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Vendange 2009
a trailor-load of freshly picked grapes As the vendange 2009 is nearing its end, the air is heavy with the smell of fermenting grapes – a smell that throws me back to the early seventies when I tried...
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Valentine in Mirepeisset
Mirepeissetois of a certain age Just recently, Mirepeisset’s Mayor Andre Ratia, sent an official letter to the Mayor of neighbouring village Ginestas, complaining that a few of their youths (who are...
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the unexpected snow…
flowering almond trees We know the French love their bread. We know that they cannot eat a meal without it. And we know they panic when they haven’t bought it by a quarter to lunchtime… But when we...
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Porc or Porque?
My friend Nicola, author, literary researcher and member of the professional food writers’ forum called Eatwords, (we call ourselves Eatworders), asked a food-related question yesterday… Help, please,...
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A good job… lost.
sweeping the streets Monsieur J had a good job. He walked to work. Never had to get up too early. And his work was not stressful – meaning that there was plenty of time for a chat or a cigarette...
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PASTORET…
No one used his real name. He was called André Ferrer but everyone knew him as Pastoret. This, in local patois, means shephard or pastoralist because that is what he had been all his life – tending...
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