In the middle of the night between the 27th and 28th of November, two heavily armed men attempted to rob a Picard frozen-foods store of various frozen delicacies like lobster and smoked salmon and were then chased by two policemen. The suspects used th...
Author: Susana Iwase Hanson
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Living in the Var – Part Three: A little piece of village life: George Vassal’s Pot-au-feu in Cotignac
I had been dying to meet George Vassal - ever since first reading about him in an article featuring him hunting his own food in a New Zealand magazine called the Wellington Guide. To me, he was one of Cotignac's minor celebrities, keeping a low profile...
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Wine Review: Mirabeau Rosé 2010
I have always been shy to write about wine. After all, like so many people, I love to drink it but feel like the world of oenology and viticulture is a too complicated collage of mystery and secrecy to ever feel knowledgeable enough about it. I know I...