Hi Frogdujour,
My friend Chris and I had great lobsters last summer somewhere in Corsica. My recipe: cut them in half!! paint the halves with a nice olive lemon herbs sauce and bake it 10 mn in the oven or on the bbq grill. Cheap and simple : that's all !!!
Laguiole (pronounced lag-YALL) is a small village located in Auvergne, a beautiful hilly area in central France. The authentic Laguiole knives are traditionally made by manufacturers in the region and particularly in the town of Thiers the capital of French cutlery.
Originally, the Laguiole knife was a shepard's tool and weapon.
Legend has it that Napoleon was camped near the village of Laguiole and the local people stole into the camp and presented him with a Laguiole knife. In the morning he gave the village the right to use the Napoleonic bee, his symbol chosen for its industrious nature. Since that time, Laguiole knives sport the bee on the bolster as the proof that Napoleon approved the product.
Due to this long tradition, their elegant design and their high quality of fabrication, the Laguiole style has gained worldwide reputation for other items such as the famous Laguiole steak knives and corkscrews.
I love to be in Paris for Christmas time, it is so romantic!
You don't need any program, just let you go in the streets of the capital and look around: you'll be impressed by the lights on the Boulevards, the beautiful displays and windows in the stores and the happyness of french people in the bistrots. You may be lucky and have some snow.
