Apple & Pear Eau de Vie

Having failed to make alcohol with plums and greengages (no sugar meant it turned to vinegar), I'm now attempting eau de vie with apples and pears from the garden. Not strictly legal, but I have a hydrometer to test the alcohol, so it shouldn't make me blind. Updates to follow...

Gemma Driver - Food & Travel Writer

Gemma Driver, 31, is the gourmet journalist and food editor at FrenchEntree, French News, and her own site, The Gastropod. Journalist, writer, editor, interviewer and researcher for publications and television, recipe writer and translator, food correspondent for radio ( Radio Liberte), and reviewer.

The combination of a refreshing, vibrant style of writing with an accredited tasting background, means that Gemma's writing and knowledge has quickly become sought after. In her pursuit of gastronomic adventure, she frequently dispels traditional culinary rules and advocates honestly and ethically produced food. Gemma moved to rural South-West France, in 2002, for the lifestyle, ingredients, sun and her ancient stone house.

You can view my work at The Gastropod, but this is the place for my food blog, with reports on the food and drink I experience on my travels...

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