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Feed your mind and indulge your senses with our quick-fire selection of French cultural escapes.
Fancy dining out in Dieppe? Rob Silverstone, author of best-selling novel A Mule in Rouen tells us about some of his favourite eateries in Dieppe’s ‘Le Pollet’ district - guaranteed to tickle your taste buds....
Your guide to events, sporting competitions, festivals, concerts, plays, and conventions in the Pays de la Loire.
Coral Luke talks about why she decided to retire to Burgundy with her husband. Some regions, she said, felt "inundated with British people and what we didn’t want was to move to Britain with the sun".
Henri IV of France wanted all households in his kingdom to be able to relish in this great dish every Sunday so what not try it out yourself?
Despite no professional horticultural experience, Charles and Charlotte Liddell moved to France and opened a nursery selling David Austin roses. Here, Charlotte tells the story of their first year - and gives their tips for growing roses successfully
With the nights drawing in, thoughts will invariably be turning to how to help your horses survive the Normandy rain and the mud that is the unfortunate downside of being blessed with great grazing for the majority of the year. Check out our handy vocabulary to help you when shopping for those essential items to keep your horse cosy in the coming months.
All Saint’s Day, November 1st, a public holiday in France, is the eve of All Soul’s Day, a time when our dead are remembered. In the past, a wake was held all night, prayers were said and chestnuts were roasted in the fire then eaten, the belief being that for each one a soul was saved from purgatory...
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While scallops are still in season, make the most of it and try out this recipe combining the best of Normandy – Coquilles St. Jacques(Scallops), black pudding and apples...
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Steve Hanson and his wife Fiona arrived in France with the dream of having a small-holding that would make them as self-sufficient as possible while providing an income. Here's how they did it...
From Gaul to the modern day, here's how the French language developed. And why is it that there are so many French words in English...
Once considered la nourritue des pauvres - 'poor man's food', scallops with their bright orange roes and decorative shells, abundant in Normandy and in season now, provide for a delicate and impressive alternative Christmas meal...
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.
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As can be expected of a region boasting both an extensive coastline and a fertile interior, the range of produce on offer in Normandy is varied and rich and Norman cooking is one of the grand cuisines of France. The extensive coastline provides an abundance of fresh seafood, the lush green pastures of the Normandy countryside is ideal grazing for dairy herds and cattle and the apple orchards give delicious fruit that is used to make a variety of ciders and Calvados. It is not therefore surprising that Normandy cuisine has a distinct identity with its own favourite ingredients: apples, cider, cream and butter...
Thousands of kilos of mussels are eaten out in restaurants every day but how many of the seafood lovers who devour them actually eat mussels at home? Buy some fresh moules de bouchot from your local market, preferably already cleaned, try this ridiculously easy recipe for moules normandes and, I promise, you might never eat mussels out again!
Try this simple, refreshing pre-dinner drink using some of Normandy's favourite appley ingredients...
In the Languedoc-Roussillon apéritifs are more than something to eat and drink before a meal, they are an entire social custom! Here is our quick beginner's guide to the apéritifs popular in the region including Pastis, Kir, Kir Royal, Muscat, Banyuls, Maury, Byrrh and Noilly Prat. "Apéritif"
A look at the life of an oyster and a visit to an oyster farmer at Gujan-Mestras, on the Arcachon Basin, to find out, among other things, how the oyster parks prepared for the huge French Christmas rush...
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Looking for a vegetarian place to stay? Or a place that will serve you a delicious vegetarian meal? Take a look at this list of accommodation and restaurants.
If you don’t want a long journey to your French bolthole, it makes sense to buy closer to home. Thanks to the Channel Tunnel and improved fast roads, British buyers can drive to north east France in two or three hours door-to-door.
