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Rainy day today. So gathered all the candle stumps, melted them down on the woodstove and made firelighters with Kjell Thomas from Norway, using newspaper, straw, hazelnut shells and candlewax. More...

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My friend Marie Claude invited me to watch how they make and preserve home made terrine with truffles. Everyone played their part and it was such a lot of fun to do it together. French country ways at More...

"Chez Fred" next to the cathedral. Fab day menu and best chocolate mouse on the block. More...

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Homage de Pol Chambost (1906 - 1983).  An amazing collection of french studio ceramics, spanning 70 years including contemporary work. A delight for my students when they arrived  on the More...

My visiting English friends enjoyed tasting aperitifs and liqueurs at the Clovis Reymond Distillery in Villamblard. We all loved the chestnut aperitif. https://www.clovisreymond.com/ More...

I took visiting friends from England to the last active mill in the Vern valley which produces oils and flours with walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds and peanuts. Oils are made in an artisanal way, More...