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...

November 11, 2007: Lunch in Carcassonne - Le Bistrot d'Auriac
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Or Club-House du Golf de Carcassonne - franglais if I ever heard it On Wednesday I had lunch with Elaine at Le Bistrot d'Auriac. Everything about it was delightful. The setting, the surroundings, the food, and the company. Food first...

October 22, 2007: The Spice Lady at the Market in Carcassonne
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The spice lady I've been buying herbs and spices from Martine Machuron - the 'spice lady' - for 7 years. Before I moved to France I used to go to the Lezignan market to buy the best herbs de province...

October 12, 2007: Last Day of the Vendange at Domneuve
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This afternoon they finished picking the grapes at the Celliers des Troubadours. At lunch time they discovered that the part of the mechanical picker that separates the grapes from the leaves wasn't working and that it would take a day...

October 3, 2007: Vendange 2007 - Domneuve - The Harvest
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I can't remember if this is the 5th or 6th vendange for the Celliers des Troubadours. It's the 4th one since I moved to Domneuve. For the first time they picked grapes on Sunday, working all day. It was still...

September 30, 2007: Fresh Fig and Walnut Bread - or Cake - Recipe
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The figs are ripe - although not a big crop this year. The summer was too dry. I wanted a recipe for fresh figs but I didn't want Fig Bars. I assume that they're like Fig Newtons and I hate...

September 30, 2007: US, Imperial, and Metric Baking Equivalents - Conversion Table
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A baking measurement and temperature conversion table from Pillsbury Baking Equivalents Liquid Measures Fluid Ounces U.S. Imperial Milliliters 1 teaspoon 1 teaspoon 5 1/4 2 teaspoons 1 dessertspoon 10 1/2 1 tablespoon 1 tablespoon 14 1 2 tablespoons 2 tablespoons...

June 20, 2007: Cheesemaker near Lagrasse in the Corbieres
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Fromage de Brebis des Corbieres In November I mentioned this cheese in passing. Today I visited the fromagerie and saw how it was made. If you're in the Val de Daigne or the Lagrasse area it's worth a visit. It's...

May 25, 2007: Lunch in Carcassonne, or, I was a Panna Cotta Virgin
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L'Endroit, a restaurant in Carcassonne 18 rue de l'Aigle d'Or 0468 71 00 20 open Tuesday through Saturday. Yesterday a friend and I met for lunch in Carcassonne. I never have a clue where to eat and usually end up...

May 23, 2007: Pesonal Wine Tours in France
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A tailor-made wine tour in the Aude Hidden Wineries designs personalized wine tour itinerary. What a terrific idea. "Our motivation is to make sure that your discovery tour turns out to be a real experience. But we not only make...

May 19, 2007: Toulouse tidbits
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A day in Toulouse It's always a challenge for me getting back to the auto route from the centre of Toulouse. Yesterday I managed to find the right road and ended up at the right exit. Last time I ended...

February 16, 2007: Name That Blog - redux
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Back to the drawing board. But first .. .. the winner is Kaye Coates. Even though I'm not using any of her suggestions they were the most creative. Arbitrary I know but ...

February 16, 2007: Morning Coffee in France
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Cafe It's always fascinated me to see people rush into a cafe in France, head to the counter, order un cafe - which comes in a tiny cup - toss it back, drop some coins on the counter, and leave....

February 14, 2007: Art in Fabrezan - Clos de Souquet
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Le Clos de Souquets in Fabrezan Last night the Clos de Souquet had a triple opening and the place was packed. The triple occasion was the opening of the restaurant for the season, more than a month earlier than usual,...

February 7, 2007: And they call meringue meringay
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They call the wind meringue A while ago I posted about the way locals pronounce marin. To me it sounds like meringue and I spent quite a while thinking that the south wind was call the Meringue. Today I was...

January 21, 2007: Name That Blog - Please
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Enter early and enter often Win a 30.00 euro Amazon gift certificate - enter the Aude France "Name a Food Blog" contest Help me name a blog. Brainstorming by myself just isn't that much fun. Think of a name for...

January 21, 2007: Seven chefs all stirring
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Need chefs who can write - or not write. Originally published on January 8, 2007 Do you know any chefs? Do your kids know any chefs? Maybe your friends do. I need your help finding a chef - 5, 6,...

January 19, 2007: Tap water or Toilet Water
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Interesting and informative post on Paris water wars from Charles Bremner's Paris Weblog. And a great image from Cristaline's ad campaign.

January 10, 2007: Comfort Food - recipe for Gratin Dauphinois (or Scalloped Potatoes)
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Cheese and carbs - the ultimate comfort combination! Closed for Flu I have flu. Not to accuse anyone but .... my daughter got sick on Dec 30th. I came back to France on Jan 3 and got sick on Friday...

January 1, 2007: Ethiopian Food in Toronto
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One of the things I miss in the Aude is ethnic food. Food that isn't French or 'frenchified'. Toronto is a terrific place for ethnic food. On Saturday we went to Addis Ababa - 1184 Queen Street West for anyone...

December 27, 2006: Chat en Oeuf Wine
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Brilliant! And it tastes good too! and for those of us who didn't get it ...

December 14, 2006: Hot Sauce in Toronto
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Big cities are great. Today I was in a store that sells hot sauce. Just hot sauce and flavoured oils. In case you're in Toronto, it's 4th Sense, 375 Danforth Avenue Toronto, Ontario M4K 1P1 416-649-0024 And if you're looking...

November 25, 2006: The market in Revel
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Saturday morning market in Revel The market in Revel - in department 31, the Haute Garonne, not the Aude - is classed as either one of the 100 most beautiful markets in France or one of the 10 most beautiful....

November 22, 2006: Fried eggs in France
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And in the weird food tips category - There are cooking times for eggs on the inside of the carton of the eggs I buy in France - not a bad idea I suppose. There is also the strangest egg...

November 19, 2006: Homps - Restaurant les Tonneliers
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I keep going back for the steak frites The Restaurant les Tonneliers is my favourite restaurant in Homps. Of course it's the only restaurant I've actually been to in Homps. The formule express - 13.00 euros, is a salad, steak...

November 2, 2006: Aude plus sheep equals cheese
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MMMMMMM ... French cheese. So many choices. Runny, smelly, hard, soft, crumbly, young, aged, cows' milk, ewes' milk, goats' milk, crusty, veined, I could go on and on. I blame it on the sheep. I saw them on Saturday on...

November 1, 2006: So why the south of France?
Comments: 9 | Categories: Aude property listings , Food and Drink , Living and working in France , Owning a house in France , Real estate in France , Travel
Why France? Why the Aude? More specifically, why the Aude? What is it that draws you here? The food, the wine, the climate, the landscape, the slower pace? Is it a long held dream or something you just decided recently?...

July 8, 2006: Summer Saturday in Carcassonne
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My niece and I went to the market in Carcassonne this morning to get herbs de Provence for her to take to her father in Canada. The spice lady who is at the Carcassonne market on Saturday and the Lezignan...

June 5, 2006: Cherries
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I love cherry season. Right now my goal is to show houses that have cherry trees and to get there early so I can sample while I wait for my clients. Big, round, shiny, almost black cherries. Warm from the...

February 12, 2005: Brand name recipes cookbook
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I've just finished redesigning a web site for a cookbook, Retro Cooks: Brand Name Recipes from the 1940s to the 1970s, by Nina Notaro. 300 brand name recipes. And she had more, they just wouldn't fit in the book. One...

February 6, 2005: Death of a bread machine
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My bread machine died this week. I never thought that I would be a bread machine person. Especially in France, all those wonderful baguettes and croissants! About 9 months ago a friend gave me one. It was given to her...

November 13, 2004: Not More French Food
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So I live in France and there's all this wonderful French food. What do I crave? Ethnic food! Spicy food! Kraft Dinner! I'm Canadian, Kraft Dinner is our national dish. When I lived in Zambia in the early 80s I...

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