Blog in France

Baby Sarkozy's name is rumoured to be Dahlia I’m interrupting food week for a non-foody blog. I couldn’t ignore today’s top news in France – baby Sarkozy who arrived on Wednesday night. Mother and baby girl are doing well and father is preoccupied by politics. He missed the actual birth...

I blogged about this strange, old-fashioned fruit, often known as the dog’s butt fruit, not so long ago. Time to revisit for some cooking with them. Chris and I had harvested a small bag of medlars on one of our bike rides about ten days ago. Half of these were...

Old postcard of Crocq Creuse, our departément of France, is famous for its elderly population, its poverty – and a wonderful gateau. ‘Le Creusois’ is a cake made with nuts and butter. It’s thought to have originated in the fifteenth century, but wasn’t rediscovered until 1969 when the recipe was...

I enjoyed writing my animal themed blog posts last week, so I thought I’d go with a theme again this week. And, this  being France, well, it had to be food. I’m starting with a look at tomato ketchup. The French government recently banned tomato this from school canteens as...

Last year's migration - I haven't got a good photo of this year's yet To my delight I can finish animal week on this blog by talking about our exciting twice-yearly visitors. The grues – European grey crane – have begun their migration south for the winter. We spotted our...