Desperate Anglo Housewives : Bordeaux > she's back and dating in her 50s

getting it done fast and fab... Like everybody,  I am really looking forward to exercising my powers of digestion over the Christmas period. Plug me into the Champagne pump and tantalise my tastebuds! This year has been crazy busy and I have not even bought a single present let alone started on the basics such as foie gras terrine. Good foie gras terrine is a must for me...pooh pooh to all the animal rights activists. We love the stuff!! But it has to be top quality and beautifully cooked to be a success....and quite frankly, just don't have time this year. Today's source of stress!! But there is a light at the end of the tunnel...just sourced a really brilliant recipe online from Anne Sophie Pic, Succulent Foie Gras in just 6 minutes. Am going to translate and share it with all the other DesperateAngloHousewives who "have to have" but don't have time... Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!! Succulent Foie Gras in 6 Minutes 500gr good quality FG M

From nasty attitudes to intruding "pubes"... Bad Food Bad Attitudes Bad Stomachs Enough! After having recently  written how French restaurants are finally finding the meaning of customer service I find myself on a track running backwards at full throttle! My colleagues and I often head down to the cafés on the quayside in Bordeaux for a quick lunch. I doubt whether this will continue. Apart from finding the staff in many of these restaurants quite silly strutting around knowingly in their designer aprons without even being able to tell you what the plate of the day is, I am now horrifed by their total lack of manners and personal hygene.  In one of these particular establishments the client is clearly not " king " but rather a "play thing" to ridicule. My first bad experience in this café came a couple of weeks back.  The description "assorted crudities " has never been so close to the truth. Plate slapped down in front of me and there sit