Articles about Food or containing food references.
Julia from Mannheim asked Emilie in England some probing questions. How do I recognize what a quality cheese looks like? Smell, colour? That’s a difficult question as each cheese has its own taste profile so you will look for different smell, flavour, appearance and texture characteristics for each cheese. But for all cheeses, you want…
Questions to Emilie from Monique & Bernard, Seebach, France In November 2020, (Brida Journal 48/20) Emilie, originally from Normandy, spoke about her new life in England. We agreed to continue to explore the world of cheese and so, several of you asked questions. Since then, the Pandemic has struck harder, the United Kingdom left the…
Monica, in Dublin, reminisces about tea during her childhood in Romania. Hmm, TEA. That takes me back in time when my father used to brew tea out of cherry stems for our breakfast. Nothing special, but the colour and the aroma of the tea will stay with me forever. Memories flow when a subject like…
Carolina from Wissembourg leads us into her world of tea. Drinking tea has become a habit for me. It is like talking, breathing, it is part of my routine. I think it is nice to hold something warm in your hands, especially during these cold northern European winter days and it smells just nice. Tea…
To whet your appetite before a meal. The word Aperitif comes from the French word for an alcoholic drink that stimulates the appetite. It is a Latin-based word, “aperire” which means to open, and it was originally a medical treatment based on a doctrine called “humourism”. Humourism said that the body is composed of four…
