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Turin, Italy: A City Full of Surprises
A little wander around Turin I’m so lucky that my parents-in-law live in the wonderful North-West Italian city of Turin. OK, I would like them just as much if they lived in some tiny village next to a coal-mine, but it’s definitely an advantage that they come from such a beautiful place! We…
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Bleu de Termignon
An incredibly rare cheese: Bleu de Termignon What you are looking at in the photo above is the Hope diamond of french cheeses (not that if you eat it you become cursed, but because it’s REALLY unique). Bleu de Termignon is incredibly rare. It is made by only four cheese-makers in the whole…
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Salad With Artichokes and Parmesan Cheese
Waiting for artichokes This time of the year is always very exciting. As it starts to get warmer, you see glimpses of the bounty to come when peas, asparagus and even the odd punnet of juicy, exorbitantly expensive strawberries start to appear in the shops. One of my favourite things to eat in…
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The Cote d’Azur: Secret Ruins in The Forest
Notre Dame Du Brusc Chapel Follow a narrow, winding road, crowded at the edges with trees jostling for space, and you will discover the ruins of an ancient chapel, squatting quietly in a forest clearing near the perched village of Châteauneuf-de-Grasse. The stony hills behind the bustling Cote d’Azur hide many unexpected discoveries…
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Pears In Red Wine Syrup
The importance of pears I was at the greengrocer (does anyone still actually use that word?) the other day and found some pears that I’ve only ever seen in Italian restaurants: small brownish-green pears called the Martin Sec, which are a very old variety of pear. Apparently the pears were first mentioned in…
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Pancake Day! Buckwheat Flour Crepes
Why eat pancakes only one day a year? Pancake Day has come and gone, but the need to eat them still lingers on…….it was Pancake Day (or Chandeleur) a month ago in France (and I think in a lot of the world), and we did the right thing and ate pancakes that day.…
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Rainbow Chard With Pine Nuts And Raisins
In my village a new, furtive fruit and vegetable seller recently appeared. A few times during the week, you need to wander through the cobbled streets and, if you’re lucky, you’ll find her and her battered old car full of fruits and vegetables from her garden. She sells them straight out of…
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Mont d’Or cheese from France
On the discovery of Mont d’Or cheese This year for the first time, I had a dairy revelation when I took a mouthful of melted Mont d’Or cheese. Mont d’Or has to be one of the most addictively delicious cheeses I’ve ever eaten! You can eat it straight out of its wooden box…
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Sauze d’Oulx, Italy: On The Road To Hell
Fresh air is the best medicine Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you all had a break of some kind over the holiday period and that the whole food/drink excess phenomenon that often happens at this time of the year didn’t make you feel too bad. Just incase, this week there’s going to…
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Russian Fudge From New Zealand
The international history behind Russian fudge When I was a kid, my mother used to make fudge often for us. As we got older, fudge was one of our favourite things to help her cook on a rainy weekend when there was no chance to go outside to slide around in rivers and…
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The Wild Side Of The Cote d’Azur, France
Hiking Up The Haut Montet I’ve been looking at this huge ball perched on top of a mountain behind our village in France for years, and wondering about it. We affectionately started to call the mountain “Football Mountain”, which I think should be its official name instead of Le Haut Montet. Finally,…
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Stewed Red Cabbage and Apples
Enjoying the food in Munich, Germany Recently, we were lucky to be able to visit the beautiful city of Munich, Germany and took in a visit to Legoland. The Munich part was for the adults in the family and the Legoland part was to convince the younger members of the family to wander…
