Tag Archives: Bergerac

More creativity on a plate

Posted on August 30, 2020 by

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 →

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Our first (gala) wedding in France

Posted on August 30, 2019 by

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 →

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Where fresh comes first

Posted on May 20, 2018 by

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 →

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Asparagus — two ways, two days

Posted on May 13, 2018 by

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 →

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Two takes on the Viognier grape

Posted on October 18, 2017 by

In the last exciting instalment of Radio Free Daglan, I described a shopping trip that my wife Jan and I made to Bergerac. I went on to show off a lunch of crayfish gumbo (jambalaya, if you will) that Jan … Continue reading →

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Another seasonal first

Posted on March 26, 2017 by

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 →

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Dishes du jour — 08 – 09 – 2016

Posted on September 8, 2016 by

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 →

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Dish du jour — 07-09-2016

Posted on September 7, 2016 by

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 →

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A chef who keeps upping his game

Posted on August 29, 2016 by

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 →

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Beauty on the plate

Posted on October 12, 2014 by

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 →

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