John Omar
Very useful information about the Languedoc region in the south of France. I expected it to be mainly about food, but it's is much wider than this.
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The Evening Hérault
http://irishherault.wordpress.com
Making connections between Ireland and the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France, from practical advice about French living and property to food, wine, culture, language and sport
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‘Jingle Bells’ in French and by Dalida
I only know one Christmas song in French – “Vive le vent”, “Jingle Bells” in French. There are no one-horse open sleighs in it… Vive le vent, vive le vent, vive le vent d’hiver Qui s’en va, sifflant, so...
No-fat Christmas pudding
Irish Christmas puddings are traditionally a fairly heavy bit of stodge, which comes at the end of a rather huge meal. That’s why we make a no-fat Christmas pudding every year. It’s light, vegetarian and has all the old-fashioned flavour ...
Recycling, brocantes and the bag tax
In Ireland we think we are only great when it comes to rubbish. We are the Rubbish Champions Of Europe. We now have green bins and compost bins, and were the first country in the world to introduce a tax on the plastic bags (actually we weren’t...
Roast chicken with (a mere) 40 cloves of garlic
Poulet aux Quarante Gousses d’Ail, or Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic is a classic French bistro dish. It’s up there with Coq au Vin and Gigot de Sept Heures (a veeeerrrry slow-cooked lamb), Bouef en Daube and Lapin à la Moutarde (scrum...
You can’t judge a wine by its label?
They say you can’t judge a book by its cover, so why judge a wine by its label? Yet many of us do. I do. I admit it, I’m a sucker for a good, eye-catching design. Just as various types of book (thriller, chick-lit, travel) have a differen...
No bees, no honey = no work, no money
At the Evening Hérault we love our garden. We love honey and we’re seriously worried about the future of our bees. And if we don’t have bees, where would our fragile planet be? So it’s great to see that Carter Gunn and Ross McDonne...
Well-written, witty, a very enjoyable read! Lovely recipes, as well! Thank you and kind regards, Kitty
Posted: November 30th, 2009 | Report This Comment