s sake in the crowded salon of Le Train Bleu and lastly, as night had fallen, onto the two tier TGV to Dijon – that’s how my trip … Continue reading
Posted in AOC, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Burgundy, Capon, Caponisation, Chicken, Foie Gras, Food Influencers, Food Marketeers, French Markets, French Regional Foods, French supermarkets, Great Chefs, New Chefs, No Compromise Shopping, Pigeoneau, Poulet, Poulet de Gournay, Poulet Fermier, Terroir
Tagged AOC, AOP, Bourg-en-Bresse, Bourgogne Tourisme, Caponisation, Chapons, CIVB, Gastronomy, Henri IV, La Gauloise de Bresse Blanche, Le Poule au Pot, Les Glorieuses de Bresse, Louhans, Montrevel-en-Bresse, Pont de Vaux, Poulardes, Poulets de Bresse, Volaille de Bresse, White Maize
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What Bresse Farmers have with Coffee
It’s 06h00 in the Salle de la Grenette in Louhans – pitch black outside and temperature hovering around 0°C. The street outside is lined left and right with little camionettes, most white (aren’t they always) and many proudly displaying the distinctive ‘bleu, blanc, … Continue reading
Posted in AOC, Coffee, Coffee, French Markets, French Regional Foods, Guinea Fowl, Poulet, Poulet Fermier
Tagged AOC Poulet de Bresse, Bourgogne Tourisme, Choux Buns, Corniotte, Janine Trotereau, L'Independent de Louhans, La Fete des Corniottes, Les Corniotes de l'Ascension, Les Corniottes de Louhans, Les Glorieuses de Bresse, Louhans-Chateaurenard, Mother's Day, Salle de la Grenette, Talmouse
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Fish Foie Gras?
Sometimes we get to shop in near Heaven – we did last week when we escaped the supermarket and took our money to the real marketplace. This is where most traders are experts and conversation is encouraged. You engage and they love … Continue reading
The ‘Heavyweight’ Lady Boxer
I write from time to time about how my life is a duopoly of luck and discovery. The people I meet lead me to places and products which are of that simplicity and authenticity that so many can only dream of – … Continue reading
Posted in American Dishes, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Classic Rice Dishes, Food travel, French Markets, Great Chefs, London Dining, Simple Food, Techniques, Terroir
Tagged Anissa Helou, Arabella Boxer, Arabella Boxer's Book of English Food, Beatrice Miller, David Bailey, English Food, Evelyn Waugh, Lady Arabella Boxer, Lady Metroland, Penguin Books, Tessa Traeger, Vogue Magazine
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First in Britain – ‘Le Grand Maitre’ at Our Table
A text message pings in from Arnaud, a guy I’ve never met – “meet me on Smithfield Market in the morning at 06h00″ he wrote. Arnaud visits London once a month to look after the affairs of Loué, my favourite poultry … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, Alliums, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Brassserie Lipp, Capon, Caponisation, Cazuela, Chicken, Fonds and Jus, Food Influencers, Food Marketeers, food politics, French Markets, French Regional Foods, French supermarkets, Guinea Fowl, IGP, Label Rouge, Pigeoneau, Poulet, Poulet Fermier, Poulet Fermiers, Risotto, Salad, Simple Food, Stocks and Stock Making, supermarkets, Terroir
Tagged Bastille Day, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Genetically Modified Foods, Henri IV, Hybrid Chickens, Jasnieres, July 14, LDC, Le Gout, Le Mans, Loue, Maine et Loire, Monsanto, Pays de Loire, Poule au Pot, Poulet Roti, Quatorze Juillet, Sans OGM, Sarthe, Savennieres, Smithfield Market
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Pigeonneau is No Pigeon-You-Know
If an Egg-on-Legs is a country mile from a Poulet Fermier, then let the same be said of the gracious Pigeonneau from its too often mistaken equivalent, the feral wood pigeon. Pigeons have always been message couriers, from the Ark, through sieges … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, Alliums, Archaeology and Food, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Food of the Ancients, French Markets, French Regional Foods, French supermarkets, Great Chefs, Greek Cooking, Pigeoneau
Tagged 'Crop Milk', Ancient Rome, Anjou, Dovecotes, Duif, ers, LDC, Les Charmilles, Loue, Non GM feed, Persia, Pigeoneau, Pigeonneau, Pigeonneaux, Pliny the Elder, Reuters News Agency, Sans OGM feeding, Sarthe, T'convent Restaurant, Toits d'Eglises
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