Tag Archives: truffles

The tree, the truffles

Posted on December 16, 2023 by loren24250

At this festive time of year, one of the traditions of Radio Free Daglan is to show off our village’s Christmas tree. The tree always gets front-and-centre treatment, since it’s placed at the front of the Place de la Liberté, … Continue reading →

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Get out the truffle recipes!

Posted on June 5, 2022 by loren24250

Shaved over pasta? Shaved into scrambled eggs? Added to whipped potatoes? Whatever your favourite, truffles do add a certain “something” to a variety of dishes. And today was the first Sunday for the village’s weekly truffle market — the truffes … Continue reading →

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Trufflezilla!

Posted on December 14, 2020 by loren24250

Yesterday (Sunday) marked the 2020 start-up for Daglan’s market of the famous winter truffles (the Périgord black truffles) and with a bit of luck, we managed to score big-time. Our story begins not long after 10 a.m., when Jan headed … Continue reading →

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Getting the most from Sunday’s events

Posted on December 6, 2019 by loren24250

This posting will provide you with an easy-to-follow three-stop itinerary for your enjoyment this coming Sunday (December 8), provided that you will be in the Greater Daglan Area on that date. The focus of my suggestions is the Christmas market, … Continue reading →

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Kiwi magic in a lovely French village

Posted on August 15, 2019 by loren24250

We had been hoping that this past Sunday would be another beautiful summer’s day, because we knew that the restaurant we would be trying for the first time has lots of outdoor seating. Instead, we woke up to a cool … Continue reading →

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Dish du jour — 25 – 04 – 2019

Posted on April 27, 2019 by loren24250

Let us first clear up something: No, I have not been hired as Director of Publicity for the Restaurant O Moulin. This year I’ve  written several glowing reports on the restaurant in Carsac, a 30-minute drive from Daglan, simply I … Continue reading →

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Eating seriously local

Posted on January 20, 2019 by loren24250

Occasionally,  new made-up words (neologisms, if you must) make my teeth ache. Like, for example, glamping. (I simply can’t reconcile the concepts of “glamour” and “camping.”) And then there’s locavore, referring to someone who prefers to eat food that is … Continue reading →

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Our large (okay, huge) black truffles

Posted on December 16, 2018 by loren24250

One of the things I love about life in Daglan is that there’s life in Daglan. Not that we’re one of France’s hot spots — far from it, especially at this time of year. But it seems that our village … Continue reading →

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Our own black (truffle) market

Posted on December 14, 2018 by loren24250

Now I can truly say: “There was a fungus among us.” I refer, of course, to Tuber melanosporum,  the black (or winter) truffle, one of which was, until recently, at rest in our kitchen. Yes, this past Sunday was the … Continue reading →

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Double your truffle

Posted on December 5, 2018 by loren24250

I’m not sure that Daglan will become known as the Truffle Capital of the World, but our village is definitely taking the tubers seriously. This past summer, it opened a weekly market for summer truffles (see “Our new truffle market … Continue reading →

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