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Summer Opening Hours

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Please note that throughout the month of August there will be a slight change to our closing hours at the Moxon St Shop.
Monday - Thursday 8.00am - 6.30pm
Friday 8.00am - 7.30pm
Saturday 9.00am - 7.00pm
Sunday 10.00am - 6.00pm
Please note that LA FROMAGERIE will be closed on Bank Holiday Monday 30 August 2010

Our normal opening hours will resume on Wednesday 1 September 2010

Fitzroy Garden Square Opera Evening

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100

OPERA GARDEN PICNIC SUPPER

La Fromagerie is delighted to have been invited to supply picnics for the Fitzroy Square opera evening. The Garden Opera Company return, for the 4^th year, to Fitzroy Square, a delightful open air setting in the heart of Fitzrovia. This year they will be performing La Traviata. Set in Paris, it is one of the most popular of Verdi's masterpieces.
This is a community event run by the Fitzrovia Residents Association, La Fromagerie is thrilled to support this delightful event.

The picnics are £20.00 (£18.00 if booked in advance)
Click here to view the Opera Picnic Supper Menu.

There will also be a cash bar serving Ridgeview 'Fitzrovia' champagne, wine, & soft drinks. La Fromagerie will also have a delicious ice cream 'bar' served before the opera starts and during the interval.

Further information can be found on www.fitzroviaresidents.com

Ticket Enquiries for the opera and picnic boxes should be directed to the Box Office:
Tel: 07983 613419
Email: opera@fitzroviaresidents.com

Marylebone Summer Fayre

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100

La Fromagerie will be a food haven with our street cafe of pork belly roast, seasonal salads, cheese and our home made icecream - a big hit last year.
We will also have a bar serving wine and chilled Prosecco along with homemade lemonade and Mojitos!
The Shop and Tasting cafe will be open as usual.
Now in its seventh year the fair is a fabulous day for everyone. As in previous years it will all be in a good cause with monies raised donated to the Teenage Cancer Trust. For further information on the fair go to: marylebonesummerfayre.com

CHEESE

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Patricia's new book 'CHEESE' has arrived. Everything a cheese lover could want! It is a global journey of taste, tradition & terroir, featuring some of the worlds best artisan cheeses.

Hardback £30.00
+ £2.50 pp

Signed Copies are available at both our La Fromagerie shops. the book is also available on Mailorder.
Published by Jacqui Small

Easter at La Fromagerie

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Blow away the winter cobwebs with our Easter Spring treats.
Delicious Easter fare is in the shop from Hot X Buns full of spices, currants & candied peel - enjoy toasted with lashings of creamy farmhouse butter.
Available to take away or enjoy in the Tasting Cafe. From our kitchen we will be making Pasqualine - a classic Italian puff pastry filled with Baby Spinach leaves & Ricotta with an egg baked in the centre, we will also have one with artichokes.
Exquisite chocolate Easter hens & fish in dark or milk chocolate from Bernard Dufoux in Burgundy. & especially for the children - Easter cup cakes & Easter Biscuits - chicks & Easter bunny buttery shortbread.
Finally we the most fabulous Colomba, traditional dove shaped cakes symbolizing peace & The Holy Spirit. Ours are made by the Italian artisan bakery, Dogliani in Italy. Wrapped in pastel coloured papers we have threee to choose from: Colomba Rocher finsied with blue ribbon, Colomba Cioccolatti Fondente finished with dark brown ribbon and Colomba Classica made with dried fruit and finished with pink ribbon and a pink floral canvas bag - perfect for little girls to gather up their easter eggs!
To complement these we also have the ever popular Pan di Vino, a classic panettone filled with fruit that has been soaked in a rich dessert wine - it makes the most sublime bread and butter pudding served along side a glass of Moscato d'Asti.

EASTER OPENING HOURS
Good Friday 2 April 8am - 7.30pm
Saturday 3 April 9am - 7pm
Easter Sunday 4 April 10am - 5pm
Easter Monday 5 April 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 6 April 8am - 7.30pm

We would like to wish all our customers a very Happy Easter.

Mothers Day at La Fromagerie

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

In the tasting café this Sunday we will have a special Mother's Day Afternoon Tea served from 2.30 - 5.30pm. Tea will include lovely smoked salmon & cucumber sandwiches, parmesan crisps and delicious homemade cakes accompanied by a pot of tea for 2, all for £15.00 for two people, add two glasses of Prosecco for the special price of £10.00 - a deservedly decadent way to treat your mum.
We will also be serving a Mother's Day Cocktail of Cremant de Bougogne with Champagne Rhubarb & Mimosas made with Tarocco orange juice & Prosecco.
All really rather delicious.

TWITTER!

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

You can now follow our upto date shop news on twitter. Each day we will post up information on our daily menu & the Cheese Room along with whats going on in the kitchen - right now it is all about Seville Orange marmalade!
Follow us at: www.twitter.com/LaFromagerieUK

Christmas at LA FROMAGERIE

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000

For Christmas Opening Hours please click on the following links
LA FROMAGERIE, Moxon St W1
LA FROMAGERIE, Highbury N5

A Festive Feast

We have lots of tempting fare for you, from fillets of hot smoked salmon from Maldon on the Essex Coast, served with horseradish crème fraiche, Home made Fois Gras Terrine with Perigord Truffles complemented by a delicate Prosecco jelly & toasted brioche. Our house cured Gravadlax with toasted Poilâne with unwaxed lemon & petit suisses.

For turkey with all the trimmings we have smoked pancetta from Piedmont to wrap around chipolatas, dried first grade porcini for your stuffing as well as cooked chestnuts from Verfeuille in Cévennes. For a very decadent addition we have black & white truffles - available to order, and subject to market price. Big jars of Goose fat for the perfect roast potatoes. Home made cranberry sauce and the kitchen will be preparing bread sauce.
For the last week of Christmas we will have a delivery of fresh produce; carrots by the bunch, parsnips, leaf clementines, unwaxed lemons and dates on the vine - if you do not see something please ask as it may be stored in our kitchen.

The Cheese room will be piled high with cheese, to assist you we have prepared a cheese & wine pairing handout. Just don't forget the Brie aux Truffe.
Please click here to down load the Cheese & Wine Pairings for Christmas 2009

For dessert, homemade Christmas puddings: full of Brandy, rum & stout with lots of spices, pour over a bit more brandy & ignite; serve with a spoonful of our homemade rum sauce or brandy butter.
Christmas cakes are brimming with fruit & steeped in Brandy & Marsala, covered in marzipan and icing finished with a delicate iced star wrapped with ribbon
Moreish mince pies, decorated with a single pastry star, are the prefect addition to a cup of tea, along side a slice of warmed German Stöllen. Something for your freezer; we have the most delicious prune & Armagnac icecream, along with fiore di latte, chocolate chip & a very refreshing Amafi lemon sorbet.
We will also be making Bouche de Noel, a Yule Tide Chocolate log cake - please note that these will be to order only.

As a digetif we recommend perhaps a good long walk in one of London's beautiful Royal Parks...

We would like to wish all our customers a very Merry Christmas
and a Prosperous New Year
With kind regards,
All the staff at LA FROMAGERIE

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Thanksgiving

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

We will be celebrating Thanksgiving with classic fare, all available to buy in our shop from 25^th November. We will be making smoked haddock & clam chowder, spiced pumpkin soup with pumpkin bread,

To accompany your roast turkey we have home made cranberry sauce and lots of pumpkins from Forge Farm, sweet potatoes & duck fat for making the perfect roast potatoes. We will also be preparing a sweet potato mash and roast pumpkin wedges with rosemary.

The cheese room are happy to assist you with the perfect cheese plate including classic farmhouse Lincolnshire Poacher & Colston Bassett Stilton along with Vacherin du Mont d'Or, a nutty delicate Bonde en Gatine from Charente Poitou. Or you could create a simple festive cheese board with a decadent piece of Brie aux Truffe.

For dessert our kitchen are preparing pumpkin pie, spiced apple pie, pear & almond tart along with tarte tatin, and for the children, gingerbread men.

It all makes for a delicious Thanksgiving feast!

Please note some items are limited, so do place your orders.
For further information please telephone the shop: 020 7935 0341

"Thanksgiving is America's national chow-down feast, the one occasion each year when gluttony becomes a patriotic duty (in France, by contrast, there are three such days: Hier, Aujourd'hui and Demain)." Michael Dresser

Beaujolais Nouveau

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Beaujolais - Village - Nouveau has arrived, and we have to say it is rather good. Light and fruity with a soft edge we have chosen from Domaine de P'tit Bellevue. At 12% it is perfect when paired with creamy Saint Marcellin and Pain Poilâne. We have bags of Beaujolias, St Marcellin & Poilâne for £16.00 (a 10 % discount) available until the end of November.

In celebration of Beaujolais we have classic french fare with L'Escargot, Boeuf Bourguignon and Tarte Tatin, from the cheese room we have enjoyed fabulous high mountain french cheese plates. This is all available in our Tasting Café and to take away.

A little bit about Beaujolais Nouveau... Made as a vin de l'année, Beaujolais celebrates the end of the harvest, but until WWII it was only for local consumption. In fact, once the Beaujolais AOC was established in 1937, AOC rules meant that Beaujolais wine could only be officially sold after the 15th December in the year of harvest. These rules were relaxed on 13th November 1951, and the Union Interprofessionnelle des Vins du Beaujolais (UIVB) formally set the 15 November as the release date for what would henceforth be known as Beaujolais Nouveau, along with the idea of a race to Paris carrying the first bottles of the new vintage. This attracted a lot of media coverage, and by the 1970's had become a national event. In the 1980's the annual race tradition spread to neighbouring countries in Europe, followed by North America, and in the 1990's to Asia. In 1985, the date was changed to the third Thursday in November.