Le verjus, literally “green juice”, is “suc acide extrait des raisins qui ne sont pas mûrs” – an unfermented juice made from unripened grapes.
It has a noble history, and verjus is usually made from green grapes – though it can come from other unripe fruits too, such as crab apples – the kind you use to make apple jelly.
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Seems the much talked about VAT reduction in France’s restaurants and cafés hasn’t managed to stem their problems, while the fast-food sector keeps on growing and growing.
Simone de Beauvoir’s “The Second Sex” has been celebrated as one of the greatest books of the 20th century, but a long-awaited new English translation gets a serious thumbs down in the forthcoming issue of the London Review of Books.
Seeing as this was one of those “it changed my life” type of books, some of us take this verrrry personally…
One day they’ll make a film about the Pinot Noir trial in Carcassonne, “l’affaire de faux pinot”. Call it something simple and catchy too, like “The Red Bicyclette” (some of the fake pinot in question may have ended up in Ernest & Julio Gallo’s popular Red Bicyclette brand in the US).
Ryanair prides itself on getting you from A to B at the cheapest price. Simples. But which is “A” and which is “B”?
Sounds obvious, as these are short hops and the “destination” place in turn becomes the “departure” place. Right?
But Ryanair’s Pravda department puts a very peculiar spin on where it flies from and to.
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