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Board a Red Eye Ferry for your Festive Food
Seeming to have only just fallen asleep, my ‘phone alarm goes off at 04h00 - it’s the Thursday before Christmas Day. Out of bed, showered, coffee’d – one sugar please - and we on our way on near empty roads to the port. … Continue reading
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Tagged Boulogne-sur-Mer, Bouzique Oysters, Champagne, Choucroute, Christmas Table, Confits, Foie Gras, Fresh Foie Gras, Georges Blanc, Glorieuses de Bresse, Leclerc, Pigeoneau, Sauce Making, Shopping made a Pleasure not a Chore, Speciality Potatoes, St Vaast Oysters, The Christmas Feast
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Ah, Les Glorieuses de Bresse 2012
In just over a week’s time I’ll be driving across France to the south of Burgundy – the Maconnais – to celebrate the 150th Glorieuses de Bresse. Here, farmers – known as eleveurs – bring their finest birds to be … Continue reading