Anything to do with eating and drinking!
Wherever we go on our grand tour we’re focusing on eating, drinking and buying local or regional products as much as possible, and that’s especially the case with wine. The Languedoc-Roussillon wines from the region of the same name are widely available in Ceret and they are stunning. The Languedoc-Roussillon wines from the region of the same … Read more
Ceret may be a popular destination for art tourists, hikers and long-term holidaymakers, but there are no souvenir shops (thankfully) and aside from picking up some art from one of the galleries and buying beautiful Catalan textile products from La Bohème, there’s little to buy – which makes the supermarket a great place to scout … Read more
This classic salade Lyonnaise recipe makes the Southern France edition of our Weekend Eggs recipe series, which was brought to you from Céret and Perpignan, where we settled in for two weeks on the southern France leg of our 12-month global grand tour. In the interests of bringing the fine season of spring on with … Read more
What we are really loving about doing this Price Check series – more than forcing us to do comparison shops at every destination – is that it’s making us pay more attention to what’s on the shelves at supermarkets, rather than what we are buying, and is therefore helping us to understand what people are … Read more
A weekend in Perpignan is just enough time to give you a taste of this cultural capital of Southern France, a centre for Catalan culture with a long rich history and a mouthwatering gastronomic destination. The city’s gourmet shops and food stalls overflow with wonderful fresh produce, cheeses and charcuteries, teas, coffees, and natural wines … Read more