I’ll never forget the day I first tried a Salade Périgourdine. Monsieur and I were in Toulouse on the way to a wedding in Lot. We had stopped for lunch at a terrace restaurant on Wilson Square and I was struggling to decide what to eat. In the end, I decided to try a the [...]
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Une Salade Perigourdine
Posted in Dordogne, France, French Holidays, French food, French recipes, Restaurants - France, Travel, tagged Travel, French food, French restaurants, recipe, Salade Perigourdine, perigourdine salad, duck salad, magret de canard fume, smoked duck breast, Perigord, duck giblets, gesiers de canard, Toulouse, Wilson Square, salade terroir, Borough Market, Sauternes, fig chutney, French recipe on July 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Tomato, avocado and mozzarella salad – with a French twist.
Posted in A Tale of Two Cities, Dordogne, France, French Summer 2007, French food, Paris, Restaurants - Paris, tagged France, Paris, French food, tomato avocado mozzarella salad, salad recipe, recipe, cooking, Italian food, food presentation, preserve jars, Sarlat-le-Caneda, 7th arrondissement, Tribeca rue Cler, salade de tomates avocat mozza, food, cuisine on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last summer when Monsieur and I found ourselves at the Saturday market in Sarlat-le-Canéda, we were tempted into buying some delicious foie gras at one of the many stalls selling duck produce. The foie gras is long gone, but the preserve jars in which it was sold are still with me. Time and time again, [...]
A Rocamadour High
Posted in Dordogne, France, French Summer 2007, tagged Ballooning, France, Hot air balloons, Montgolfier, Rocamadour on July 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The alarm went off in the dark. Usually, getting up pre-dawn means one of two things: illness or an early flight. Today was a case of the latter, but not in the normal sense. We left the hotel just as a hint of breaking sun highlighted the river mist, following the trusty Michelin map to [...]
