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Summer Is Pickling Time Summer is in full swing: dog days make you feel mellow and lazy. Probably you are not dreaming about standing in a hot kitchen and pickling. But this is the season for it and towards the middle of July the first produce will be offered on the markets. I love pickles and always watched my mother …
Is a Florentine a citizen of Florence? Do you know the origin of Florentine? According to Wikipedia it is a pastry originating from Florence and created during the Renaissance period, later it was exported to France and the French now pretend it is a French pastry. It is also a Swiss pastry, believe me! Actually, they are quite easy …
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 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 …
Degustha and Agrogast – a culinary trip There is not only one food and wine exhibition, Degustha,but there is also Agrogast, le festival du terroir,in Hagenthal, Alsace, taking place at the same weekend. Both exhibitions present the best French products, un tour de France de la gastronomie: red and white wine, champagne, armagnac, cognac and brandy from Burgundy, Alsace, Roussillon, …
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 …