western loire valley in france
 | Recipes : Provence style Tomatoes Here is the mythical recipe of the tomatoes 'à la Provençale' (Provence style tomatoes - note of the translator : Proven... |
 | Recipes : Pork steak Alsatian Style It is unfortunate, that this remarkable cut of pork "rouelle"(French for small wheel) is hardly served any more. The "ro... |
 | Recipes : Hare 'à la Royale' the Sousceyrac recipe... This is the original LIEVRE A LA ROYALE recipe, the most mythical dish in French cuisine. ... |
 | Recipes : Cassoulet The recipe of the A Sousceyrac restaurant (note of the corrector : this was the restaurant of the Chef Patrick Asfaux fa... |
 French specialties : AOC Montlouis-sur-Loire The vineyard of the Montlouis-sur-Loire extends on 700 ha around three communes from the Lussault-on-Loire, Saint-Martin... |
 French specialties : Mojhette The Poitevin Marsh from time immemorial produced excellent vegetables and Mojhette, generic term indicating several vari... |
 | News : Chef Asfaux in jail ! "Listen, I know that you are very busy but couldn't you find some availability to coach a tasting workshop in the scope ... |
 | News : Asparagus Asparagus is a latin word. Asparagus had been first appreciated by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. They then ... |
 | News : Maghreb cooking After having paid a visit to our Canadian friends, we continue our gastronomic trips outside of France a little more sou... |
 | News : The 'Madeleine' story Stanislas, king of Poland used to have, as a second home, the castle of Commercy, in a small town of the Lorraine region... |
 | News : The Lobster à l'américaine Story We are now nearly fully sure of the validity of the "à l'américaine" name of this recipe, to the contrary of the "à l'ar... |
 | News : Towards the discovery of the Yoghurts It happened in very ancient times, at the fringes of the Balkanic peninsula and of Turkey that one started to find the f... |
 | News : Coffee, how to choose it and make it The 2009 Paris Agricultural Fair recently closed after having received over 700,000 visitors. This year, I was invited ... |
 | News : A nice week-end in Lyon As we do from time to time during the year, direction Lyon to pay a visit to some beloved friends. Her,'Speedy' Brigitt... |
 | News : The round cake for the Twelfth Night This is the oldest cake in history ; we now know that the first ones were made during the neolithic age. They were prepa... |
 | News : Opening oysters Traditional activity during the Christmas and New Year celebrations, the opening of oysters remains a dangerous technica... |
 | News : Sauerkraut ('choucroute' in French language) The French word 'choucroute' (for 'sauerkraut') derives from the Alsacian dialect 'sûrkrût' itself from the German 'saue... |
 | News : The Arpajon bean fair My arrival into this fair sent me back in the years when I participated to those contests. The age coming, I was invited... |
 | News : Kir Mr Félix Kir (born in 1876 in Côte d'Or, in the heart of Burgundy) was a canon, ordained as a catholic priest in 1901. ... |
 | News : Lannemayou et fils, producers of Floc de Gascogne. "Hello, for all those which are not likely yet to know Floc de Gascogne, could you explain us what is this breuvage and... |
ortolan
Hi James Your are right : Patrick obviously refers to "ortolans" ("bunting" in English, a kind of a sparrow). This is a...
mrs
I have recently returned to UK after many years in France. I find UK bread of all sorts disgusting, simply turning to p...
Cassoulet
Thank you Mr. Dubarry for your reaction to my "variation on the cassoulet". I would like to add, that here in Brisbane, ...
Hi
Hi Frances food looks good.I don't live in France, I live in Washington.In school i am doing a report on France and I d...
cassoulet and merguez
Hello Hans Are you Dutch ? Thanks for your kind comments and for having found time and energy for preparing a cassoulet...
 | Restaurants :Auberge de la Loire -MONTJEAN SUR LOIRE 49570 2 quai Mariniers tél :02 41 39 80 20 |
 | Restaurants :Auberge de la Diligence -LOIRE 49440 4 rue de la Libération tél :02 41 94 10 04 |
 | Restaurants :Côté Loire -BLOIS 41000 2 PLACE DE LA GREVE tél :02 54 78 07 86 |
| Restaurants :Val de Loire -LES ROSIERS 49350 place de l'Eglise tél :02 41 51 80 30 |
 | Restaurants :Mercure Pont de Loire -NEVERS 58000 QUAI DE MEDINE tél :03 86 93 93 86 |
| Restaurants :Seyr -LA CHARITE SUR LOIRE 58400 4 GRANDE RUE tél :03 86 70 03 51 |
| Restaurants :Coste -AUREC SUR LOIRE 43110 6 allée des Amis tél :04 77 35 40 15 |
| Restaurants :Tête Noire -ST GEORGES SUR LOIRE 49170 rue Nationale tél :02 41 39 13 12 |
| Restaurants :Domaine des Hauts de Loire -ONZAIN 41150 tél :02 54 20 72 57 |
| Restaurants :Manoir Bel Air -ST DYE SUR LOIRE 41500 1 rte d' Orléans tél :02 54 81 60 10 |
