A year of festivities to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Cité du Vin On June, 1st, 2016, the Cité du Vin in Bordeaux officially …
10th anniversary of the Cité du Vin
France
Dip into Nantes
Imagine there was a city a bit like Glasgow, but in the north-west of France. Built on a river? Formerly famous for shipbuilding but now …
Glasgow Burgers, Nantes
It’s perhaps the Glasgow embassy we didn’t know we needed In the winding city centre streets of Nantes, the historical capital of Brittany on the …
Dining at Le Favori
Le Favori – Les Sources de Cheverny 1 Michelin Star dining in the Loire Valley Based within the spa hotel of Les Sources de Cheverny …
Les Sources de Cheverny, 5 star hotel in the Loire Valley
Les Sources de Cheverny, a peaceful haven in the French countryside with excellent local food Les Sources de Cheverny is a spa hotel in the …
A restaurant for the New Year in Paris – Les Fous de L’Iîle, Paris
Celebrating New Year in Paris Paris is a popular New Year destination. But where to eat? Here’s a suggestion for a restaurant for celebrating New …
Product Review: Gourmet Foie Gras
On our recent trip to the Loire Valley, we noticed that foie gras was omnipresent on restaurant menus. It was France after all but it’s something …
Recipe: Rose, honey and matcha madeleines
From the Lorraine region of France comes the Madeleine, a delicate small sponge cake with a dainty shell shape. Lighter than a sponge cake, this …
Book Review: Teatime in Paris by Jill Colonna
Jill Colonna relocates to Paris and finds a love for all things French, and especially their pastries. Starting with the forever asked question of “How …
Budding Chefs are back!
This year French Budding Chefs have come West and discovered local food on the West coast of Scotland. The nine young chefs from the Lycée …
A peek behind the scenes at Scottish Farmed Salmon
One of the joys of loving food is finding out all about where your food is from and how it is produced. I was …
Adonis Carcassonne Résidence la Barbacane, Carcassonne Review
We bagged some cheap flights from Prestwick to Carcassonne and also managed to find these bargain apartments to stay at. Located within the shadow of …
Home made – Fait Maison – sign in French restaurants
Sign of the times for home made food – Fait Maison- in France Like elsewhere in the world, French restaurants are under pressure to …
Le Parc Franck Putelet, Carcassone
Mr Foodie always has itchy feet at his birthday ( well all year round, can we keep him home!?) so some cheap flights to Carcassone …