Chateaux

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• Hoisted By Their Own Petards in Coppell

  
  Park Cities People Blog — Authority: 488
  It would be wise for a developer who is trying to gussy up another charmless subdivision in Coppell to avoid the use of French if said developer does not know the plural of the word “ chateau ,” which is “ chateaux .”  I’m just sayin’.
  6 days ago

• The Jack OLantern and Tagine of Lamb with Pumpkin

  
  Ladies With Bottle — Authority: 118
  The Jack OLantern originated from an Irish myth about a man nicknamed "Stingy Jack." According to the story, Stingy Jack invited the Devil to have a drink with him. True to his name, Stingy Jack didnt want to pay for his drink, so he convinced the Devil to turn himself into a coin that Jack could use to buy their ...
  1 week ago

• Les souterrains - Going Underground

  
  Days on the Claise — Authority: 127
  The Touraine is riddled with underground passages and quarries. Even the shortest drive will take you past at least one, with its entrance temptingly open to the road. Many of them are seemingly empty and some of them are complex systems of interlinking chambers and passageways going deep into hillsides and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Autumn Stews from France – Bouillabaisse

  
  Ladies With Bottle — Authority: 118
  Bouillabaisse is a traditional Provençal fish stew from the port city of Marseille. It takes its name from the Provençal Occitan word bolhabaissa : bolhir (to boil) and abaissar (to simmer). According to tradition, the origins of the dish date back to the time of the Phoacaeans, an Ancient Greek people who ...
  2 weeks ago

• Autumn Stews from France – Ratatouille

  
  Ladies With Bottle — Authority: 118
  Ratatouille has been made famous by the Disney Film about Remy the Rat - its a traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish, originating in Nice and its full name is Ratatouille Niçoise. The word ratatouille comes from the Occitan ratatolha and the French word touiller which means to toss food. ...
  3 weeks ago

• Autumn Stews from France – Carbonade

  
  Ladies With Bottle — Authority: 118
  Carbonade takes its name from the Latin carbo meaning coal and refers to the stew being cooked over coals in times long past. Les Carbonades Flamandes is a traditional Flemish sweet-sour beef and onion stew made with beer, and seasoned with thyme and bay. The type of beer used is important, here in the UK I ...
  3 weeks ago

• Chenonceau Videos

  
  Writing the Renaissance — Authority: 117
  For those interested in Renaissance history and architecture, I would like to bring to your attention a series of eighteen videos on the château of Chenonceau. The videos discuss the cultural context of the château and present biographical vignettes of individuals who owned and altered it (François, Henri II, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Autumn Stews from France – Ragout

  
  Ladies With Bottle — Authority: 118
  Over the centuries, the word ragout (which in 17th-century France meant anything that stimulated appetite) has come to signify a highly seasoned stew. A Ragout can be a stew of any simmered food, be it meat, vegetable, fish or fowl - although in France, the main ingredients are diced into quite small pieces. The ...
  3 weeks ago

• Bordeaux Clairet AOC, Pork Tenderloin Stuffed with Apples and Plums and Wine

  
  Bordeaux-Undiscovered — Authority: 121
  Bordeaux Clairet is a Regional Appellation that covers the dark pink wines that are a speciality of the Bordeaux region. Bordeaux Clairet is not Rosé and these wines established the fame of Bordeaux as a wine-making region from the Middle Ages onwards. The word Clairet is the Gascon word for clear and this is ...
  3 weeks ago

• Phoenix Interrupted: Downtown’s full of gleaming progress surrounded by vacant lots – now what?

  
  Downtown Voices Coalition — Authority: 431
  Failing midtown Phoenix project (Photo: Sharon, Phoenix Daily Photo) [Source: Sarah Fenske, Phoenix New Times] — There’s a development on the edge of downtown Phoenix that captivated me even before I moved into the neighborhood: the Chateaux on Central.  My interest wasn’t a matter of good design — ...
  3 weeks ago

• Graves de Vayres, the Borgias and Wine

  
  Bordeaux-Undiscovered — Authority: 121
  Graves de Vayres runs along the Dordogne River across from Saint Emilion and contrary to expectations from its name is unrelated to the Graves appellation. It produces both red and white wine and takes its name from the commune of Vayres and the gravelly soils (graves) on which it lies. Thanks to the Dordogne, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Autumn Stews from France - Matelote

  
  Ladies With Bottle — Authority: 118
  Matelote is a French fish stew made with red wine. It takes its name from the old French word for sailor or bunkmate matenot, which has its roots in the Latin matte meaning bed or from the Old Norse word mötunautr , meaning messmate . The ingredients for Matelote vary all over France: the Alsace version is ...
  4 weeks ago

• Côtes de Bourg, the Kings Fig and Wine

  
  Bordeaux-Undiscovered — Authority: 121
  The Côtes de Bourg lies just south of the Côtes de Blaye, opposite where the Rivers Garonne and Dordogne merge, 35 km north of Bordeaux. The AOC is comprised of 15 communes: Bayon sur Gironde, Bourg, Comps, Gauriac, Lansac, Mombrier, Prignac and Marcamps, Pugnac, St. Ciers de Canesse, Saint Seurin de Bourg , ...
  4 weeks ago

• Autumn Stews from France - Hochepot Flamande

  
  Ladies With Bottle — Authority: 118
  Hochepot Flamande is a recipe from the north of France where Belgian and Flemish influences are apparent with this traditionally hearty cuisine. Its the northern version of Pot Au Feu and is a "hotch-potch" of mixed meats (pigs ears and tails, breast of beef, oxtail, shoulder of mutton, salt bacon); cooked with ...
  4 weeks ago

• Cheverny

  
  Days on the Claise — Authority: 127
  Yesterday we took Célestine to Cheverny, along with Kippa and Ben. This meant leaving home at 9.30, while the mist was still lying quite heavily on the ground. Luckily, with Célestines improved electrics we were able to have the headlights on so people could avoid us. The trip took 90 minutes, and includes the first ...
  4 weeks ago

• Domaine de Chevalier

  
  Bordeaux-Undiscovered — Authority: 121
  Domaine de Chevalier is one of the top flight Pessac Léognan properties and lies off the beaten track amongst the pine forests. It is ranked among the Premiers Crus for its red and white wine in the Classification of Graves wine of 1953 and 1959. Domaine de Chevalier lies in the commune of Léognan, about 17 km ...
  4 weeks ago

• Celestine goes Sightseeing

  
  Days on the Claise — Authority: 127
  Celestine came back from the garage on Monday evening with a new alternator in place of her clapped out old dynamo.To celebrate we thought we would take her on a little trip so I could get more used to driving her. We had problems yesterday morning with her not starting, but I think that was a block in the fuel ...
  8 weeks ago

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