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October 12, 2009: L'Odalisque
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12th October 2009 L'Odalisque is a relatively new restaurant in Limoux. It opened in April of this year and in a fairly unlikely situation. It's in Rue des Cordeliers, a narrow street just behind the Place de la République. There...

March 31, 2009: Le Jardin en Ville
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31st March 2009 Furthering my relentless research to find new and unusual eating places in our bit of the Aude, we've come across Le Jardin en Ville: www.lejardinenville.fr It's situated in the middle of a residential estate near to the...

November 27, 2008: Restaurant Emile
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27th November 2008 Yesterday we went to Toulouse (a) to make a pre-emptive strike on Christmas shopping and (b) to have lunch with some friends who live in the Lot-et-Garonne. It was a crisp winter day and we met first...

October 19, 2008: La Ronde du Malepère
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19th October 2008 OK - so all the slow traffic queuing up behind grape-carrying tractors was worth it! The autumnal round of wine festivals has started! Last week, from Wednesday to Saturday, the town centre of Carcassonne was bedecked with...

February 27, 2008: Lunch in Limoux
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Restaurant de la Gare, Limoux When I have lunch with Elaine I get her to choose the restaurant. Her choices are always great. Today we had lunch at the Restaurant de la Gare in Limoux. It's definitely a destination restaurant,...

February 13, 2008: Upside-down Carmelized Pear Tart - Pear Tart Tatin
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Easy dessert for Valentine's Day I've discovered a really easy - and very delicious - desert, Tarte Tatin aux Poires. Tarte Tartin is traditionally made with apples but pears make a tasty change. Pear Tart Tatin Serves 4 Double the...

January 11, 2008: Butter Tarts - Quintessentially Canadian - Recipe
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The best butter tarts - definitely worth trying Butter tarts are not only quintessentially Canadian, they're an Ontario tradition. I had never heard of them before I moved to Ontario when I was 16. It was love at first bite....

January 10, 2008: Winter Root Vegetable Bake - Recipe
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Winter makes me cook The cold Canadian winter has made me want to cook. I'm learning to bake - again. I had stopped baking because I didn't have the patience for the precision that baking seemed to require. It's not...

December 22, 2007: Gateau au Chocolat - Chocolate Cake
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Easy, delicious, very chocolatey chocolate cake recipe I'm an 'if it isn't chocolate it isn't desert' kind of girl (with a couple of exceptions, Creme Catalan being one but that's another post). Kristin - of French Word a Day -...

December 3, 2007: Aioli - Garlic Mayonnaise - Recipe
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Making Mayonnaise Last week a friend said that he wanted to make mayonnaise. I sneered. Maybe not outwardly but inwardly. I said it wasn't worth the effort. Why make mayonnaise when there's Hellman's Light? I assured him that I had...