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Author Archives: loren24250
Lovely day, tasty follow-up
I shall begin by stating that I love the name Yalumba. How exotic can you get! Does it refer to an African war cry? A South American river? A region of Australia? No matter: I love the name. But more … Continue reading
Posted in Food, French food, Life in southwest France, Recipes, Wine
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Going, going, but not gone (summer 2017)
October in the Greater Daglan Area is not my favourite month (that would be September), but it’s close. In October, we are technically in autumn, but hints of summer remain. In October, we seem to have two kinds of weather: … Continue reading
Posted in Flora and fauna, Life in southwest France, Wine
Tagged Castelnaud, Daglan, Dordogne weather, flowering trees, nature, plants, weather
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Glimpses of Milan Fashion Week
Yes, my wife Jan and I are back in Daglan after a vacation in Milan. And no, we hadn’t planned the trip to coincide with Milan Fashion Week, which ended yesterday (September 25). It just sort of happened. We had … Continue reading
Not Naples, but pretty darn good
We’re back home in Daglan after several days in Milan, which according to Google Maps is some 770 kilometres from Naples. I mention this because Naples is generally regarded as the home of the “modern” pizza (that is, pizza as … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Travels in and out of France
Tagged 'Nduja, burrata, Daglan, food, Granaio, Milan, Milano, Naples, pizza, restaurants
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A touch of spring in autumnal Daglan
We are just back from a vacation in Milan (you know, the big city in northern Italy), about which I’ll be blogging in due course. But first, a note on the weather here in Daglan, and a colourful surprise. Apparently … Continue reading
A fitting lunch for a birthday girl
What do you get for a birthday girl who has almost everything — things like beauty, charm, humour and intelligence? Well, the birthday of my wife Jan was a couple of days ago {Thursday), and we realized that one of … Continue reading
