Les Bugnes are delicate and small twisted ribbon style beignets and are made from a dough very much like a doughnut and coated in a sugar icing. They are also known as Angels Wings and many other names throughout Europe.
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So you want to be a chalet host and cook?
Well this is the course for you…
What a fun experience I had this summer attending a Snow Cooks course for a week with Mel in the most gorgeous alpine village of Peisey Nancroix. We stayed in a lovely restored large village house that is over 200 years old, within walking distance of the local amenities.
This Bangkok Food Tour was a tour I was looking forward to and it really lived up to my expectations. A trip of discovery and a food adventure through the Thonburi District of Bangkok and the hidden canals.
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A pictorial account of a fabulous weekend away in Chiang Rai, Northern Thailand. Visiting a White, Black and Blue Temple, meeting villages tribes and seeing the famous clock tower. All before a great lunch at Moom Mai Restaurant – Taste of Savoie Travels!
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Five Ways with Reblochon – I’ve put together 5 recipes from my Taste of Savoie blog all using the wonderful, versatile and well-known cheese from this region – Reblochon. *Reblochon cheese gained AOC status in 1958 and was first produced in the Thônes and Arly valleys, in the Aravis in the Haute Savoie.
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I think I may be beginning to dream in French…or maybe I just dream in French cheese, especially when I eat a lot of it! Living in the Haute Savoie this is unavoidable but also delicious so I am not complaining although my jeans sometimes do! Every recipe I see with cheese in, I look for ways of adapting it to use Reblochon and other local and seasonal ingredients – it must be the time of year, as winter approaches and the snow is falling in the Alps and when all the ski resorts burst into life!
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The first time I visited L’Ancolie Restaurant was in 2013 as you can see from my post below. Well now in November 2017 L’Ancolie has new owners. Olivier and Katia Gérard who have been at Le Petit Monde in Viry this year are the new proprietors. I have enjoyed several good meals at Le Petit monde and I look forward to enjoying many more at L’Ancolie. They opened on Tuesday and 2 days later I went for lunch! It was great to have the chance to chat to Olivier and Katia today, their enthusiasm for their new venture is evident. They are looking forward to adding their own signature to L’Ancolie in the New Year. They will close for the last 2 weeks of January for a refurbishment.
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Wow! we are so lucky to be living in this beautiful region of France. I am regularly reminded of this and today was no exception as I was afforded the most amazing views of the Argentiere glacier on a great hike in Les Grands Montets area of Chamonix Mont Blanc in Haute Savoie.
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The tartiflette can be found in many guises as chefs in the Rhone-Alps region find ways of making a ‘fusion’
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Cycling to Samoëns in the French Alps, through the valley I was afforded some beautiful views of the surrounding countryside with mountains
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