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Pulsating Year For Lentil Lovers

Some more misspelt ramblings from deepest France Here is some rip roaring news – the UN has declared […]

January 10, 2016 Cooking, Environment, Food, France, French, Health, Lentils

French Diners Doing It Doggy (bag) Style

The humble doggy bag, so long ridiculed and despised by French diners is now a firm feature of […]

January 5, 2016 Alcohol, Cooking, Culture, Food, France, French, Heritage, History, Wine

Resolutions and Revolutions

  Thursday tomorrow Just what are the delights and highlights of a normal Thursday? Well, if we get […]

December 30, 2015 Cooking, Culture, Education, Food, France, French, Fun

Festive French Stuffing

Christmas !!!!! Humbug and balderdash !!!!!! The Sunday before Christmas – the shops are open and the world has gone […]

December 21, 2015 Christmas, Cooking, Culture, Economy, Family, France, French, Heritage, Shopping

Of Christians and Cabbages and Manure

12th November (I should have posted this yesterday but never got round to it.) Incoherent ramblings on those […]

November 13, 2015 Autumn, Cooking, Food, France, French, Gardening, History, Religion

Seasonal Pumpkin Brain Surgery

Here is a Halloween post full of the philosophical musings of an aging dad and plenty of spelling […]

October 30, 2015 Ageing, Autumn, Cooking, Death, Family, Food, Halloween, Heritage, History, Life, Uncategorized

Jammin’ and Getting Stoned.

Hey man! I’ve bin jamming all weekend. Cherry jammin’ or in proper English – the making of cherry […]

June 7, 2015 Cooking, Food, Gardening, Shopping, summer, Uncategorized

Of Cheap Hotels, Romanian Builders and Potatoes

I was working away from home last week, down in the fair city of Toulouse. Home from home […]

July 12, 2014 Cooking, Food, language lessons, Life, Sex, Sport, TRAVEL

Cherry Happy

Within his mysterious ways and his infinite wisdom, the Good Lord has granted me two enormous cherry trees […]

June 2, 2014 Cooking, Food, France, Gardening, Philosophy

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