MAGYC Pies at Camont
a MAGYC PIE... There are pies and there are PIES. There is magic and there is MAGYC. And yes, this is a bonafide, real, authentic MAGYC PIE. Over the years, I have dabbled in savoury pies as the visual and gustatory homage to Monsieur Monet’s painted pies here, here and here, of course! But this week as Fran and Ian from Melbourne, and Hilary from Sonoma, and Matt from Welbeck descend on the Chapolard home for lunch, we’ll be bringing... Read More
What goes around comes around, again and again… New trends for 2012
It's just bacon. A couple of years ago someone, some too-clever-for-their-own-good someone, declared bacon was out… and that in the coming year pork belly was in. That set me off. It’s been cupcakes in and in and in and then- pies at last. In. Pickling came in and smoking went out. Butchery, charcuterie, and brewing are in, in, in. Potlucks, Pop-ups & Popsicles… all get their share of spin IN. Every January there is media... Read More
Monet’s Eye on Pie
When Sweet Kate McDermott and I decided to gather together a group of kindred spirits for a 4-day Pig Pie & Eye weekend beginning on the auspiciously dated 11/11/11, I had no idea we were adding momentum to a fast growing savoury pie movement. This is my contribution, inspired by a Monet painting, filled with the best Gascon pork, duck, veal and foie gras and decorated with an autumn leaf garland. Weighing in at a hefty 5 kilos, we have dubbed... Read More
Sweet Peas- Old & New
NEWS! The main market in Agen has moved! Moved to make way for a new Cine-plex to be built at the Place du Pin. ? Now, the weekly Sunday market has shifted over the road to the edge of the little parc on Rue Jules Ferry. Like when the big supermarkets shift products around to keep customers from getting complacent about what and how they buy, shifting the market meant I had to hunt and peck a bit more to find Phillipe and his goat cheese,... Read More
Kitchen Inspiration- look around you.
Morning. It’s Saturday. Here in Gascony that means Market morning. From Camont, there are lots of choices of where to go for the Saturday morning producer’s markets: Agen at the Graviere neighborhood Agen at the Place de Laitiers for the organic market Le Passage for best honey, cheese and fresh fish Nerac for the best selections of friends… Sometimes I choose my market by who I will see, sometimes by what I will find or hope... Read More
