I am a lifelong, passionate food geek and self taught cook who has been travelling to France for the last 30 years…and finally made the leap and moved here at the end of 2017. My husband Dominic and I have been immersing ourselves in the local food culture, meeting winemakers and farmers, taking charcuterie courses (the photo on the right is me at Kitchen at Camont in Gascony- learning charcuterie from the fabulous Kate Hill) and finding our way in to family homes where we have been learning the stories behind the local cuisine. We are both excited to share our knowledge and introduce people to authentic local cuisine.
The Quercy Food Experiences are deep dives in to the food and cuisine of the area for people who want to satisfy their cravings for authentic local insights that go beyond Google and the Rough Guide.
You can also find some random musings, recipes and stories behind some of our experiences here in France (and beyond) in my blog .
Quercy Food Experiences are about having a fun time while digging into the local food culture and cuisine of this beautiful region in rural France. The Cahors Market and Lunch Experience An intimate and authentic ‘from market to lunch’ experience. Kick back like a…
Quercy is part of the Occitanie region and located in the heart of the Southwest France between the Auvergne and Périgord. Home to some of the most beautiful villages in France, such as Rocamadour and Saint-Cirq-Lapopie, amazing ancient caves such as Pech Merle and…
After a slightly circuitous route via, San Diego, Clovis, Orleans, Paris, Boulder, Austin, Goettingen and London I have landed here, in Pern, in the Quercy Blanc area of the department of the Lot, in the Occitanie region in Southwest France! During that time I’ve been…
Embracing my expat self- I have almost always hosted a Thanksgiving dinner, no matter where I have lived. Germany was a bit challenging to get a whole turkey, (“…are you sure you don’t want us to cut it up for you? …will it even…
I was fairly baffled by how poor my tomato crop was this year- I put it down to multiple heat waves, not pruning the tomatoes enough and possibly choosing the wrong varieties for the location…last year I had x2 tomato plants in pots next…
And voila- summer over, equinox blew by and here we are in autumn! Right now that means a freezer full of goat, a potager that just won’t stop producing chard and courgettes, and now a nice little pile of pumpkins. I still can’t find…