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Parisian Decadence with Razz and Engo (posted from Portugal)4 comments

epicurienne wrote 1 day ago: There’s not a lot of incentive for me to get out of bed at 5am on a Tuesday morning, especiall … more →

Tags: Bloggers, Food, Restaurants - let's eat chic, Transport - planes, trains and automobiles, Allthedumbthings, Aubergine with melting parmesan, CHOCOLATE MOUSSE, Cotes du Rhone 2005, Creme de menthe with a difference

An Emus-ing Review of Boots6 comments

epicurienne wrote 1 month ago: October in London: it’s dark in the morning, a chill is in the air and at work the central hea … more →

Tags: Clogblogger, London 101, PR, Reviews, Shopaholic UK, The UK

The Wedding That Wasn't - Part 36 comments

epicurienne wrote 1 month ago: To read the previous instalment please click here. So far, so good. Monsieur and I may not have been … more →

Tags: Food, Golf, Hotels, Restaurants - let's eat chic, The UK, Transport - planes, trains and automobiles, wedding, Amuse bouches in Mad Hatter's teeny teacups, Beef Wellington

The Wedding that Wasn't - Part 15 comments

epicurienne wrote 1 month ago: Monsieur and I were to be married this year, but as we’re grown up and responsible, we made the grow … more →

Tags: Food, Hotels, London 101, Restaurants - let's eat chic, The UK, Transport - planes, trains and automobiles, wedding, bacon and egg ice cream, Bray

Eating the dream at Peter Pan Gelateria, Nuoro 1 comment

epicurienne wrote 2 months ago: Monsieur and I had been driving for most of the day, leaving Cagliari early so we could see some of … more →

Tags: Food, Italy, Sardinia, Transport - planes, trains and automobiles, bad italian food, Cagliari, cocco gelato, Don Floris, Elusive autostradas

The Good, the Bad and the Tasty 3 comments

epicurienne wrote 2 months ago: It was a gloriously sunny Sunday in Sardinia and we were leaving town. Arrivederci, Cagliari! Monsie … more →

Tags: Food, Italy, Restaurants - let's eat chic, Sardinia, A long wait for a lobster, Cagliari, Civilised people leave WCs clean, Costa Smeralda, Dining out in Sardinia

Sicily - Through Rose-Tinted Lenses13 comments

epicurienne wrote 3 months ago: It’s official: I need a waterproof camera. When Monsieur and I were caught in a Sicilian delug … more →

Tags: Italy, Transport - planes, trains and automobiles, Cameras, film and memory cards, Hotels, Sicily, Photography, Palermo, Trapani, taormina

The Super Citrons of Sicily8 comments

epicurienne wrote 4 months ago: It’s a bad day in the Epicurienne household if we run out of lemons. Monsieur and I use them f … more →

Tags: Cooking with Epic, Epic Ingredients, Food, Italy, Recipes, Sicily, Alexander the Great and the Citron, Candied citron, Cannoli garnish

Epic and the Irate Reader7 comments

epicurienne wrote 4 months ago: This morning I received a comment from an American reader of Sicilian descent who finds what I write … more →

Tags: Italy, Sicily, Corleone, Don Corleone, Agrigento, racism, angry comments, Irate reader, wasps

The Butchers of Corleone8 comments

epicurienne wrote 4 months ago: The Mafia were constantly in my thoughts as we travelled around Sicily. This may have had something … more →

Tags: Italy, Sicily, Planet Ross, john follain, The Godfather, Corleone, Chiesa Madre - Corleone, Churches of Corleone, Museums of Corleone

Marsala and Hutch

epicurienne wrote 4 months ago: Leaving Trapani proved a little more troublesome than we’d anticipated, mostly because of the … more →

Tags: Shopaholic Abroad, Italy, Transport - planes, trains and automobiles, Restaurants - let's eat chic, Bars - let's drink chic, Epic Ingredients, Food, Sicily, Bookshops

These Feet Were Made for Fit Flops...

epicurienne wrote 4 months ago: I don’t usually write about feet or shoes, apart from the fact that I’d rather spend my … more →

Tags: Clogblogger, London 101, Shoes, Shopaholic UK, Transport - planes, trains and automobiles, Venice, tube strike, Fit Flop, Fit Flop Elektra

Slow-ing Down in Trapani7 comments

epicurienne wrote 4 months ago: For our first full day in Sicily, Monsieur and I took the advice of a friend and headed for the nort … more →

Tags: Italy, Restaurants - let's eat chic, Epic eavesdropping, Food, Sicily, Trapani, segesta, Ancient Greeks in Sicily, Trapani fish market

A Big Chill at Vaux le Vicomte 2 comments

epicurienne wrote 4 months ago: On a bone-chilling day in December last year, keen to walk off some of that devillish foie gras that … more →

Tags: Paris, je t'adore!, Vive la France!, André Le Nôtre, animations de noel, Carriage museum Vaux le Vicomte, Charles Le Brun, Chateau kitchen, Christmas in France, creches de noel

A Very Sicilian Supper4 comments

epicurienne wrote 5 months ago: One night in Palermo, Monsieur and I decided not to take the restaurant recommendations of the hotel … more →

Tags: Italy, Restaurants - let's eat chic, Hotels, Food, Sicily, Palermo, Cannoli, dining out in Palermo, Palermo restaurant

The first supper at Zafferano9 comments

epicurienne wrote 5 months ago: It was getting dark as Monsieur and I set off to explore something of Palermo on our first day in Si … more →

Tags: Italy, Transport - planes, trains and automobiles, Restaurants - let's eat chic, Hotels, Food, Sicily, Travel, Restaurants, Palermo

Leave the car. Take the cannoli3 comments

epicurienne wrote 6 months ago: Landing at Palermo airport is not for those who’ve failed a fear of flying course. The runway … more →

Tags: Food, Hotels, Italy, Sicily, Transport - planes, trains and automobiles, you tube, Cannoli, Cannoli in Palermo, Hotel Grand et des Palmes

Don Epicurienne2 comments

epicurienne wrote 6 months ago: It’s always a relief to me when Christmas is over. Following all the over-eating, excitable families … more →

Tags: Bookshops, Epicurienne's library, Italy, Sicily, Transport - planes, trains and automobiles, airport bookshops, airport security, Christmas, facebook

Hot and Cold in Enna1 comment

epicurienne wrote 6 months ago: When you think of Sicily, what comes to mind? For me, it’s a curious mixture of things: the dreaded … more →

Tags: Art, Auction House School, Conversations, Italy, Museums, Sicily, Transport - planes, trains and automobiles, academic bullying, analysis of museum artefacts


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