As you are all aware snow was high on the agenda last week in the UK and at the weekend, I was talking to my parents who live in Brittany...
I am reminded of our association with France almost every day, living as we do on the channel coast. Most days we see fabulous views of the French coast between Calais and Boulogne, and on a clear night you can watch the flashes and glimmers of harbour lights, streetlights and even car headlights.
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The climb to reach La Forteresse Royale built in 1253 in Najac in the Aveyron, is well worth it for the magnificent views.
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PICTURE THE scene: it's dark, the tramontane's howling (that's the Languedoc equivalent of the Provençal mistral, the freezing, mind-numbing north wind that screeches down from the massif central), anyone with any
I can’t remember where this recipe comes from originally or who gave it to me…. but I do know that this delicious meal will make a welcome change from the left over Turkey you may have been indulging in over the past few weeks.