Posted in Bastille Day, Carcassonne, Europe, Food Commentary, France, French, French-ness, culture, eating, festival, food, french fries, fried, grilled, grilling, history, holiday, patriotism, podcast, sandwiches, sausage, street food, summer, tourism, tradition, travel, unhealthy on May 6th, 2008
Download WNF Podcast #2: Sandwich de Merguez
A few summers ago we were very fortunate to spend a long vacation traveling through northern Spain and southwestern France. It was our first real vacation alone since Amy and I had met, and was especially well-deserved because we had spent the previous 12 months going through the traumatic […]
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Posted in Asturias, Europe, Recipe, Recipes, Spain, cheap meal, easy, easy meal, fabada, food, french fries, fried, meal, offal, onions, paprika, parsley, restaurant, sauce, thyme, tradition, travel on Apr 18th, 2008
If you are a regular reader of our blog, perhaps you remember this post on my husband’s near-death by gluttony as he ate his way through a giant Asturian meal - fabada. While I had to listen to his groans and watch the thick beads of sweat roll down the side of his head […]
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Posted in Recipe, Recipes, Steak, beef, butter, chips, compound butter, food, french fries, fried, indulgent meal, martini, meal, tarragon on Oct 14th, 2007
After a long, hard week at work, Jonny and I usually try and treat ourselves on Friday nights, especially when the weather turns colder, to a drink and an indulgent meal. Ok, we don’t just reserve this for Fridays only, but for some reason, a drink and a meal always seems to just taste better […]
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