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Vegetarian vacation destination in France. (veggie bits).


Offering only vegetarian world cuisine, La Maison Du Vert is a newly refurbished guesthouse guest·house  
n.
1. A small house or cottage adjacent to a main house, used for lodging guests.

2. A bed-and-breakfast.
 and restaurant in the French province of Normandy. Two hours from Paris, the hotel is in close proximity to the historic cities of Honfleur, Bayeux, and Caen, as well as to tourist attractions like the D-Day landing beaches and Monet's garden.

All of the food served in the hotel's restaurant is homemade fresh with organic produce, whenever possible, and there is always at least one vegan vegan /veg·an/ (ve´gan) (vej´an) a vegetarian whose diet excludes all food of animal origin.

ve·gan
n.
 option on the menu. Previous vegan items have included vegetarian sushi; polenta po·len·ta  
n.
A thick mush made of cornmeal boiled in water or stock.



[Italian, from Latin, crushed grain, barley meal.]

Noun 1.
 and roasted vegetables; aubergine (jargon) aubergine - A secret term used to refer to computers in the presence of computerphobic third parties.  (eggplant) and sweet potato sweet potato, trailing perennial plant (Ipomoea batatas) of the family Convolvulaceae (morning glory family), native to the New World tropics. Cultivated from ancient times by the Aztecs for its edible tubers, it was introduced into Europe in the 16th cent.  bake with green olive sauce; and desserts, such as garden pears in local cider with almond cream, and oranges in Grand Marnier with chocolate sauce. The restaurant even uses vegan wines and ciders in their recipes.

For more information, you can visit the hotel's website at <www.maisonduvert.com>, or contact them at info@maisonduvert.com or 011-33-2-33-36-95-84. You also may write La Maison Du Vert, H6tel Restaurant Vegetarien, Ticheville, 61120 Vimoutiers, Normandie, France.
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Title Annotation:vegetarian restaurant La Maison Du Vert
Publication:Vegetarian Journal
Article Type:Restaurant Review
Geographic Code:4EUFR
Date:May 1, 2003
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