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 Borough Market, duck giblets, duck salad, fig chutney, French food, French recipe, French restaurants, gesiers de canard, magret de canard fume, Perigord, perigourdine salad, recipe, Salade Perigourdine, salade terroir, Sauternes, smoked duck breast, Toulouse, Travel, Wilson Square 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 7th arrondissement, cooking, cuisine, food, food presentation, France, French food, Italian food, Paris, preserve jars, recipe, salad recipe, salade de tomates avocat mozza, Sarlat-le-Caneda, tomato avocado mozzarella salad, Tribeca rue Cler 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 [...]
