/reddish in colour with swirls of cream in the middle. SO said he didn’t like it... but he normally doesn’t enjoy ‘chilled’ soups... Next he order the Volaille au Vin (red wine marinated chicken with pearl...

-served tourteaux with a lobster gelee, lobster and vin jaune cream; a royale de foie gras, araignée de mer, fresh almonds; a very well roasted canette breast with peaches, foie gras, girolles, salsifis, and a cresson salad; a...

Thanks for these updates. I’m now trying to figure out if 'La Clef des Champ' was a place I once visited for a delightful lunch as well (filet américain, as usual). For future reference, though, it’s 'Place du Grand...

Thought I would share my experience with du Glace from last evening. We decided on a Wed nite becuse we thought it would be pretty quiet. Well for a Wed in Deep River it was pretty busy. They had about 7-8 full tables going from...

" smoke. Bread was delivered, some slices of baguette and a whole wheat boule with some tapenade made from buttery Moroccan olives. The bread was not as good as La Sardine but the tapenade rocked. We selected a modest Cote du Rhone...

emailed a reply: "on pourrait aller manger au Margo sur Avenu du Parc. resto francais bien correct, belle carte des vins aussi." I looked on Chowhound Qc: no mention of “Margo.” Bad sign?? Travelers' rule-of-thumb is...

I had one of their baguettes yesterday, purchased from Du Vin. I’ve eaten similiar baguettes all over Franch but they aren’t my favorite. Not a lot of character outside the crisp crust. However, this type of baguette...

(mushroom lover’s dream) and Jason got a cream soup with snails and vegetables. My main course was a chicken leg with cream sauce and wild rice pilaf; Jason’s was a superb coq au vin with the best garlic mashed...

: oysters poached in sweet Vouvray, pike quinelles, local chicken roast with wild mushrooms, all top notch. Best of all were the things we didn’t even order: a basket of light, crisp friture (baby fried fish) with our local...

A wine that offers a distinctiveness not everyone is going to love. But I do.

Are there bottles too good to cook with?

A dinner for my father, just home from the hospital.

Cooking a tough old bird.

You know it’s a great dinner party when a guest breaks an arm during the main course and puts off the ER until after dessert.

That would be Du Vin....