Langoustines, Brittany and RW Apple Jr

[John Talbott]

I will not be putting the Digest up until the end of August, it being a slow food-news month in France, but there may be members who are now in Brittany who will want to consult RW (Johnnie) Apple Jr's Wednesday New York Times article on langoustines and where in Brittany to eat them. So as not to double-post, I'll let such folks click on the link (interestingly the webpage has a different title than the print version).

[Mallet]

D'oh! I just left Brittany (Belle-Île-en-Mer) but didn't find any langoustines. That'll learn me not to check eGullet everyday when visiting someplace for the first time . We did eat some 'araignées', which are much like canadian Snow Crab, only less so as well as the requisite crêpes, hydromel etc...

Now, off to Lyon!

[John Talbott]

I will not be putting the Digest up until the end of August, it being a slow food-news month in France, but there may be members who are now in Brittany....

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and they/you may not be able to get Friday’s International Herald Tribune with an article by Patricia Well’s from Riec-sur-Belon about two places: the Huîtrières du Château de Bélon in Port de Bélon, Riec-sur-Bélon, 02.98.06.41.43 where 15 Euros brought her “a dozen oysters, bread, butter, lemons and half a bottle of wine;” and Les Viviers de Térénez on the Route de Térénez in Rosnoen, 02.98.81.90.86 where she had oysters, crabs, smoked trout and wine for 60 E. She loved both.