All Posts Tagged With: "french cuisine"
French Chef NO 1- Part Two
(authors note : Part One could give you some food for food thought.) There is a third, rare, and unusual way to claim the GFC toque. The French call it : “autodidact.” Ok – it does sound like the name of a newly discovered dinosaur – but it means, simply : “book learning.” […]
24Aug2018 | Bicycle Gourmet | 28 comments | Continued
French Chef No 1 – Part One
Who’s the greatest French chef ? Depends on your terms of reference, dunnit? Your definition of “great.” The extent of your experience with GFC’s. And, of course, ultimately, it’s all subjective. Who’s the greatest French chef –for you? The personalities of the GFC’s I’ve met, come in more flavours than Summer ice cream. They […]
17Aug2018 | Bicycle Gourmet | 34 comments | Continued
French Romantic Chateau – Part One
French Loire Chateaus. Amboise. Angers. Azay.Blois. Brissac.Chambord. Chinon.Chenonceau.Cheverny.Fontainebleau. Langeais. Villandry. No shortage of French Chateaus on the Loire. Mainly because it was the playground of French Kings. Who knew a good thing when they saw it. While all of the Loire River Chateaus have their particular and, dare I say, “individual” contributions to French History […]
17May2018 | Bicycle Gourmet | 26 comments | Continued