Tag: Bruce Tretter
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Cherry Pancake with Nut Butter and Fruit – All in Pictures
Tony Gallopin crunched a mountain climbing first French win of the Tour de France on stage 11 from Besancon to Oyonnax while American Andrew Telansky courageously braved finishing the stage despite injuries from earlier crashes that put him far behind the field. On the food side of life, sure, you can have fresh cherry pancake just…
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What the Tour Teaches About Mountains to Climb – Not Always on the Bike
I just saw this terrifically dead-on quote on the back of a special edition issue of Scientific American dedicated to cardiovascular disease. Here’s how that quote applies to a slice of life while the Tour de France is underway. Like any sport that pits man – or woman – against tough obstacles, I look at…
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Cherry Pancake on Top of a Tour Rest Day – All in Pictures
Another gutsy come-from-behind win by Team Astana’s Vincenzo Nibali on stage 10 from Mulhouse to the top of La Planche des Belles Filles in the Vosges mountains. And, though the sun did come out after another incredibly wet day, the road and the weather took another leading contender, Alberto Contador, out of the race. It’s a…
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Bastille Day Mis-Fire-Works – And Living to Tell About It
Here’s what a picture-perfect start to stage 10 of the Tour de France on Bastille Day – complete even with some kinda’ “smoke’s on!” fireworks on the side of the road – and a very fresh and flavorful breakfast looked like this morning.
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Wake Up to the Tour with Pan Cooked French Toast and a Choice of Toppings – All in Pictures
The Tour on TV and the smell of butter, eggs, bread, and a good shot of ground cinnamon cooking in the frying pan! Click either the picture above or directly below for a complete, easy to follow step-by-step picture book recipe. As for toppings, sure, you can use traditional maple syrup. But just click any of…
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Cobble Destroyed Tour de France Day & Crepes Made Easy – All in Pictures
What an incredibly tough and destructive day on the cobblestones in the dreaded stage 5 of the Tour de France yesterday between Ypres and Arenberg Porte du Hainaut, still in Northern France. Congratulations to Dutchman Lars Boom (great name!) for destroying a field of tough, tough men and winning today’s stage! Just one word about the…
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Baguette Full-On – All French and All Fun!
Another stunning win by Marcel Kittel – hey, the guy’s won three of the first four stages of the Tour – with incredible strength and speed. And this was the first stage (section) of this year’s Tour in France from Le Touquet-Paris-Plage to Lille Metropole. Terrific! All right! The Tour’s now in France. So how ’bout…
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Tour de France Yorkshire Pudding Ideas – In Pictures
Right now, here in this post, we’re pausing – just briefly – with a refreshingly crisp Tom Collins toast to a terrific 3-day Tour de France start in England with a crunching win – again – by Marcel Kittel in London yesterday. And now, on to Le Touquet-Paris-Plage to Lille Metropole in France and Belgium…