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jeudi 02 mars 2006
Qu'est-ce qu'il faut stocker dans la cave? la citation de jeudi
Have your cellar full of Champaign, Chablee, Burgundy.
1668 Thomas Shadwell, The Sullen Lover acte 5
lundi 27 février 2006
Le petit déjeuner d'un Hollandais: la citation de lundi
Les repas occupent la plus grande partie du jour. A huit heures, le matin, le thé fume dans les tasses. Des sandwiches de pain d'épice et de beurre, de radis noir et de boeuf fumé, de pain de seigle et de pain tigré de raisins ...
1902 J.-K. Huysmans, Paris
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samedi 25 février 2006
Un anglais fait chabrot: la citation de dimanche
For the first time I was asked to have lunch with M. et Mme Vinges, our
nearest neighbours and closest friends in the village. M. Vinges is a
retired roadman of about my age, living on his foreman's pension.
Menu
Bouillon de boeuf with vermicelli. Ending with the ceremony
of the chabrot, i.e. pouring half a glass of red wine into the last few
spoonfuls of soup, then tipping the soup-plate up and drinking it. Very
good. Try it.
Hors d'oeuvres. Paté de Canard truffé (bought at vast
expense)
Tomato salad, salami.
Green french beans boiled and fried
in butter.
Boiled beef.
Roast poulet-de-grain with green olives in
a delicious caper sauce.
Cheese. Cherry cake. Fruit salad of oranges
and bananas. Coffee with brandy.
1967 David Garnett, Letter to Sylvia Townsend Warner, 24 October 1967 [ Sylvia and David: the Townsend Warner / Garnett letters. Sinclair-Stevenson, 1994, p. 127]
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mercredi 22 février 2006
Gastronomie poitevine: la citation de mercredi
Itaque Pictavienses in vulgarium esu carnium bovinam avidius amplectuntur ... Caro recens nunc succum exigit pomorum silvestrium, nunc a viminibus pampino coaetaneis ius deposcit extortum, nunc uvarum liquorem desiderat primitivorum.
1198 Radulphus de Diceto, Ymagines historiarum anno 1151
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jeudi 16 février 2006
Les restaurants de Paris: la citation de vendredi
Ten cooks' shops! ... and all within three minutes' driving! one would think that all the cooks in the world ... had said -- Come, let us all go live at Paris: the French love good eating -- they are all gourmands -- we shall rank high.
1765 Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy l. 7 ch. 17
Crêpes Suzette au Pays de Galles: la citation de jeudi
I am off to Carmarthenshire next week to eat Crêpes Suzettes at the Red Lion in Llangattock, a hideous village where a mysterious M. Pierre has chosen to napkin his talent. (They are the best I have ever eaten).
1967 Sylvia Townsend Warner, Letter to David Garnett, 4 April [Sylvia and David: the Townsend Warner / Garnett letters (Sinclair-Stevenson, 1994) p. 118]
dimanche 22 janvier 2006
Bouillabaisse et vin de Chablis: la citation de dimanche
The Divers went to Nice and dined on a bouillabaisse, which is a stew of rock fish and small lobsters, highly seasoned with saffron, and a bottle of cold Chablis.
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender is the night (Penguin classics, 2000, p. 287)
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mardi 17 janvier 2006
Comment dire pâté de foie gras d'oie en anglais: la citation de mercredi
'... Here's a little pie (a gem this is, both for size and quality), made in France. And what do you suppose it's made of? Livers of fat geese. There's a pie! Now let's see you eat 'em.' 'Thank you, sir,' I replied, '... they are too rich for me.'
1852 Charles Dickens, Bleak House ch. 3
vendredi 13 janvier 2006
Du bourgogne blanc à Constantinople: la citation de samedi
Chaque convive avait à sa droite une bouteille qui pouvait être du vin blanc ou de l'hydromel. Je sais que je bus ... de l'excellent bourgogne blanc.
1826 Casanova, Mémoires livre 2 ch. 4
mardi 10 janvier 2006
Les boudins et craquelins de Ville Platte (Louisiane): la citation de mercredi
Across from the Pig Stand there was a little mom-and-pop grocery with a hand-painted sign that said We sell boudin and a smaller sign that said Fresh cracklins ... The boudin were plump and juicy, and when you bit into them they were filled with rice and pork and cayenne and onions and celery.
1995 Robert Crais, Voodoo River
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lundi 09 janvier 2006
Le jardin des épices: la citation de lundi
Il ot ou vergier meint espice,
clos de girofle et ricalice,
graine de paradis novele,
citoaut, anis et
canele,
et maint espice delitable
que bon mangier fet aprés table.
Guillaume de Lorris, Roman de la rose. Traduction en moyen-anglais; texte complet avec traductions
mercredi 04 janvier 2006
Deux opinions du Pernod: la citation de jeudi
'Well, what will you drink?' I asked.
'Pernod.'
'That's not good
for little girls.'
'Little girl yourself. Dites, garçon, un pernod.'
Pernod is greenish imitation absinthe. When you add water it turns milky. It
tastes like liquorice.
1927 Ernest Hemingway, Fiesta [The Sun Also Rises] ch. 3
mardi 03 janvier 2006
James Bond choisit le champagne: la citation de mercredi
'I would prefer to drink champagne with you tonight. It is a cheerful wine and suits the occasion -- I hope,' he added. 'Yes, I would like champagne,' she said. With his finger on the page, Bond turned to the sommelier: 'The Taittinger 45?'
1953 Ian Fleming, Casino Royale
jeudi 29 décembre 2005
En Allemagne on fait la bière avec les houblons
In Baviera, provincia d'Alemagna, macerano per far la cervisia l'orzo e'l grano con la decottione de i fiori de i lupoli, iquali per questo effetto coltivano ne i campi loro su per le pergole & su per gli alberi come coltivano noi le nostre viti.
1585 Matthioli, Discorsi p. 310