We are a retired American couple living in France, enjoying the good life with our cats. Our house is in a small hamlet among the Ste. Foy vines. We also have a sailboat that the male half of the spousal unit sailed across the Atlantic in the summer of 08. When the weather warms we will start to visit the sailing ports of Europe. Our stories chronicle our life in France: the good life, the hard life, and the sailing life.
Friday, December 17, 2010
In Search of the Perfect Truffle
If it is December it must be time for truffles here in the Dordogne. Saturday we went to the truffle market in Perigueux for our annual truffle purchase. We left the house in the dark to be sure to arrive at the market in time to hear the judge evaluate, comment on, and assign a quality category to each truffle before the market opens at 9 AM. Unfortunately, we did not arrive in time because we apparently also needed to find a closed RV store miles outside of town. We did arrive a bit after 9 and in time to buy a truffle. Here is the truffle we selected in hopes that it would be that perfect truffle. How we use it will be my next post.
A look at some of the local delicacies that are available in our patisseries. In the town of Ste. Foy la Grande, M. Chevalier makes elegant desserts and chocolate candies. His confections are as beautiful as they are they delicious.
We brought our big Maine Coon cats to France when we moved. Two of them are young and very energetic. Calypso and Dante will entertain you with their antics and their take on the French life.
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