Food and Wine in the Dordogne

La Truffe D’Or - Restaurant Review

There is no main road, little passing traffic, no weekly market, no wayside sign to give you a clue about its existence. If you know about La Truffe D’Or you are a local, living within an eight- or nine-kilometre radius of St Mayme-de-Pereyrol, a tidy village with its salle de fete and church and a few kempt houses, a five-minute drive south westish of the small town of Vergt. more...

Massimo's Sunday Lunch Feasts are worth crossing the Dordogne For!

Here is our latest menu for a traditional Piemontese (northern Italian) Sunday lunch menu. The menu lists food & wine you will never find locally; you'd have to travel ... more...

Food, Drink and Dining in the Dordogne

Much has been written about great food and wine in France and specifically from the Dordogne. This region is famous for rich cuisine unique to the area. Think of exotic truffles, smooth foie gras, and aromatic walnut oil and you will think of the Dordogne... more...

Irish Pub Announces New Menu

Fiddler's Rest

Jo & Ronan McIntyre managed to start a business in the Dordogne, refurbish and open their new pub AND get married in one year. The final stage of renovations (the kitchen) is complete, so now they've added a scrummy menu to their list of achievements... more...

Refinement on your Dordogne plate

Hostellerie Les Griffons, Bourdeilles

A few weeks ago we heard from Marc Videau, who runs Radio Liberté in Ribérac, that the Hostellerie Les Griffons, beside the bridge, had changed hands and that the restaurant was worth a visit. An occasion for celebration arose. I rang and booked... more...

Another local Dordogne restaurant

La Voie Lactée, Lusignac

View of Lusignac

There were a couple of days last week when it poured with rain without stopping. We were suffering from cabin fever, and broke out for dinner with friends Susie and Steve at the Voie Lactée in Lusignac... more...

Fish 'n Chips in South-West France!

New chip van to tour markets and pubs in the Dordogne.

If your life in France would be entirely complete, if only there was ale and fish 'n chips, then your prayers have been answered. Starting on 19th April 2007, 'The Dordogne Chippy' will be frying at markets and bars throughout the area... more...

Dordogne restaurant offers bargain lunch!

Auberge de la Double, Echourgnac

The village of Echourgnac, on the road from Ribérac to Montpon, is no particular beauty spot, but if you want a bargain lunch during the week, you can't do better than the Auberge de la Double... more...

Ordering in your local Dordogne café

How to get the coffee you want

There's your café terrace in the sun, just inviting you to sit down. But how do you order the coffee you want?

Now that every English high street sports a coffee bar or two, we're used to ordering a latte or a "Large Capp". Starbucks hasn't exactly made inroads into rural France. Here's a guide to the local terminology... more...

Le Lavoir, Siorac-de-Ribérac

A great local discovery

Sign for Le Lavoir

Some Dordogne restaurants are so little publicised that it's a miracle anyone finds their way to them. It was by chance that we came across Le Lavoir, one day when we visited the Romanesque church at Siorac-de-Ribérac – a tiny village comprising a dozen or so houses clustered round the church ... more...

Le Commensal, Ribérac

As rich as you want...

There are times when you just can't face preparing dinner. The other night was one of those times. Removals men had spent most of the day dumping a whole load of furniture, crates and cartons in our rented house, succeeded by Bryan, our friendly computer engineer...
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A la Grappe d'Or, Monbazillac

Traditional food, good value

We first visited the Grappe d'Or in the summer, when we discovered there was no longer a restaurant in the confines of the Château de Monbazillac. Although it ... more...

Market day in the Dordogne

Time for local produce - and chat!

Market day is important in rural Dordogne: an opportunity to buy fresh food, often from local producers, as well as to catch up on gossip in the area.

Newcomers to ... more...