Blogs about: Ortolan
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Fowl Weather Days
Come along now, practice looking pretty. Ducks, swans, cormorants and delightful swifts entertain us daily and we are joyful that the lazy days of summer have fully blossomed. The moon has followed su… more →
Ortolan in Flight: the cat with the bird name
Autumn/Winter at ZanZan
wrote 9 months ago: Some brands are now producing new sunglasses collections for Autumn/Winter. ZanZan’s latest la … more →
The Perfect Manhattan Recipe
wrote 9 months ago: Every night my darling grandma (affectionately known as ‘gma’) makes herself the perfect … more →
Celebration Delicacy I will not be having for my birthday No. 1: Ortolan
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wrote 1 year ago: Since this is a week about celebration, I thought I would introduce some interesting, rare and/or qu … more →
alphabeasts- O is for Ortolan!
wrote 1 year ago: This week I had to try and go the quick route again. I also wanted to do something different than Or … more →
Restaurant review: The year's Top 10
wrote 1 year ago: Call it the year of roots. New restaurants that sparked and fizzed were those with strong personal i … more →
Bloordale: Ortolan (Brigitte Noel)
wrote 1 year ago: Click on the image to view Brigitte’s post on Ortolan. Ortolan – Brigitte Noel … more →
Fowl Weather Days
wrote 1 year ago: Come along now, practice looking pretty. Ducks, swans, cormorants and delightful swifts entertain us … more →
French food vs British food
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wrote 1 year ago: I like French food. It is tasty, expertly prepared and presented. So, this is not a critique of Fr … more →
Dream Home: Chateau Ortolan
wrote 1 year ago: 1. Sotheby’s trolling Landed me this french style chateau in Malibu California. The chateau is … more →
Come on Vogue
wrote 1 year ago: Digesting a bit of Vogue for lunch… Illustration via Kat MacLeod … more →
Pillow Talk
wrote 2 years ago: I’m a whore for pillows and could spend hours browsing–especially since my white couch b … more →
An Untitled Novel About the Road of Hope: Chapter 1.3
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wrote 2 years ago: Chapter 1.3.1 [ Chapter 1.1 is here. ] … Max and Grace missed their shots at the bare-footed m … more →
ortolan
wrote 2 years ago: Pronunciation: OR ta lan I came across this word in a recent Atlantic article, The Moral Crusade Aga … more →
And you though foie gras was bad. Meet the ortolan.
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wrote 2 years ago: It’s a cute little songbird, the ortolan. But rather than let it flutter around and chirrup aw … more →
Musical Advent - Day 22
wrote 2 years ago: I know I seem to always be posting about the various members of the Asthmatic Kitty gang over the du … more →
Some very nice objects in Europeana
wrote 2 years ago: Recently we held an internal competition at the Europeana Office, asking which objects were consider … more →
Repost - Forbidden Fruit: Culinary Schools
wrote 2 years ago: Infographic by Culinary Schools.org … more →
French Ornithologists fight to protect French Ortolan Songbirds
wrote 2 years ago: French ornithologists are fighting against the hunting of the ortolan, a songbird which is regarded … more →
Summer Wrap-Up: Pencil Time!
wrote 2 years ago: Well! This summer hasn’t been a season of regular posting, has it? I’m sorry — I am, rea … more →
