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A Welter to Come whatever the Weather
Back 36 hours late from Normandy at 04h00 today - my visit extended from L’Orne to Le Sarthe and Les Pays de Loire. I had a pigeonneau hatch from the egg in front of me – probably destined for a Michelin star kitchen. I … Continue reading
Posted in Blue Collar Gastronomy, Chicken, Food Scams, Food travel, French Markets, French Regional Foods, French supermarkets, Guinea Fowl, Pigeoneau, Poulet, Poulet Fermier, Poulet Fermiers, Rants, supermarkets, Terroir, The Food Business
Tagged Eggs on Legs, Grand Maitre, Le Sarthe, Loue, No GM, Normandy, Pays de Loire, Pigeonneau, Potagers, Poulets Fermiers, Pure Breed Chickens, Sans OGM
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En Normandie, sans-GMO – Read On
Nothing new will appear on these pages for a few days now. I am away in search of some of the best volailles that Normandy’s farmers can produce – vol (fly)/ailles(wings) = poultry. Not just chickens, but also pigeoneau (squab), … Continue reading
Posted in Blue Collar Gastronomy, Chicken, Guinea Fowl, Hen's and Bantam's Eggs, Label Rouge, No Compromise Shopping, Pigeoneau, Poulet de Gournay, Poulet Fermier, Poulet Fermiers, The Food Business
Tagged Barbary Ducks, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Cider Vinegar, Confiture du Lait, Eggs on Legs, GM Soya from Brazil and America, Grand Maitre, Guinea Fowl, Label Rouge, Loue, Normandie, Pigeoneau, Poulets Fermiers, Pure Breed Chickens, Squab
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SIA 2012 will be Ferrets to Foie Gras, Fine Foods and All
Excitement builds across France this week, as well as for this writer - I’m like a 5 year old those few days before Christmas Eve. Why? Because we are a few days off the opening of the ‘grande spectacle’ that is the 2012 … Continue reading
Posted in Agrumes, Alcohol, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Brassserie Lipp, Bread, Capon, Chicken, Fish, Foie Gras, Food Influencers, Food Marketeers, Food travel, French Markets, French supermarkets, Graisse d'oie and Confit de Canard, Guinea Fowl, Label Rouge, Latest Trends, Lenten traditions, No Compromise Shopping, Oysters and Shellfish, Pigeoneau, Poulet, Poulet de Gournay, Poulet Fermier, Simple Food, South West French Cuisine, supermarkets, Terroir, The Food Business, Veal, Wild Food, Wild Funghi, Wine Making and Viticulture
Tagged Basse-Cour Farming, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Chapons, Concours General, Ducks & Geese, Paris, Porte de Versailles, Poulets Fermiers, Rare Breeds, Salon des Fromages, Salon International de l'Agricole, SIA 2012
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My Predictions (and Hopes) for 2012
Like one of those dungaree’d and hatted, larger-than-life heroes who appear as the Ice Road Truckers, I’m venturing out onto the thin ice carrying a heavy load with my predictions for this year. Pushing aside the gloom about how tough the … Continue reading
Posted in Blue Collar Gastronomy, Chicken, Food Influencers, Food Marketeers, Game, Good Potatoes, Label Rouge, Organic Food, Poulet de Gournay, Poulet Fermier, Salad, Speciality Chicken, Wine Making and Viticulture
Tagged Artisan Cheese, Batavia, Beef Breeds - Hereford, Belted Galloways, Blanquette de Limoux, Cotentin Pre-Sale Lamb, Cremant, Escarole, Franciacorta, Linzer Potatoes, Longhorn, Pompadour Potatoes, Poulet de Gournay, Poulets Fermiers, Salt Marsh Lamb, Shorthorn, Vouvray
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Shopping the Butter Market
The EU used to have a Butter Mountain. Fecamp (Normandy) has its Halle aux Beurres. Smaller for sure, but a heap more fascinating and engaging. Every Saturday morning throughout the year there’s a typical market in the centre of town – alongside … Continue reading
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Tagged Benedictine, Black Pudding, Boudin noir, Fecamp, Lait Cru, Neufchatel Cheese, Poulets Fermiers, Small Holders, Snail Cake, Snails
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