#CraftBeer #BeerLover #Beer #BeerbyPhilippe #BeersOfTheWeek St. Feuillien Grand Cru, somehow the wood doesn't taste entirely natural! Aged Timmermans Oude Kriek ('07?) Cuvée De Ranke ('20), a formidably delicious blend. Dormaal Lentebier ('22) Just a tad sour!

The WineSmacker Wendy 🌱Rich Pickings 🌳🌷🏵️ BBC Countryfile Cazij The bare patch didn’t get any - I think I’ll have to rake it in

#TuesdayLunch #Quiche #Leeks #Courgette #Ham The oven at 180°C in the kitchen when it’s 35°C outside? Crazy people do exist! Nevertheless, quiche came out beautifully & was delicious! Leeks, courgette, ham & a refreshing glass of Rosé de Provence. I’ll make this again! Keep cool!

Doctor: How many alcoholic beverages do you consume a week? Me:

#CraftBeer #BeerLover #Beer #BeerbyPhilippe #BeersOfTheWeek Mirakel, a ‘false lambic’ called SpiereLambiek made from 2/3 real + 1/3 their own lambic! Vieille Provision, wonderful old sour ale. Kriek De Ranke, cherries in Vieille Provision Great draft Magma by TheMusketeersBrewery

#WednesdayLunch #MoulesFrites #Walkabout #Ostend Walkabout at the Belgian seaside to escape the heat! Cloudy, bit foggy and only 22°C in Ostend! Had a nice walkabout in the ‘Queen of Bath Towns’ and a nice moules-frites for lunch! Rain on the way back! photos.app.goo.gl/oaB4y9E6S43vcn…

#FridayLunch #FishGratin #PotatoChervilMash Summer weather! Sunny, a few clouds, up to 32°C! Another 1st! Gratin of haddock, salmon, champignons + cheese + brown shrimps & a potato-chervil mash. Superb ‘23 Riesling Wachenheimer Gerümpel by @weingut_georgmosbacher. Heaven exists!

#SaturdayLunch #ColdPlatter Summer persists! 30°C, sunny. Tour de France starts today! Summer lunch: Rigatoni, canned tuna, baked haddock, salmon, coleslaw, spring onion, eggs, mayonaise, P+S & Riesling Wachenheimer Gerümpel by @weingut_georgmosbacher! Hope this makes you happy!

#SundayLunch #Meatloaf #ApricotCompote #Potatoes Prayers for the families of the victims in Texas! Mother Nature can be very cruel! A little rain, clouded, 21°C. Rustic lunch: meatloaf, apricot compote, potatoes. Very good Mediterranean blend in this Terraces du Larzac! 87-89

#MondayLunch #PorkLoin #HuntersSauce Thoughts & prayers for the families of the victims in Texas. The toll is horrendous. Some rain, some sun, 22°C at best. Emptying the pantry: pork loin, hunter’s sauce, salad, potato nuggets. Superb ‘19 Spätburgunder by Rings (Pfalz) 88-90

#CraftBeer #BeerLover #Beer #BeerbyPhilippe #BeersOfTheWeek Triple by St. Bernardus. Decent. Abt 12 by St. Bernardus. Excellent. Pannepot Special Reserva by Struise Breweries. Superb. Saison Dupont by BrasserieDupont. Benchmark for farmer’s ale.

#WednesdayLunch #Meatloaf #Carrots #GreenPeas #Potatoes Lots of serious fires around the Mediterranean. Prayers for them! 25°C today & very sunny. Lunch: 2nd serving of meatloaf, carrots & green peas, potatoes. Great ‘23 Ramos Reserva! Super win by Remco Evenepoel in today’s TdF!

#ThursdayLunch #QuickAndSimple #TartareDeBoeuf #Salad #FrenchFries Sunny, 25°C. Who’s complaining? Lunch is a Quick & Simple classic for summer: homemade tartare de boeuf w salad & french fries. Good ‘23 Carmenere Reserva by Caliterra. What Mathieu Van der Poel did today was superb!

#FridayLunch #Plaice #BeurreBlanc #PotatoSpinachMash 4pm, gorgeous weather. Plaice filets in oven with panko/parmesan/butter crumble & potato spinach mash + beurre blanc sauce. Last btl of Mosel Riesling by Knebel. Son visiting Saturday so I started today on Sunday’s vol-au-vent!

#SaturdayLunch #Wok #LaotianVeggieMix #Shrimps #Scallops Morning run to bakery & grocery shop & preparing lunch for son & grandkids: apéritif, wok w Laotian veggie mix, shrimps & scallops + cheese cake Rest of yesterday’s Riesling by Knebel & another Sauvignon Blanc by Knipser!

#SundayLunch #VolAuVent #FrenchFries Cloudy w occasional ray of sun, 27°C. Slept in a little but started in time to finish vol-au-vent for lunch. Superb Grauburgunder sl by @weingut_GeorgMosbacher! What a great stage in TdF2025! Now watching Wimbledon Men’s Final! Happy Sunday!

#MondayDinner #ArrozConSecreto Weather still excellent! Some rain drops this morning, clouded & sunny, 27°C. Visit ear dr. in the morning & will need new hearing aid! Dinner, with #1Daughter was arroz con secreto which turned out extremely well except for the wrong cut of meat!

Same here! The older we get, the lower it goes! Expect 75°F today but moving towards 85°F by Saturday. Luckily we have some rain coming, starting Sunday. A whole week of it apparently. I hope that doesn’t mean the end of summer!

#TuesdayLunch #NoCookingTuesday #VolAuVent #Tagliatelle Lots of time today as lunch was just a 2nd serving of vol-au-vent w tagliatelle. Walkabout in Mechelen while Htje was at hairdresser. Wanted to pick up my new jeans but forgot that from July on shop is closed on Tuesdays!

#WednesdayLunch #VeggiePie #Weissburgunder Sun, clouds , 21°C. Rain in late afternoon. Baked an extraordinary veggie pie (onion, leeks, spinach, broccoli) with homemade dough. Served it w a fantastic ‘22 Weissburgunder by @weingut_georgmosbacher! I do know jim dunlop will approve!