Life in the Deep South of France

Mostly, but not entirely, about cooking, eating, drinking, markets, festivals, exploring and glorying in life in general in this lesser-known part of France (and in other parts of the planet).

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Gigot d'agneau à la cuillère.

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    "Leg of lamb served with a spoon" is what food writer Trish Deseine calls this succulent dish in her cookbook Nobody Does It B...

One a penny, two a penny....

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   Hot cross buns. Hard to find in France so I decided to have a bash at making a batch. Besides, on a chilly, wet Saturday afternoon, I lik...
Friday, April 22, 2011

Evil filled croissants...

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   My excuse is that the boulangerie up near the rond-point had sold all its  pains aux raisins by the time we'd finished our market sh...
Thursday, April 21, 2011

Tiles in the Garden.

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     The thing about stone is that it keeps going and going. Crumbling walls can be taken apart and rebuilt into houses. Stones, as we know...
Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Oh well, at least I can read about them on-line...

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   Reading Restaurant magazine's just-released list of the World's 50 Best Restaurants  at  www.theworlds50best.com  /, I'm hap...
Monday, April 18, 2011

The Good Life at the Château de Cavanac

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    Kate, our daughter, is staying with us so, for a treat, we booked us all into the Château de Cavanac, a few clicks south of Carcassonne....

Wash Day

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   French washing machines are not remotely like North American washing machines. To begin with, they're considerably smaller. Ours hold...
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