Tag Archives: scallops

Dish du jour — January 18, 2023

Posted on January 18, 2023 by loren24250

While I’m calling this a dish du jour with today’s date, the photo below was actually taken this past weekend, while we were having lunch at our favourite nearby restaurant, O Moulin, in Carsac, about 25 minutes from Daglan. This … Continue reading →

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Over the top at O Moulin

Posted on October 25, 2020 by loren24250

It was four Sundays ago that we enjoyed a lunch at O Moulin in the village of Carsac, and came away with an interesting question. (By the way, in a display of intense self-control, I did not post anything about … Continue reading →

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When in Toulouse…

Posted on April 2, 2014 by loren24250

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the trip that my wife Jan and I took to Toulouse, where I had a medical appointment. In that posting I described the dinner we enjoyed at Brasserie Flo les Beaux Arts, … Continue reading →

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Mark’s amazing scallops with apple: The recipe

Posted on December 30, 2013 by loren24250

By popular demand, I bring you the recipe for the amazing scallops that we enjoyed last Wednesday, as the third course of our seven-course, seven-and-a-half-hour Christmas Day lunch (“A Christmas feast in France,” posted December 27). Made by our friend … Continue reading →

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A Christmas feast in France

Posted on December 27, 2013 by loren24250

Seven people. Seven courses. Seven and a half hours. That’s a quick summary of the Christmas Day lunch we enjoyed in a large and beautiful stone-walled home that friends are restoring, upgrading and updating on a hillside in the hamlet … Continue reading →

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‘Tis the season to eat oysters…

Posted on December 23, 2012 by loren24250

Oysters may be found throughout the Greater Daglan Area for most of the year (no, silly, not roaming about in the wild, but offered for sale in various shops and markets). But during the Christmas and New Year’s holiday season, … Continue reading →

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An afternoon with our own French chef

Posted on November 11, 2012 by loren24250

Have you ever had a French chef prepare a meal for you in your own home, or perhaps in a home you were renting while on vacation? No? Well, you’re missing something. In the past, I’ve written about Chef Fabrice … Continue reading →

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