tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post979941288506580101..comments2024-03-28T11:41:43.558+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Sunday lunch with neighbors... sharing news of local doingsKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-31142658038318397892016-01-28T03:09:35.158+01:002016-01-28T03:09:35.158+01:00Hi Ken, we get Semifreddi bread delivered to our S...Hi Ken, we get Semifreddi bread delivered to our Safeway (!) here in WC. We used to get Acme when we were in Berkeley. Semifreddi is much softer than Acme, and easier to bite into....and spread butter on.....C in Californiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11797701714608179842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-55841674095054706352016-01-26T14:11:27.145+01:002016-01-26T14:11:27.145+01:00Interesting article, what I could understand. My r...Interesting article, what I could understand. My reading French is OK, but not great, but I understood the gist (I think). Out of curiosity I tried Google Translate on one paragraph. Quel désastre! For example, baguette=chopstick!Bob Rossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08349830722788278723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-37415121685675323622016-01-26T06:59:50.654+01:002016-01-26T06:59:50.654+01:00Here's an article about Stéphane Secco's b...Here's an <a href="http://painrisien.com/stephane-secco-voit-la-vie-en-rose-sur-la-rue-de-rennes/" rel="nofollow">article about Stéphane Secco's boulangerie</a> on the rue de Rennes. That's not the one in your neighborhood, but it must be about the same. He seems to sell a lot of salads and sandwiches along with the bread and pastries he makes.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-89671156201529849022016-01-26T02:53:32.044+01:002016-01-26T02:53:32.044+01:00Oops! I put my comment in the wrong place. I meant...Oops! I put my comment in the wrong place. I meant it to explain my comment above about the new bakery next door in Paris.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-32211217414394963032016-01-26T01:46:18.266+01:002016-01-26T01:46:18.266+01:00Thanks for sharing the news; I feel a little propr...Thanks for sharing the news; I feel a little proprietary about St Aignan, and it's nice get caught up. chrissouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00398602853402174732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-55091275218560899332016-01-25T21:40:50.212+01:002016-01-25T21:40:50.212+01:00I meant Acme bread in the SF area. Don't know ...I meant Acme bread in the SF area. Don't know Secco.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-38790186304222818042016-01-25T21:10:55.123+01:002016-01-25T21:10:55.123+01:00It's a Stéphane Secco bakery. The only comment...It's a Stéphane Secco bakery. The only comment on Tripadvisor, so far, since it openned only three months ago, is very negative.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-89443519543221905472016-01-25T20:22:00.041+01:002016-01-25T20:22:00.041+01:00We enjoyed the lunch, and the time just flew by. F...We enjoyed the lunch, and the time just flew by. For me, it's fun and interesting to go back and search through photos from years ago to see what things looked like back then at this time of year.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-13415948796482211402016-01-25T20:09:16.438+01:002016-01-25T20:09:16.438+01:00Is that Acme bread that you get? Walt and I always...Is that Acme bread that you get? Walt and I always enjoyed Acme bread.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-42451398382975886272016-01-25T20:03:57.311+01:002016-01-25T20:03:57.311+01:00I frequently see people with bundles of 6, 10, or ...I frequently see people with bundles of 6, 10, or 12 baguettes in line at the supermarket checkstand. I'm not sure that means anything about bread consumption, but it might. People have freezers to keep bread in nowadays. And they don't go shopping on foot everyday. They drive their cars to the supermarket once or twice a week. Or they have <i>machines à pain</i> at home and make their own bread. (Or like us, they are lucky enough to get bread delivered several times a week.) Bread is also a smaller part of the daily diet because people can afford, for example, more meat than in the past. Lots of theories...Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-86556046977555916782016-01-25T19:40:37.634+01:002016-01-25T19:40:37.634+01:00Yes, definitely. It's been a trend since the e...Yes, definitely. It's been a trend since the end of WW II. Probably slow at the beginning, but increasing in the last decade or so. Diets might have been a reason, but there are some others too, economical mainly.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-29618536745885832032016-01-25T19:08:11.750+01:002016-01-25T19:08:11.750+01:00Oops, with my head in bread, I forgot to mention t...Oops, with my head in bread, I forgot to mention that your lunch sounds wonderful, as are your pics! C in Californiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11797701714608179842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-79365142971872291762016-01-25T19:07:13.248+01:002016-01-25T19:07:13.248+01:00Do you suppose people are eating less bread in Fra...Do you suppose people are eating less bread in France, as in the Paleo diet widespread in the US (not in this household!)? Or do you suppose people are buying bread in bulk at the supermarkets? I am just happy that we can get one of my favorite baguettes each day here in our neck of the woods. They are baked in Berkeley, but delivered daily.C in Californiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11797701714608179842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-38431024128785019102016-01-25T17:13:28.388+01:002016-01-25T17:13:28.388+01:00The same thing happened in my neighborhood in Pari...The same thing happened in my neighborhood in Paris. Four bakeries closed down in the last ten years or so. A new one opened across the street. They baked their bread on premises and it was pretty good. But, for some reason, they went out of business two or three years later. The one next door to me, some sort of industrial bakery, closed down last summer, but was immediately replaced by a new one just before I left. Its bread is far better than the previous bakery. It's a chain and I don't think they bake on premises.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-5273049472343810392016-01-25T16:23:41.587+01:002016-01-25T16:23:41.587+01:00It feels like place where you can live without for...It feels like place where you can live without forcing. Sunset on your photo looks adorable like fire.Sophiehttps://www.solarmovie.ph/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-41787552460972753322016-01-25T15:55:24.343+01:002016-01-25T15:55:24.343+01:00It's true. People who say they live and eat si...It's true. People who say they live and eat simply, and don't drink much wine, can put out quite a spread, with several good wines to wash it all down. We enjoyed the lunch. Vive la France!Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-82760164165757945512016-01-25T15:53:37.773+01:002016-01-25T15:53:37.773+01:00Within three or four miles of our house, there are...Within three or four miles of our house, there are still six or seven boulangeries. Since we have to drive whenever we want to go anywhere, except the walks with the dog, we can go to any of them. Of course, we still have the drive-up bakery lady four days a week, and that pretty much takes care of our bread needs. The breads are all good, but they are pretty different from one bakery to another. It would be hard to say which is better than another, but a little variety is the spice of life, n'est-ce pas?Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-51318299681139071652016-01-25T15:50:56.353+01:002016-01-25T15:50:56.353+01:00The owners of the Crêpiot retired. It's good t...The owners of the Crêpiot retired. It's good that they found people to take the place over, and evidently the chef stayed on. We haven't been to eat there in a while, but then we hardly ever go out to eat.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-63705622396669127582016-01-25T15:03:04.364+01:002016-01-25T15:03:04.364+01:00Two bakeries down from five is unfortunate, but it...Two bakeries down from five is unfortunate, but it seems to be the norm in much of rural France. Fortunately, the ones that remain seem to be almost uniformly good.Bob Rossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08349830722788278723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-13320298265630302612016-01-25T14:47:47.694+01:002016-01-25T14:47:47.694+01:00What a nice meal you had! I'm sorry that le Cr...What a nice meal you had! I'm sorry that le Crêpiot has changed managements, but maybe they will improve somehow. Change is always the norm here also. Walking neighborhoods are coming back here now and those giant malls are becoming passé. Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824964122794535252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-86195316479959710182016-01-25T14:05:21.797+01:002016-01-25T14:05:21.797+01:00Also .. in Buenos Aires, I was not thrilled to see...Also .. in Buenos Aires, I was not thrilled to see a McDonalds among the bakeries and pretty shops in our neighborhood .. where there was a beautiful small park. But then after school, the bakeries and McDonalds would be full of children getting something to eat then they would sit in the park and it was so charming and perfect for the children. So I controlled my curmudgeonly urges.Notes From ABroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202279303962539035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-9917778650905755852016-01-25T14:03:03.704+01:002016-01-25T14:03:03.704+01:00How very beautiful that red sky sunset is ! About ...How very beautiful that red sky sunset is ! About changes, if the pharmacy or shops move out of the center of town and get bigger or change, at least you won't have some large out of place looking business on the charming street of old shops.<br />Right ? There are many towns in the US where there are restrictions on the size , shape and style of a Main Street business, to avoid ruining the small town charm .. Where I now live, there is no real town center .. you have to drive to it and then it is mostly silly shops like a dog groomer and a cafe and too many antique shops.( we are part of the Upper Hudson Valley Antique Trail or some such nonsense.) With your sunsets, I would not mind half as much :)Notes From ABroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202279303962539035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-30228250337835614942016-01-25T13:28:59.584+01:002016-01-25T13:28:59.584+01:00Wow, that is a good bit of change.
Good to know t...Wow, that is a good bit of change. <br />Good to know that the tradition of a beautiful menu and a long lunch with good conversation, is still in place :)Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-14468769193274280552016-01-25T11:45:36.287+01:002016-01-25T11:45:36.287+01:00Well, fortunately, I guess, I won't be here fo...Well, fortunately, I guess, I won't be here forever! On n'arrête pas le progrès. Et plus ça change.... I'd rather have a magasin Picard than a Patàpain, though, that's for sure. Town centers all over Europe are more or less dying, I'm sure. It happened in the U.S. years ago. My town in N.C. has a ghost-town business district and then a new collection of big-box stores and chain restaurants on a 5- or 6-mile stretch of highway that has been developed over the past 20 years. Sigh...Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-34779579545967733782016-01-25T09:22:22.389+01:002016-01-25T09:22:22.389+01:00I don't like the sound of some of the changes....I don't like the sound of some of the changes. They could change the feel of the place forever.<br />It must be what people everywhere seem to want - to drive to an out of town, easy to park, one- stop shopping trip. Our town centre in Derbyshire is gradually becoming a ghost town of charity shops, pound shops and empty shops and it's a shame to see it happening in France too.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.com