What makes you get up at the break of dawn on a winter morning? A promising date? A skiing trip? A crying baby? Not for me: it is MARKET day, we have packed the car yesterday, I am not so good at early morning surprises. Today, we go to Oberwil, a village close to Basel, to the Wintermarkt, one …
The French Affair (Part III)
The third visit took us to Hagenthal last Sunday. Saveurs et traditions des Pyrénées: cheese, bacon and salame. Interesting and very funny guy. He was the one who mentioned to my friend Lily: „Ah, votre amie, c’est un numéro!“ „What? I am not a number, I am human!“ He knows all about cheese and salame Les saucissions et le bacon …
Fruits de mer in Alsace
A French Affair Away this weekend at Degustha, le salon vins et gastronomie, now in its 24th year in nearby Barthenheim, Alsace, scouting new delicacies, vanilla pods, chocolate, honey, homemade woodoven baked bread, cheese, foie gras … I remember the early years when the exhibition took place in Hagenthal, a rather rural event in the countryside with only a few …
Whatever You Do – Be Passionate About It!
This post is about food, cooking and a recipe, what did you think? There is a fig tree in our garden, I planted it some 15 years ago, it was a tiny weeny thing, proudly demonstrating ist first leaves. It has become a gorgeous tree tending to ignore neighbour boundaries. Each year it carries sweet yellor fruit. Each year? Not …