Comments on: 180. Mountains of food – la cuisine savoyarde

By: Roads

Roads — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:12:48 +0000

Yep. I’m calling this my accretionary diet.

By: Jonas

Jonas — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:40:19 +0000

I think I gained weight just reading your entry…

By: Roads

Roads — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:19:17 +0000

Thank you for the link, Ella. My dinner companions confirm that there were no bacon or lardons involved on this occasion. Just potatoes and reblochon. And plenty of 'je ne sais quoi'. Literally.

By: Food in the French Alps | From Scratch

Food in the French Alps | From Scratch — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:58:18 +0000

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By: Roads

Roads — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:17:00 +0000

Gigi – thanks for tolerating my inexpert incursion into exploration of la culture française.

Lardy and middle-aged? Come off it – I’m sure you’re as finely honed and svelte as your velvet prose. Either that or you’re just like me.

The thought of being able to eat food like this all winter long is (unfortunately) enormously appealing to a hungry fellow of my appetites, always provided that I could ski every day, too, of course.

If not, then I’d certainly end up as fat as an Alpine snowdrift. And nowhere near as cool.

By: Gigi

Gigi — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:26:54 +0000

ooh, Roads…tartiflette, raclette, fondue…you’ve set my mouth watering and it’s after midnight!

The Alps is perhaps not the best place for a middle-aged lardy lady like me

By: canadada

canadada — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:31:06 +0000

Wow. Sounds like ‘filling’ yummy FUN!
Spring is such a glorious time of year no matter where. Here, in Southern Ontario, Canada, it seems like this past winter was very close to UNBEARABLY long. I even noticed snow still in the backwoods on April 13th, that’s LATE. As a net result, everything is now trying madly to ‘catch up’ to the recent last few days of warmth. I have literally WATCHED lilac leaf buds unfurl in a single day. Birds are trilling madly again, and the grass is FINALLY turning green. Skiing WOULD be perfect in this on-coming weather…. But for now, I’m thinking more of shorts and t-shirts!! Bring it on.

By: Roads

Roads — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:07:04 +0000

Yes, C, we’re ready for spring in Europe, too. No snow in England all winter until late March, and then we had a white Easter and 10 cm of the white stuff just a week or so ago.

Today was the first warm day of spring and the bluebells are coming into their own at last. But with rain coming our way soon, we’re not going to rival the Mediterranean just yet…

By: Roads

Roads — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:47:36 +0000

Thanks, funnyoldlife. I love the Alps.

And thank you for the tag…

By: funnyoldlife

funnyoldlife — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:34:14 +0000

Lovely post – thank you. I’ve got a friend who lives there but haven’t yet visited – she’ll have to keep an eye out for me now!

By the way, you’ve been tagged.
http://funnyoldlife.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/tag-youre-it/