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).

Monday, July 30, 2012

L'Amicale des Léranais = rough translation: The Léran Association

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   OK, two months since the last post. What can I say? A huge amount happened in that time so what I'll do, movie style, is start in t...
Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Yet another vide grenier...

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   Twice a year, our village holds a vide grenier. Strictly speaking, I should be out there behind a stall given the amount of stuff we'...

Rhubarb, rhubarb...

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   Our garden is always a work in progress. A couple of years ago a good friend gave me some rhubarb crowns. Sorry but, as we're about t...
Monday, April 30, 2012

Depot ventes and vide greniers

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    Last Saturday found us in Pamiers (home to the famous Sunday flea market).  Feeling that my prayers to the depot vente goddess were ab...

The First Picnic of the Year

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   By late March we were already eating lunch outdoors most days so logically it was time to take the food show on the road.    Our lak...

Asia in a French kitchen.

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    Years ago, I bought Madhur Jaffrey's World of the East Vegetarian Cooking on the strength of its recipe for kimchee, that incendiar...

Bali: Two Weddings and a Funeral

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   One thing that knocked me sideways was how genuinely welcoming and friendly the Balinese are. A few days after we arrived in Ubud, Madek ...
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