Can I buy Le Blé Gourmet in the UK, and what is it exactly?Pink or red "pepper" is actually the dried berry of the Brazilian weed Schinus terebinthifolius. A 1981 New York Times article listed such toxic reactions to various parts of this plant as rashes, oral and respiratory irritation, chest pains and tightness, headaches, swollen eyelids, stomach upset, diarrhoea and haemorrhoids. Back then, p
British cheese sales outstrip French
Posted by edwina 42 days ago (http://www.guardian.co.uk)
New sales figures for British cheese show that the shoppers at Marks and Spencer have finally accepted what everyone else has known for years - British cheese is better than FrenchThere are days, I freely confess, when I find it hard to whip myself into a froth of patriotism. As our country takes another lazy circuit around the plughole of financial doom and we try to decide whether the elites to
French dining on the go at Marathon du Médoc
Posted by edwina 68 days ago (http://www.guardian.co.uk)
What better training for a 150-mile ultramarathon than a circus-themed fun run through the vineyards of Bordeaux? Marathon des Sables entrant Andy Kocen gives a survivor's report of the gluttonous Marathon du Médoc.Have your say on our Word of mouth blogOne minute to goThe weird drummers suspended by a crane above the runners are still banging away. Not only are they pretty good but they've also
French wine: there's life in the old dog yet | Victoria Moore
Posted by edwina 80 days ago (http://www.guardian.co.uk)
Recent reports that French wine is on the slide are very wide of the mark"French wine sales go plonk in the UK," declared one gleeful headline. "Humiliation for French," said another with more than a trace of revenge-taking on a nation for having better cooking, better dress sense and being on the right side of the Norman Conquest. Apparently we have fallen out of love with Gallic wine – the late
Jay Rayner reviews French restaurant Terroirs in London
Posted by edwina 84 days ago (http://www.guardian.co.uk)
Jay Rayner puts petty nationalism behind him at Terroirs, a restaurant that serves up robust French food from its little corner of ... LondonTerroirs Wine Bar & restaurant5 William IV st, London WC2,020 7036 0660.Meal for two, including drinks and service £75I was wandering through London's Borough Market, as you do when you're greedy, comfortably off, status-obsessed and middle class (the
Matthew Fort: Oats mill and french flan
Posted by edwina 100 days ago (http://www.guardian.co.uk)
How to roll your own oats, bake a flan nature and get perfect smoked fishCould you recommend a good recipe for flan nature? The ones I have tried all seem to result in a custard tart, and I want to make something similar to Cafe Paul's custard flan.Given your reference to Cafe Paul, I guess you're talking about the flan nature or flan boulanger of France, rather than the very
Food safety body sets French fries, baby food rules (Reuters)
Posted by glenna533 140 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
Reuters - An international food safety body has set rules to cut levels of cancer-causing chemicals and bacteria in foodstuffs ranging from French fries to baby food, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said on Monday.
Prices drop after restaurant VAT is slashed by 14% to entice people away from fast food and back to sit-down eateriesJuggling steak platters and egg mayonnaise starters in his black bow tie and starched apron, Stéphane Archambault, a Paris waiter of over 30 years, was rushed off his feet. But he wasn't complaining, as he and his colleagues were jubilant today after the government won its long-run
