Last Saturday’s mission was to stock up on cheese at the markets in the main square of Montbrison. Montbrison has its own ‘fourme’ which is a medium – not hard not soft - blue cheese. Added to my list as I waited in line at the cheese van was some Cantal Vieux, some St Nectair and something new – some dry goats cheese. All the maximum bacteria. Actually maximum bacteria … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2016
Fabada Asturiana
Believe it or not, this food story involves motorsport. Mainly, however, it involves a Spanish casserole called Fabada Asturiana. The fabada bit means means ‘stew’, the Asturiana bit means that it originates from Asturias, in the north of Spain between Santiago de Compostela and Bilbao. I got home from a work trip, and in the kitchen there is a box of packaged meat in the … [Read more...]
Me and Age and Snow Skiing
Last weekend I was up at Morzine, skiing. Beautiful place and if I didn’t know it was France would have thought that I’d stepped into a Heidi movie. Wooden cabins with love heart shaped cut outs on all the balconies and eaves, and the street lights are in the shape of snow drops or icicles. My lifetime experience of skiing has been a bit patchy. Nothing for the first twenty … [Read more...]
