Bring Back Le Bricolin!
Long before kale got its cult following in France, Brittany had le bricolin. Also called cow or rabbit cabbage (chou à vache, chou à lapin) because it was mostly grown to fee [...]
Life Gets In the Way
A glorious ending...Dessert at Le Coquillage/Château Richeux rounds out the extended holiday season. A funny thing happens when you’re a non-professional (and unprofessiona [...]
Why is my rhubarb green?
I will never dispute the superior quality of the rhubarb I buy from *my* vegetable stand at the farmers’ market in Saint-Malo, but I’ve always found its color disappointing. [...]
Village Life on the Port de la Houle
I live in a village. Cancale proper is a town of about 6000 people, but le Port de la Houle is a little warren of narrow streets and stone houses with a year-round population [...]