Gourmet Mots
or rather the words of fellow gastronomes. This page is a selection of related articles, websites that Vin de Tarn think you will find interesting. If you have any suggestions or offerings that would enhance the knowledge of other gastronomes - foods, Gaillac wines, Tarn culture - please email us.
Lines from Labarthe
Spring - April showers; strawberry festival; tastes of spring; chestnut soup and more in this quarter's Lines from Labathe. (supplied in pdf format which needs the free acrobat reader software).
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Croissants and Culture
- Holly Kerr Forsyth, Weekend Australian, * April 28, 2007
"WANT to visit a corner of France where the coffee is rich and aromatic, the markets offer a tantalising array of local produce and the croissants are still made with butter? A place where ancient hill towns, lit pink by early morning light, cascade down rocky mountainsides and life moves at a leisurely pace? The France of our imagination, or perhaps our dreams?"More ...



