Publisher's Synopsis
Jeanne Strang and her husband Paul moved from the UK to southwest France in the 1960s and spent the next five decades immersing themselves in rural life and carefully chronicling the foodways of one of France's most gastronomically rich regions. The recipes, many of them trenchantly traditional, include scores of definitive dishes based on produce from local potagers and orchards, from farmyards to forests and fishing villages - all richly woven through with stories and anecdotes. Through Jeanne's careful yet slyly witty observations of local lore, readers learn about a way of cooking (and living) that is slowly disappearing.
