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Tag Archives: white asparagus
A lovely market-day lunch
Monpazier is a charming bastide* town about 45 minutes from Daglan, and it’s well worth a visit. For one thing, it’s rated “one of the most beautiful villages in France.” For another, if you go on a Thursday, you could … Continue reading
Posted in Food, French food, Life in southwest France, Restaurants in France, Restaurants in the Dordogne, Tourist attractions
Tagged chocolate desserts, Daglan, desserts, entrées, food, green asparagus, Hotel Edward 1, Monpazier, pork, Restaurant Eléonore, restaurants, strawberries, white asparagus
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Easter dining — in a bistro
An argument can be made that one shouldn’t bother driving nearly an hour to eat Easter lunch in a bistro, when the identical drive will take you to a Michelin-starred restaurant that’s literally across the street from the bistro. Makes … Continue reading
Posted in Food, French food, Life in southwest France, Restaurants in France, Restaurants in the Dordogne, Wine
Tagged Connaught Hotel, Daglan, desserts, entrées, food, Hélène Darroze, Le Bistrot de la Place, Le Vieux Logis, michelin starred restaurant, navarin d'agneau, restaurants, Trémolat, white asparagus
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Our (too) quiet Sunday market
By this point in the year, it seems to us, the Greater Daglan Area should be a bit livelier — with more tourists wandering around, shopping, sightseeing, dining out, and of course clogging the roads. But probably because of Europe’s … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling in the Dordogne, French food, Life in southwest France, Markets in France, Walking in the Dordogne, Weather in the Dordogne
Tagged asparagus, Daglan, Dordogne weather, flower stalls, flowers, food, green asparagus, Mara des bois strawberries, rain, roast chickens, springtime, strawberries, Sunday markets, vegetable stalls, weather, white asparagus
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Champagne Day, with all the trimmings
Champagne is almost an essential for my wife and me on those “special” days — Christmas, New Year’s Eve, birthdays, and so on. And it’s hard to imagine a day more special than the 25th anniversary of our marriage, which … Continue reading
Posted in French food, Life in southwest France, Restaurants in the Dordogne, Wine
Tagged 25th anniversary, anniversary, Armagnac, baba, brébis cheese, Champagne, Chateau les Combes, Daglan, foie gras, food, G.H. Mumm, Kir Royale, La Goutte Noire, Laurent-Perrier Brut, le Bistro d'en Face, le petit paris, Le Vieux Logis, Lussac-Saint-Emilion, michelin starred restaurant, Mumm Cordon Rouge, navarin of lamb, Pomerol, rain, red mullet, restaurants, rouget, silver jewelry, Sophie Arnaud, strawberries, sturgeon, white asparagus
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Buy the sea, buy the sea, buy the beautiful sea…
First of all — yes, thank you, I do know that the actual song is “by the sea.” With today’s title I’m just making the point again that in the Greater Daglan Area, one does not need to live by … Continue reading
First of the season: White asparagus
One of our purchases at yesterday’s market in St. Cyprien was a bunch of white asparagus, as this delicacy made one of its début appearances of the season at several vegetable stalls (and one stall that was selling nothing but … Continue reading
