-
Recent Posts
Archives
Categories
Tags
3 Sisters Adventure Trekking ABC Anchovies Annapurna Base Camp Burgundy Day Hikes Drakensberg Mountains Ecuador Eggplant Fish Food France French Pyrenees Gard Homestay Italian Cooking Italian Language Keats Language School Kruger National Park Kunming China Language Immersion Learning Chinese Learning Italian Learning Mandarin Markets Mt. Etna Paris Pasta Photos Provencal Cooking Restaurant Reviews Seafood Sicilian Cooking Sicily South Africa Southern France Spain Taormina Tet Valley Tomato Travel Travel Tips Trekking Annapurna Sanctuary Vietnam Vietnamese CookingLanguage Resources
Tag Archives: Burgundy
Hiking Burgundy’s Morvan Regional Park
The Morvan about 60 miles west of Dijon is a pretty, forested area with rolling hills, occasional pastures, wheat fields and vineyards, and numerous hiking trails. While probably not on anyone’s list of must see destinations, the below hikes make … Continue reading
Beef Bourguignon
It doesn’t get more classic Burgundy than Beef Bourguignon. Driving around this region you can see why, with the lower valleys covered with vineyards and the upper hills dotted with large white Charolais beef. Certainly any reasonable person would eventually … Continue reading
Mont Saint Jean’s Le Medieval, Burgundy
While our village, Mont St. Jean, doesn’t have much in the way of services, it does have a good restaurant, Le Medieval, in the town center just across the street from where we are staying. How convenient! If only we … Continue reading
Posted in Restaurants, Travel, Travel France
Tagged Burgundy, Food, Le Medieval Restaurant, Mont Saint Jean, Oeufs en Meurette
Leave a comment
Abbeys of Fontenay and Vézelay, Burgundy
The first time you visit a place is when it’s the most captivating. Subsequent visits may be great, but you don’t have that same thrill as the first time you stumble on an unexpected and truly magnificent sight. The Cistercian … Continue reading
Beaune’s Wednesday Market
With the fridge nearly empty – seems impossible with all the food we’ve been buying –we decided to make the effort and check out the Wednesday market in Beaune. Markets generally close by 12 or 1pm, so if you have any … Continue reading
Posted in Travel, Travel France
Tagged Beaune, Burgundy, Food, Markets, Travel, Wednesday Market
Leave a comment
Rabbit in a Real Dijon Mustard Sauce
Simply scrumptious! You may or may not have noticed that I cook very few recipes that use cream or for that matter much cheese. I try to focus on the good for you fats, olive oil and nuts, and avoid … Continue reading
Posted in French Recipes, Recipes
Tagged Burgundy, Creme Fraiche, Dijon Mustard, Food, Rabbit
Leave a comment
Autun Friday Market, Burgundy France
Autun, a former Roman stronghold with a number of Gallo-Roman sites, lies about 60 miles southwest of Dijon. More importantly it’s listed in David Downie’s Food Wine Burgundy as having one of the best food markets in the region – … Continue reading
Chenôve Sunday Market, Burgundy France
Cote d’Or, Burgundy, does not offer many Sunday market options. With an empty refrigerator – having just arrived in Mont Saint Jean the night before –and most grocery stores closed, we decided to get on the road Sunday morning and … Continue reading
Mont Saint Jean – Home Base in Burgundy, France
Perched on a hilltop as all the quaint medieval towns are, Mont Saint Jean makes a lovely home base for exploring the Burgundy region west of Dijon and Beaune, each about 35 miles away. A small village of mostly restored … Continue reading
