I've been waiting to use that line for ages Well, one weekend and a lot of kilometres later, and I can now say I've seen at least a little of southwestern France. Leaving late on Thursday night, we drove the 700 odd kilometres down to Albi (a town just out of Toulouse where we had a free bed waiting). Arriving at around 2am, we didn't see much of the town, but opening the shutters to a hot southern sunny day, we were greeted with a very green ... Read the Post...
high class confection
At some point every couple of weeks or so, I'll find myself lost wandering nonchalantly through a posh area of Paris (no, not all areas of Paris are posh, promise), and will stumble across what I can only describe as an haute couture chocolate shop. This shrine to hedonism distinguishes itself from the normal riffraff of plain old amazing French chocolate shops by the addition of ridiculously too good to eat chocolate art. ... Read the Post...
go bio
One of the things I love about food shopping in French supermarkets (or the open air markets, when I get the chance) is the lovely choice to 'go bio' (organic) with almost all products on the shelf - particularly the important staples of rice, flour, coffee, sugar and milk. I kind of like it when my fresh produce doesn't come with a side serving of pesticides either, but you really need to go to produce markets for that. ... Read the Post...
salad days
I don't know what the recommended RDI for olive oil is, but I've surely passed my monthly quota in 3 days as I've just returned from an adventure in the capriciously priced universe known as budget holiday flights in Europe (incrementally increasing costs and unexpected additional transport planning to be revealed at the next step - click accept to continue). ... Read the Post...
