Charcutepalooza Grand Prize Winner- acookblog.com’s Peter Barrett
Peter Barrett's Rubber Boots Bravo. Bravo, Bravo, Bravo to you all! And especially to Peter Barrett, the persistently innovative, mouthwatering edgy talent from cookblog who swept the votes to become the Grand Prize Winner of the ‘Year of Meat’ called Charcutepalooza. Peter’s contemporary tastes on traditional charcuterie reflects a new look at the oldways of curing and cooking we are discovering across the globe. I like it.... Read More
Kate @ 60- a day in a life
’Si il-y-a la brouillard en Novembre, il-y-a Noel en Décembre’ Claude Pompèle would announce the weather each year- Fog in November, Christmas in December. November in my Garonne River valley is petit pois soupe as the summer warmed river meet the autumn chilled skies. However, this November 2011 has been impossibly delicious, sunny and bright all month long. A gift of a French November to celebrate- a memorable, sunny, and... 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
