Gobbling Gluttonous Gourmand

I've missed a lot of dinner posts. Usually my entries are based on a particularly exciting day or a special trip, so the dinner pics naturally accompany the entry, but on the days when nothing's really new, some of my dinner photos get abandoned :( Here is an entry dedicated just for French delicacies and my host-mom Brigitte's home-cooked dinners.

CAUTION: Don't view with an empty stomach!

FEBRUARY 24, 2009 - MARDI GRAS

1) Crepe salee avec jambons (ham), oignons (onions), oeufs (eggs) et fromages (cheese)
2) Crepe sucree avec soit confiture (jam)/choc soit sucre (sugar)

FEBRUARY 25, 2009
I went to the Musee d'Orsay for lecture, lunch with Catherine near St. Michel, and then spent six hours at the Bibliotheque d'Information. For more photos, click here.
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Musee d'Orsay
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Guy w/ my food; my kebab pita thing topped w/ fries
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View from inside of the Centre Pompidou ftn/Notre Dame
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View from outside of the Bibliotheque d'Information
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Crusted fish with shredded veggies?
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Kiwi and bananas

MARCH 02, 2009
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raw huitres (oysters) avec citron (lemon)
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porc (pork) et riz (rice)
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some crackers and pommes compotes (apple sauce), I think?

MARCH 03, 2009
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Soup with pureed navet (turnip), carotte (carrot),
ciboule or poireau (scallions), et oignons (onions)
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1) salade w/ saucisson (kind of like hot dogs),
boiled pommes de terre (potatoes), and vinaigrette
2) Paul's specially-sliced fresh anana (pineapple)

MARCH 10, 2009 - AURELIEN'S BIRTHDAY DINNER
So my host-bro turned 27, and my host-mom Brigitte cooked a special dinner for him. The little get-together consisted of the whole family (Paul, Brigitte, Alexandre, Aurelien, and Celestine) as well as bonus guests -- Marguerite (Brigitte's darling 93-yr-old mother who lives next door) and Aulde (sp?) (Aurelien's gf of seven yrs). For all the photos, click here.
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Cute Grandmother Marguerite
& celebratory champagne
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Appetizers - Tartes d'oignons (onion tart)
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L to R: Marguerite, Alexandre, & Paul
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L to R: Brigitte, Aurelien, Celestine (boozing), & Aulde
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salade (with my favorite, but mysterious veggie)
& crevettes (shrimp)
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Lotte (monkfish) in tomato-cream sauce
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Riz avec carottes (rice with carrots)
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mon assiette (my plate)
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Surprise shot! Celestine & Alexandre (GOTCHA'! haha)
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L to R: Celestine, Paul, Brigitte & Alexandre
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Aurelien blowing out magic candles & Aulde
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Birthday cake! Poires avec les crumbles et chocolat (pear crumble with chocolate)

Comments

  1. AnonymousMarch 23, 2009 at 12:12 PM

    salade (with my favorite, but mysterious veggie)

    ????? u can't figure out what veggie it is??!?! lol and does ur host-mommy ever think its weird you take pictures of food? hahaa

    but it seems like u are not starving over there, so EXCELLENT!! MISS YOU <3

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