Monthly Archives: August 2013

Back to Les Glycines for more taste treats

Posted on August 29, 2013 by loren24250

It’s always a bit nervous-making when you recommend something strongly to friends — whether it’s a movie, a book, a restaurant, whatever. You wind up hoping like heck that you didn’t oversell, and that they’ll enjoy it as much as … Continue reading →

Posted in French food, Life in southwest France, Restaurants in France, Restaurants in the Dordogne | Tagged baked eggs, chicken stir-fry, Daglan, desserts, entrées, food, Gaumier, L'Eyzies-de-Tayac, Les Glycines, lunches, Marc Baudoin, Meyrals, mushrooms, ouef cocotte, Paris-Brest, Paris-Brest dessert, plat principal, restaurants, risotto, shrimp, summer truffles, truffe d'été, truffles, veal liver | 2 Comments

Glimmers of gold

Posted on August 27, 2013 by loren24250

We have now entered what are known locally as The Perfect Days. (I’ll admit that by “locally,” I mean among the staff of Radio Free Daglan. But the phrase could well catch on throughout the Greater Daglan Area, or GDA.) … Continue reading →

Posted in Flora and fauna, Life in southwest France, Weather in the Dordogne | Tagged autumn in Daglan, bicycling, cycling, Daglan, Dordogne weather, flowering trees, nature, plants, walnut trees, walnuts, weather | 4 Comments

Beneath the foam: A look back at the fête

Posted on August 25, 2013 by loren24250

The dust has settled, the confetti has been swept up, the stalls and rides and loudspeakers are gone. With our village’s annual fête finished, it’s time for one last look back — to reveal a bit of the politics that … Continue reading →

Posted in Festivals in France, French government and politics, History in the Dordogne, Life in southwest France, Tourist attractions | Tagged bodegas, civic elections, Daglan, Daglan elections, Daglan fête, drinking, fêtes, fighting, foam, parade, politics, spring elections | 8 Comments

We love a parade … and foam

Posted on August 19, 2013 by loren24250

Each year the Sunday parade during Daglan’s four-day August fête has a theme — and this year, it was La Pub. My first reaction when I saw those two words on the festival’s program was to run for cover: I … Continue reading →

Posted in Festivals in France, Life in southwest France | Tagged bands, Daglan, Daglan en Fête, Daglan fête, foam, parades, parades in France | 2 Comments

Double whammy

Posted on August 18, 2013 by loren24250

As the banner in the photo above says, we are smack in the middle of fête — the annual Ferias de Daglan or, as I call it, The Four-Day Festival of Heat and Noise. And today we have the double … Continue reading →

Posted in French food, Holidays in France, Life in southwest France, Markets in France, Weather in the Dordogne | Tagged Daglan, Dordogne weather, markets, Sunday markets | 2 Comments

Escape to an air show

Posted on August 16, 2013 by loren24250

Yesterday was a holiday here (Assumption, as you may have assumed) but that didn’t stop the workers who were setting up stalls and rides for Daglan’s annual Festival of Heat and Noise (my definition), which begins today. Chaos reined supreme, … Continue reading →

Posted in French food, Holidays in France, Life in southwest France, Restaurants in the Dordogne, Sports, Tourist attractions, Weather in the Dordogne | Tagged air show, Belves, Daglan, lunches, Patrouille de France, pizza, Pizzeria les 7 Clochers, weather | 4 Comments

Lunch with Eleanor, and lomo

Posted on August 14, 2013 by loren24250

Before we begin our previously scheduled posting, it is time for a Public Service Announcement. Public Service Announcement: As you will see from the new photo at the top of this blog, we are approaching the time when our village … Continue reading →

Posted in French food, Life in southwest France, Restaurants in France, Restaurants in the Dordogne | Tagged Castelnaud, Daglan, dordogne river, Ferias de Daglan, food, French fries, frites, ice cream sundaes, Le Tournepique, lomo, moules, mussels, peppers, pork loin, restaurants | Leave a comment

From tee to green: Bike Route No. 4

Posted on August 12, 2013 by loren24250

One thing you know instinctively as a cyclist is to never attempt carrying a full set of golf clubs over your shoulder, while you’re riding your bike. So don’t be alarmed when I recommend a golf club as our goal … Continue reading →

Posted in Bicycling in the Dordogne, Exercise and fitness, Flora and fauna, Life in southwest France, Sports in the Dordogne | Tagged Belves, bicycles, bicycling, Bike Routes, cycling, Daglan, golf club, golf course, Golf de Lolivarie, Le P'tit Bistro, St. Laurent la Vallée, St. Pompon | Leave a comment

A short, sweet ride to a book-binder: Bike Route No. 3

Posted on August 8, 2013 by loren24250

When I feel like taking an easy, relatively short bike ride, or I’m pressed for time, I often get on my road bike and head out of Daglan to the little hamlet of Gaumier (also known, for some reason, as … Continue reading →

Posted in Bicycling in the Dordogne, Cafés in France, Life in southwest France, Sports, Sports in the Dordogne, Travels in and out of France | Tagged bicycling, Bike Routes, book barns, book-binder, Bouzic, Daglan, Florimont, Gaumier, Gaumiers, hill work, La Grange aux Livres, Pont Carral, salon de thé | Leave a comment

Confit de canard meets the grill

Posted on August 6, 2013 by loren24250

We are now living through what is supposed to be the tail end of our long-running heat wave, so my wife Jan and I continue to minimize the use of our oven and stove top, to avoid making the house … Continue reading →

Posted in French food, Life in southwest France, Recipes, Weather in the Dordogne | Tagged charcoal briquettes, charcoal grills, confit de canard, duck recipes | 7 Comments