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Whether you’re hitting the sales or simply going to buy a new pair of shoes, here’s the vocabulary that you need to...

If you have young children (from 2 months old) who do not go to school yet (under 2 or 3 depending on the school) and you need to carry on working or have a few days off during the week, here are the child-care options in the Tarn & Aveyron.

Pronouns are words that are used to replace nouns, for example ‘it’, ‘him’, ‘her’, ‘us’, ‘you’, and ‘them’. It may...

Love them or hate them, no Christmas table in Normandy is complete without them. Great value, great taste ........ Aphrodisiac? Let us know what YOU think!!!

The preposition ‘à‘ À can mean ‘to’, ‘at’ or ‘in’ a place, town or country. For example: “Je suis à...

The first thing to do when planning to be self-employed, is to seek professional advice. But to help you on your way David Hammond, a successful small businessman in Burgundy, who runs Burgundy Discovery which offers personal guided wine tasting tours, gives his advice on getting started.

Using the preposition ‘de‘ The French word de is a preposition with several meanings: ‘of’, ‘from’, ‘about’, or ‘some’. For...

Whether you live in France or own a second home, keeping up to date with French news is important. Offering...

France 24 is a new channel, in English and in French, that aims to give a French view of the world to the world

Phil & Donna Voice moved to France in 2004 and spent many hours driving around, visiting Immobiliers, viewing websites looking for the right house. In their case the house was found quite quickly but this does not always happen...

When Jim Holloway took a game-keeping job in France he planned to stay just a few months. A couple of decades on, he is still here. Every winter he dons his tweeds and calls his Labradors to run a typical English shoot for the French aristocracy - with more than a little help from his wife Jane

A plateau de fruits de mer or seafood platter is a must in Normandy at Christmas time. Take a look at Sinéad’s recipe and tips on how to prepare and serve this festive dish full of local flavour…

Savoir is another very useful but irregular verb. It is important to distinguish between savoir and connaître: savoir means to...

France has long prided itself on being above celebrity tittle-tattle. But a new wave of magazines and TV shows is proving that even the French love star gossip. Plus! Who are the French equivalents of Posh n' Becks, Mick Jagger...

An excellent refreshing starter using the local Jambon de Lacaune. Preparation time : 15 minutes Cooking time : 45 minutes (Making sorbet) Makes : 4 Servings

Sooner or later in France, everyone encounters 'magret de canard', or duck breast. These fantastic and juicy alternatives to steak come from the foie gras birds, and are available year-round. But goose magrets are usually only produced at this time of year, so get your orders in now for this very seasonal treat...

Today there are over one million people a year moving between EU member states, and most of them take their...

[IMAGE-MISSING] British architect Adrian Brewin lives in Paris with his wife Andrea and their three sons. Here he describes a typical working week in his business and reflects on the different approaches to building between the British and the French

House-hunters in France have a new flight of fancy by buying and restoring Pigeonniers. Pigeon towers can be the most elegant of farm buildings, often more appealing than the houses to which they belong. Wide interest is now taken in the pigeon houses themselves despite the fact that they were in reality only part of farming properties.

Most cities and large towns in the UK offer part-time classes in French at adult education centres. They are not...

The Aveyron is the No.1 producer of meat in the south of France and is particularly renowned for the quality of it’s meat, the Label Rouge guarantees the superior quality. In the Aveyron, and especially in Segala, the veal farmers adhere to this label and look after their calves as well as on any other animal farm.

Whatever food or drink you like, you will never be hungry or thirsty in the Tarn. Tarn specialities are wide-ranging and full of flavour including specialities such as Truffles, Cepes, Wild Boar, Veal, Garlic, Echaudés Biscuits, Jambon de Lacaune,Pumpkin Pancakes which can all be accompanied by wines from Gaillac.

A short time after moving to France, Linda Shepherd discovered she had breast cancer. The following months were deeply traumatic - but today she is using her experience to help others through the association Cancer Support France

It can be a daunting step when moving one’s child from their ‘mother tongue’ educational system into an entirely new...

Friends for 40 years, George and Bob each suffered a heart attack within one week of the other. George lives in France while Bob lives in the UK. Their subsequent treatment was very different.

Knowing who to call in an emergency in France is essential – here’s some useful vocabulary to practice just in case....

Going back to school Having moved to France permanently and meeting new people – English, French and Dutch, we heard...

Chef Chris Lacey and his partner, Jane Marks, gave up a successful – but exhausting - life running their own restaurant in Britain, to live more quietly in France. But that hasn’t stopped Chris cooking up a storm….

In the first in a series of delicious recipes using a seasonal star ingredient, for November British chef in France, Chris Lacey, rustles up a quick Menu Rapide and a slower A La Carte dish with the bumber crop of the season - cepe mushrooms

Traditional Aveyron dishes, which must be tasted if you are living here or just visiting, include aligot, le Laguiole, la fouace ,Aubrac beef,foie gras, tripous, confits, stuffed cabbage, Estofinado,thrush pâté with goose liver, lamb, feuilleté au roquefort, ewes' curds and the inevitable Roquefort accompanied by wines from Marcillac,Estaing or d'Entraygues.

Markets are a way of life for the French in the Tarn & Aveyron, and if you wish, you could visit one on most days. If you are on holiday in the Tarn or Aveyron do try and visit at least one while you are here as it is such a good way to immerse yourself and the family in French culture. Take the opportunity to sample the Tarn & Aveyron regional specialities on offer in the market with no obligation to buy, anything from local cheese, Gaillac Wine or Aligot.

Être is a very common and, unfortunately, very irregular French verb, that is worth learning thoroughly. Present tense Je suis – I...

Drive around the villages of the Languedoc Roussillon and you're bound to see the very strange word ”Byrrh” painted onto the sides of buildings in fading lettering. FrenchEntrée went to discover the origins of the historic Byrrh apertif, one of the most iconic products of the Languedoc Roussillon! "The Famous Apertif"

Increase your retention of all those new words! There are four basic techniques that you can use in order to...

[IMAGE-MISSING]The French use the leaseback scheme as a form of pension investment rather than a way to make a quick profit; British purchasers might be wise to follow suit, says French estate partner Dominique

The French use the leaseback scheme as a form of pension investment rather than a way to make a quick profit; British purchasers might be wise to follow suit...

Follow Paul Smith on his 850 mile journey through French countryside, which he completed in just two weeks!

As Remembrance Sunday approaches, Judy Mansfield describes how she came to be a regular participant in her local Rembrance Service in Normandy and her husband, Russ, an officially appointed porte-drapeau...

Find out more about the laws and regulations to fulfill if you want your legal wedding ceremony to take place in France, as well as the types of wedding ceremonies that are possible and links to useful information to help you plan your special day.

[IMAGE-MISSING] Property agent, Louise Sayers, explains why more and more of her clients are looking to buy property in this southern French city offering excellent investment potential, easy transport links to the UK and Spain and just 15 minutes from golden sandy beaches. "Property Update"

Every region of France has it’s own classic stew or casserole. The most famous, and certainly the most abused beef stew must be Boeuf Bourguignon, closely followed now by the increasingly popular Provencal Daube...

[IMAGE-MISSING]Sarah Weston continues the tale of the mighty pumpkins.. For the final weigh-in around Halloween, we decided that everybody would bring their pumpkin to our house to be weighed and have an aperitif. We would then make our way to a local restaurant at the top of our road.

When learning a foreign language, we need to understand that we cannot always express what we want to say as...

The reinette apple is an apple grown widely in the Languedoc Cévennes and is ripe at the beginning of winter. It is good for eating fresh as well for cooking. If you ask anyone who lives in the Languedoc how to make an apple tart, you will get many different versions, this is one we like. "Tarte aux Pommes"

The Lauragais encompasses the west of the Aude department of the Languedoc-Roussillon, west of Carcassonne, and extends into the eastern corner of the Midi-Pyrenees region south of Toulouse. Great transport links and rural charm make this a popular spot for home buyers.

Following my last article on the healthy state of the "French property market" I thought it would be useful to highlight the five most common mistakes UK purchasers make when looking for their dream home in Poitou Charentes...

Following my last article on the healthy state of the "French property market" I thought it would be useful to highlight the five most common mistakes UK purchasers make when looking for their dream home in the Poitou-Charentes.