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).

Thursday, November 29, 2012

An unexpectedly good lunch in Foix

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   A week or so back, we needed to buy art and crafts supplies in Foix, which called for a trip to Majuscule, my favourite stationery sho...
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

How to Make Christmas Shortbread Mice.

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     "Cute" doesn't begin to describe these festive little creatures and "onerous" doesn't start to desc...
Thursday, November 22, 2012

Thinking about veggies at the market

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   Now that the tourist season is well and truly over, the locals have repossessed Mirepoix market--and we don't feel that we must be th...
Sunday, November 18, 2012

Celebrating new wine and chestnuts.

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   A couple of hours ago, we came home from a community event that lasted most of the day. Billed as castanhas e vin novèl  ( "chestnut...
Saturday, November 10, 2012

200 diamonds, 40 gift tags, and how to devein a foie gras.

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    The magazines I buy in France often come with a little freebie attached, a small cadeau stuck to their cover with some magical sticky s...
Friday, November 9, 2012

Cool weather means coriander.

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    In North America, you buy cilantro or Chinese parsley. In the UK, Coriandrum sativum is known as coriander, and in France, it's cal...
Thursday, November 1, 2012

Harvesting the Cayennes

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    I can't get over how my cayenne pepper plant flourished this summer. Digging two vegetable beds in the middle of the lawn turned out...
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