INDULGE your sweet tooth at the fourth Salon du Chocolat in Villefranche-du-Périgord on Sunday 23 October. A chocolate sculpture will slowly take shape during the... Read more →
A few cèpes pop up across the Dordogne
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 →
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Slippery when wet due to grape juice
DRIVERS in the Lot et Garonne have been warned about dangerous roads around Duras, not due to the weather, but from grape juice during the... Read more →
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Loubejac farmers market sets out its stalls
EVERY Thursday the popular night market beneath Loubejac's church tower takes place and runs throughout July, August and this year into September. The first one... Read more →
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Reaching out to develop and value the production of bio chestnuts
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 →
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Cèpes in December in the Dordogne
You can blame global warming, the fifth aspect of the lunar calendar or just good luck, but one woman is rubbing her hands with glee... Read more →
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Take a trip around the marché aux cèpes
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 →
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Sit down at a farmers market for a taste of France
IF you want a taste of rural France in the summer then look out for a farmers' market close to you. On the Marchés des... Read more →
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Warmer weather threatens Périgord truffles
INCREASINGLY warm and dry summers pose a threat to the Périgord black truffle, claim scientists who have studied declining harvests. A team from the Swiss... Read more →
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Trooping the grapes at Les Domaine des Sangliers
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 →
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