Showing posts with label apples. Show all posts
Showing posts with label apples. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Apples, juniper and sage--and where they come from.

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     That sprig of sage is from the huge bush in the garden, grown from a cutting given me four years ago.      Trying to avoid the prick...
Saturday, September 29, 2012

Signs of Autumn in Southern France

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   Recently, it's been really chilly at night to the point that last Sunday, after a terrific outdoor party, we walked home and made ...
Sunday, September 16, 2012

Celebrating the vendange.

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  It's grape-harvesting season again, which in our region--or any other region in France--means an excuse for a party. Last Friday, I re...
Monday, September 3, 2012

Thinking of Curry, Apples--and Chutney

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   Over the past month, Indian spicing has figured large in my life. A couple of weeks ago came a pot-luck Indian dinner and a laugh-out-lou...
Thursday, December 3, 2009

Aiguillettes

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   At some point over the past couple of weeks (this being the season when The Duck takes precedence) I picked up a package of aiguillettes ...
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A Satisfying Morning.

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   Rain, wind and cold temperatures have been the norm for the past few days. Tant pis . (All-purpose French expression with many possibly t...
Thursday, October 22, 2009

Pom, Pom, Pom, Pom....

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   Last Sunday was one of those golden days that's good from start to finish. The sun shone, the Pyrenees were as sharply defined as a c...
Friday, April 3, 2009

Opportunities at the market.

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Markets in France offer scads more than fruit and veggies. A sample of what you could have bought if you'd joined us in Lavelanet this m...
Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Wednesday Morning Apples

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Sadly, the village shop closed over Christmas which is tough if you don't drive. Still, travelling vans do bring food to the village on ...
Saturday, October 25, 2008

Keeping in Touch via Internet.

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       Thanks to technology, we can stay in touch with what's happening in Léran in our absence. Our friends Doug and Nancy who also hav...