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An irrestible introduction to the wine, cheese, food and countryside of Jura ………Continue reading Jura delights St Jean-Pied-diu-Port (64 Pyrenees-Atlantiques) is a major gateway to the Pyrenees and is the confluence of serveral pilgrim routes on the way to St Jacques de Compostela (Santiago de Complostela) in Galicia, NW Spain. The name of the town means literally St James at the foot of the pass> The Way of St James has ………Continue reading Le Weekend in St Jean Pied du Port The French do take their local cheeses very seriously – not only do they have a National Cheese Day (24 March in 2012) with events throughout France and elsewhere; but whilst the Brits have novelty Womens Institute calendars, the French produce one with 12 “Fromage” girls – and it is quite cheesy! The next edition ………Continue reading France – National Cheese Day Strasbourg (67 Bas-Rhin, Alsace) is a major European city – on France’s eastern border with Germany and the Rhine, home of the European Court of Human Rights and one of the two seats of the European Parliament (the other being in Brussels, Belgium). Somehow you do not expect to find anything more than a stuffy, bureaucratic ………Continue reading Le weekend in Strasbourg – Christmas Market The town of Sault (94, Vaucluse, Provence) holds an annual Lavender Festival in summer and then an Autumn Mushroom Festival on 10 October 2010 at nearby Trinit. Styled as “between Ventoux and the Luberon” the local area is so rich with wonderful produce they could probably hold a festival every weekend – for honey, wine ………Continue reading Sault's Mushroom festival The town of Sault (94, Vaucluse, Provence) holds an annual Lavender Festival in summer and then an Autumn Mushroom Festival on 10 October 2010 at nearby Trinit. Styled as “between Ventoux and the Luberon” the local area is so rich with wonderful produce they could probably hold a festival every weekend – for honey, wine ………Continue reading Sault’s Mushroom festival Another example of the French passion for their food, the villages of Arrens Marsous (65 Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées) in the Val d’Azun in the high Pyrenees celebrates the return of the local sheep and shepherds from the high summer pasture so that Autumn and Winter can be spent in the lower level sheltered valleys (transhumance). The ………Continue reading Pyrenees Lamb Cutlet festival Channel4 TV is running a series by chef Jamie Oliver called “Jamie Does….”. On 12 May 2010 the episode is entitled “Jamie does the French Pyrenees” – a slight misnomer as Cahors (46 Lot, Midi-Pyrenees), where the programme starts is more than 200km from the Pyrenees. Even more misplaced is Jamie’s recipe for Tarte Tatin ………Continue reading Jamie Oliver in Southwest France Another interesting cheese seldom seen in the UK is the Fourme de Montbrison which comes from an area known as Le Forez (42 Loire, Rhone-Alpes) between St Etienne and Clermont Ferrand. Similar to the Fourme d’Ambert this is a mild, soft blue cheese made from cows milk with its own AOC appellation. The Fourme ………Continue reading Fourme de Monbrison |
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