Grant on August 10th, 2008

Clean Your Grill with an Onion
Wipe your grill clean without the chemical waste by rubbing an onion against the grate of the grill. The Apartment Therapy blog explains that scrubbing a halved onion faced downwards on a heated grate will remove the grime and grit without requiring the hard and frustrating scrubbing of a Brillo [...]

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Grant on August 10th, 2008

I was reading this post and thought “Oh mon dieu, I live in dordogne the Truffle country”. I must be blessed. Come over for a holiday: La Vieille Desie.
 
Philip Hensher: Why Britain’s foodies are digging truffles - Philip Hensher, Commentators - The Independent.
Some things you used to have to go abroad for, and they remained something [...]

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Grant on August 4th, 2008

Via : The Independent
Unesco, the world cultural body, has threatened to humiliate France by placing the Lascaux caves – known as the “Sistine Chapel of prehistory” – on its list of endangered sites of universal importance.

The Unesco world heritage committee, meeting this week in Quebec, has given the French government six months [...]

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Grant on August 2nd, 2008

Dordogne English News (Sud-Ouest / France)
Truffles are subterranean fungi that grow from spores that attach themselves to the roots of trees. In the Dordogne the fruits of these spores, the truffles, grow in chalky soil approximately 0-15 cms below the surface, mainly in association with Oak and Hazelnut trees. Truffles reach maturity in January and [...]

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Grant on August 1st, 2008

Musée National de Préhistoire
The National Museum of Prehistory is one of the 33 National Museums directly attached to the Ministère de la Culture.
Reflecting the [...]

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