The Christmas Fair and La Foire aux Santons
It seems that every town now has its own Christmas fête and Tarascon is no exception. But besides stalls selling vin chaud, fresh crêpes, Santa costumes for babies, (wonder if they’d fit the dogs?)...
View ArticleChristmas Eve in Provence
Christmas Eve is the most important date in the Provençal calender. It is when the family gets together to eat le gros souper, or the big supper before going to Midnight Mass. Most people I know...
View ArticleNew Years Day in Provence with Aigo boulidou, or Garlic Soup
After the Christmas festive days which are spent with the family, the French open their doors for le réveillon, New Year’s Eve. Everyone must have a party to go to and if they don’t they go to a...
View ArticlePot au Feu
I drove back from the UK last week, to find Provence experiencing the coldest weather I have ever known. I could feel the wind shaking the car as I passed Lyon, a sure indicator that the Mistral was...
View ArticleUzès on a cold winter’s day
Most people when they think of Provence, think of sunflowers, lavender, sunshine, blue skies, a glass of rosé wine and a handful of olives on the table. This is because most people who come here to...
View ArticleSud de France, The food and cooking of Languedoc by Caroline Conran
Sud de France is my kind of cookbook. For a start, it is all about the food and culture of Provence. OK, it is in fact about the food of the Languedoc, but as Languedoc borders Provence just five...
View ArticleA visit to Lilamand, Artisanal makers of Fruit Confit in Saint-Rémy de Provence
A bowl of glacé fruit Christmas in Provence is steeped in tradition, both religious and culinary. It’s the culinary ones that mainly survive today and one of these is the eating of glacé, or candied...
View ArticleSchmaltz
schmaltz also schmalz (shmälts) n. 1. Informal a. Excessively sentimental art or music. b. Maudlin sentimentality. 2. Liquid fat, especially chicken fat. [Yiddish shmalts, animal fat, sentimentality,...
View ArticleThree Soups, Beetroot tops soup, Carrot, Orange and Cardemon, Chard and Potato
My favourite winter lunch is home-made soup with a slice of toasted, buttered sourdough, a slab of mature cheddar and a dollop of chutney or a beetroot salad. What could be more simple and more...
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