‘The end of labour is to gain leisure.’ Aristotle How many gendarmeries per square mile in the south of France? I wonder how these little creatures got their name, and laughed to myself at the comparison. It is nice to have a few moments to contemplate life after such a busy summer. I started the long overdue…
Hungarian Food Paprika’s Chicken with Nokedli & Cucumber salad 15 minutes prep time 1 hour cook time 1 large skillet with lid 1 large pot for noodles with lid Ingredients 1 chicken cut up into pieces, or 4 leg/thigh attached cut up 1-2 large onion, diced 1-2 garlic cloves, crushed 2 tomatoes, diced 1-2 pepper (Hungarian…
So where is the food everyone raves about? I can say from personal experience the best food in France is in the French home. Invited by families for lunch and dinner we have experienced traditional French cuisine, served in four courses and paired with the finest…
In honour of the longest day of the year musicians take to the streets to celebrate and entertain the public for free. There were stages being assembled by crews around Beziers. One was near the church, another along their main street’s walking strip and another on the far side of their main square. It felt…
Good-bye Ville de Capestang! We went to the local watering hole, Le Grille restaurant on the square, to celebrate our last evening with our friends. It was a mix of being utterly knackered after 70 days straight of working with students, leaning towards total exhaustion after the last four days of non-top packing, lifting, carrying…
French Cooking Day Cooking with Mom, Julie and the Hungarian girls again, we tackle the Über famous Coq Au Vin. Notes: 1 hour prep time Over…
Follow your dreams, work hard, practice and preserve. Make sure you eat a variety of foods, get plenty of exercise and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Sasha Cohen Look around. The French are not overweight. Ok some are. But on a whole, they are generally; on the slim side, healthy, and happy people. Despite the fact that…
Traditional Hungarian beef stew, or Marha Pökölt is made like most pörkölt or paprikas, but I decided to try something a little different and used smoked Hungarian paprika in place of traditional mild paprika and added mushrooms. I served this with jasmine rice and a sweet and sour lettuce, both…
Traditional Korma Chicken Curry with a Twist of Lime Blending spices for this dish was super fun. I gentle roasted them in a pan, let them cool and ground them in my coffee grinder. Little did I know it would stain my counters and my white appliance,…
And God looked down on the Earth he created and said, ‘ I need a caretaker for this world I created.’ And so God Made a Farmer. Paul Harvey What the heck is a Navet? It is a black turnip with a white flesh, and a nutty flavour. These rare large turnips go for a pretty penny,…