MANY people across this corner of the Dordogne are preparing for the chestnut harvest at this time of the year, with the initial work involving... Read more →
MANY people across this corner of the Dordogne are preparing for the chestnut harvest at this time of the year, with the initial work involving... Read more →
Craig McGinty on 17 September 2022 in Food and Drink | Permalink | Comments (0)
EVERY Thursday the popular night market beneath Loubéjac's church tower takes place and runs throughout July and August. The first one takes place on 8... Read more →
Craig McGinty on 06 July 2021 in Food and Drink | Permalink | Comments (0)
EVERY Thursday the popular night market beneath Loubéjac's church tower takes place and runs throughout July and August. The first one takes place on 2... Read more →
Craig McGinty on 28 June 2020 in Food and Drink | Permalink | Comments (0)
EVERY Thursday the popular night market beneath Loubejac's church tower takes place and runs throughout July and August. The first one takes place on 5... Read more →
Craig McGinty on 25 June 2018 in Food and Drink | Permalink | Comments (0)
The popular night market beneath Loubejac's church tower. IF you want a taste of rural France in the summer then look out for a farmers'... Read more →
Craig McGinty on 13 July 2017 in Food and Drink | Permalink | Comments (0)
A HEAVY downpour a few days ago has seen a rash of cèpes mushrooms across the Dordogne, but not enough to get too excited about.... Read more →
Craig McGinty on 04 October 2016 in Food and Drink | Permalink | Comments (0)
Yves Amiguet, third from right, explains the grafting process A recruitment drive is underway to increase the number of producers of bio chestnuts in the... Read more →
Craig McGinty on 14 December 2015 in Business, Food and Drink | Permalink | Comments (0)
IT is four o'clock in the afternoon and the church tower in Villefranche du Périgord chimes the hour, but also the opening of the marché... Read more →
Craig McGinty on 09 October 2013 in Food and Drink | Permalink | Comments (0)
AFTER passing an innocuous signpost near a small hamlet called Loupiac, in the Lot, I am en route for Les Domaine des Sangliers, vignoble biologique,... Read more →
Craig McGinty on 18 October 2012 in Food and Drink | Permalink | Comments (0)
BENEATH the wide canopy of the chestnut trees are spread fine nets scattered with shells and nuts waiting to be collected. It is a busy... Read more →
Craig McGinty on 14 October 2012 in Food and Drink | Permalink | Comments (0)