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Tag Archives: Bergerac
More creativity on a plate
A few days ago, a friend of Jan complained to her about my blog. (What? I know it’s hard to believe.) What she reportedly said was “Why is Loren always writing about trash? Where are the food reviews?” Ever responsive … Continue reading
Posted in Food, French food, Life in southwest France, Restaurants in France, Restaurants in the Dordogne
Tagged Bergerac, entrées, food, restaurants, seafood
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Our first (gala) wedding in France
Since moving to Daglan, we have attended (unfortunately) many funerals in France, but only one wedding, in 2013. While we were pleased and honoured to have been invited back then, it was not what I would call a “gala” affair, … Continue reading
Posted in fashion, Life in southwest France
Tagged Bergerac, Champagne, Daglan, marriages, Saint-Jacques de Bergerac, wedding
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Where fresh comes first
One of the surprising (and disappointing) facts of life for food lovers in the Greater Daglan Area is the occasional short supply of fresh fruits, herbs, and vegetables in our supermarkets. Certainly there are times when stores and local markets … Continue reading
Posted in Food, French food, Life in southwest France, Markets in France
Tagged Bergerac, Daglan, food, Grand Frais, seafood, strawberries
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Asparagus — two ways, two days
Good chefs love to work with fresh ingredients — like the green and white asparagus stalks that begin showing up here in France each spring. So it’s not surprising that we were served asparagus dishes as our entrées at two … Continue reading
Another seasonal first
Each March, it seems, we are delighted to find the first strawberries of the season showing up in stores and markets. And so it was yesterday, when we stopped at the (wonderful) Grand Frais food store in Bergerac. There they were … Continue reading
Dishes du jour — 08 – 09 – 2016
Today’s posting simply picks up where yesterday’s posting finished. We’re still at a Sunday lunch in Bergerac, a drive of about an hour and a quarter from Daglan, at a very good restaurant called L’Imparfait. To remind you, here’s an … Continue reading
Dish du jour — 07-09-2016
In a break from tradition (sort of), I’m not going to devote this blog posting to an exhaustive review of each dish that we recently enjoyed at an excellent lunch. Instead, in the interests of giving readers a quick taste of … Continue reading
A chef who keeps upping his game
My wife Jan said it soon after our first dish was served at lunch last Friday: “I think Chef has upped his game.” Then she said it several more times during the meal, and again, later that afternoon. This is pretty … Continue reading
Beauty on the plate
As I wrote in a recent posting, the Greater Daglan Area was basking in beautiful late-summer weather at the end of September, when our friend Robin stayed with my wife Jan and me. So when the three of us visited … Continue reading