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Ossau Iraty

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Wrapping paper used by Monsieur and Madame Andre CHAHON of Morlanne, near Pau.  I encountered their stand inside la Moutet at the Tuesday Market in Orthez, where they were offering a range of their raw milk sheep’s cheeses.  This sample came wrapped around a wedge of their 12 month old Ossau Iraty, which is perhaps […]

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Wrapping paper used by Monsieur and Madame Andre CHAHON of Morlanne, near Pau.  I encountered their stand inside la Moutet at the Tuesday Market in Orthez, where they were offering a range of their raw milk sheep’s cheeses.  This sample came wrapped around a wedge of their 12 month old Ossau Iraty, which is perhaps

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Local Pumpkin to Compete in the Nationals

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Monsieur Bergeroo of Orthez, in the Pyrénées Atlantique department (that’s right, the town were my wife and I have recently purchased a home for our retirement) is once again competing in the Concours National, the competition to find the largest pumpkin in France.  Evidently, the Bergeroo family is known for really big pumpkins; according to

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Monsieur Bergeroo of Orthez, in the Pyrénées Atlantique department (that’s right, the town were my wife and I have recently purchased a home for our retirement) is once again competing in the Concours National, the competition to find the largest pumpkin in France.  Evidently, the Bergeroo family is known for really big pumpkins; according to

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Slow Foods Wants to “Take Back the Value Meal”

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Slow Food USA is challenging us all to “Take Back the Value Meal” by getting together with family, friends and neighbors to cook a slow food meal that costs no more than $5 per person.  On September 17, Slow Food USA members all over the U.S. will be cooking good food on the cheap, either

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Slow Food USA is challenging us all to “Take Back the Value Meal” by getting together with family, friends and neighbors to cook a slow food meal that costs no more than $5 per person.  On September 17, Slow Food USA members all over the U.S. will be cooking good food on the cheap, either

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New Dishes on the Menu at Le Pichet

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A few photos of new dishes that have recently been added to the menu at Le Pichet by Chef de Cuisine Brent Harding.  It’s the time of year when the season for some produce is ending just as that of others is beginning.  This explains the addition of 2-3 new dishes each week or two.  

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A few photos of new dishes that have recently been added to the menu at Le Pichet by Chef de Cuisine Brent Harding.  It’s the time of year when the season for some produce is ending just as that of others is beginning.  This explains the addition of 2-3 new dishes each week or two.  

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Gratin Lyonnais and Seasonal Envy

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About this time of year, I start to get the question.  People call.  I get emails.  Guests stop me in the restaurants, or even on the street.  The question that is simmers up every year about this time is:  “When is the Gratin Lyonnais going to be back on the menu?” Trust me, I am

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About this time of year, I start to get the question.  People call.  I get emails.  Guests stop me in the restaurants, or even on the street.  The question that is simmers up every year about this time is:  “When is the Gratin Lyonnais going to be back on the menu?” Trust me, I am

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After a really big mushroom; a 4 pound tomato.

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  Check out this photo, from la République des Pyrénées , the hometown newspaper in the town of Orthez where I hope some day to retire.  The summer rains that favored the growth of the really big mushroom have evidently given way to sunshine;  a resident in the nearby town of Lascar recently harvested a

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  Check out this photo, from la République des Pyrénées , the hometown newspaper in the town of Orthez where I hope some day to retire.  The summer rains that favored the growth of the really big mushroom have evidently given way to sunshine;  a resident in the nearby town of Lascar recently harvested a

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Aspargus season is only 8 months away.

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I know, it is almost September. So why am I pulling out these images of a pickling project from last May?  It seems that I am just now finding the time to write up a few notes about pickling asparagus.  I hope you will still find them interesting. Someone once suggested that it would be

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I know, it is almost September. So why am I pulling out these images of a pickling project from last May?  It seems that I am just now finding the time to write up a few notes about pickling asparagus.  I hope you will still find them interesting. Someone once suggested that it would be

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Harvesting Linden Blossoms

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In the neighborhood where I live, many of the trees that line the streets are lindens.  I was not really aware of this until a day several summers ago when I was walking home from work.  It was a warm late June evening and the still air was filled with an intoxicating, sweet floral fragrance

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In the neighborhood where I live, many of the trees that line the streets are lindens.  I was not really aware of this until a day several summers ago when I was walking home from work.  It was a warm late June evening and the still air was filled with an intoxicating, sweet floral fragrance

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Really Big Mushroom

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My wife and I purchased a home in France earlier this year.  The house, which is in the town of Orthez, in the Pyrénées Atlantique Département, is for the present our vacation home and eventually intended as a place for our retirement. Since we will one day live in Orthez, I have taken to keeping

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My wife and I purchased a home in France earlier this year.  The house, which is in the town of Orthez, in the Pyrénées Atlantique Département, is for the present our vacation home and eventually intended as a place for our retirement. Since we will one day live in Orthez, I have taken to keeping

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Bastille Day 2011 Photos

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Here are a few photos of this year’s Bastille Day Party at Le Pichet.  The turnout this year was stellar from the minute we opened the doors.  Clearly the ambiance on Bastille Day is not the usual, calm Le Pichet experience.  If this look like fun to you, make sure to mark you calendar with

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Here are a few photos of this year’s Bastille Day Party at Le Pichet.  The turnout this year was stellar from the minute we opened the doors.  Clearly the ambiance on Bastille Day is not the usual, calm Le Pichet experience.  If this look like fun to you, make sure to mark you calendar with

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