Gastronomy

Searching for truffles

Searching for truffles

With winter comes truffle season! Truffles grow under specific kind of oak trees and under very precise conditions of humidity and ground composition. Traditionally, the pigs would be used to find the precious mushroom. We don't have the famed pigs, but a friend took...

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Provencal cooking classes

Provencal cooking classes

In Vaison, we are blessed with fabulous markets and grocery stores: cooking and long meals with friends and family are one the best way to enjoy the Provencal way of life. If you would like to learn more about local cuisine, Gisele is your best bet. Her cooking...

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Vaison-la-Romaine’s Market

Vaison-la-Romaine’s Market

Tuesday is the day. Market is a very big deal here, and the big Tuesday market (there is a smaller one on Saturday and an even smaller one on Thursday evenings) is renowned since Roman times. There are of course fruits a vegetables, but also plants, house hold items,...

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Autumn

Autumn

With Autumn comes Halloween..   Our pumpkin carving does look a bit daft compared to Peyrerols chocolate sculpture.. Autumn also sees mushrooms appearing at the market stalls 🙂 SaveSave

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Grocery shopping in Vaison

Grocery shopping in Vaison

Food shops in town are outstanding, so don't miss on out that experience, you won't regret it! Lou Canestou, Fromagerie Has to come first, it's Vaison's institution. Josiane Deal, the cheese monger, received the medal of "Meilleur Ouvrier de France", a very highly...

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Carawine

Carawine

Or friends and neighbours from up the road, a family of hard working and party animal vintners, make excellent the excellent Cote du Rhone wine: Mas Pouperas. The "Carawine" is their latest and greatest idea: a caravan is set in one of their vineyards, and works as a...

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Producing olive oil

Producing olive oil

After the first frost, the olives can be harvested. ... We have a very modest production, but can still bring it to a mill to be pressed and get our oil back, it's very satisfying.

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Spring

Spring

Spring is heaven for the garden colours         Easter colours mimic the pastels from the garden.With of course, the chocolate creativity of Peyrerol, whose shop gets a queue spreading to the street for Easter, same as Christmas and New Year, it is advisable to...

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