{"id":7073,"date":"2015-06-22T18:18:26","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T16:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/urbanpixxels.com\/?p=7073"},"modified":"2024-05-26T14:38:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-26T14:38:09","slug":"french-foodie-experiences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanpixxels.com\/nl\/french-foodie-experiences\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazing foodie experiences in the Dordogne Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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If there\u2019s one thing I was expecting from my trip to the Dordogne Valley, it was to eat great food and drink amazing wine. We\u2019re talking about France after all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I wasn\u2019t wrong. In these four days I was surrounded by an overload of du pain, du vin <\/em>and all the local specialties you can think of. I left my good intentions to eat healthier at home and indulged in one huge French food fest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I could write a blog post about every single meal I had, but I\u2019ll limit it to three foodie experiences\u00a0in Corr\u00e8ze that I highly recommend if you\u2019re visiting the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gourmet Picnic overlooking the Valley<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After a beautiful hike\u00a0on an ancient Roman road \u2013 through the forest and\u00a0with a view of\u00a0the valley \u2013 we had worked up\u00a0quite an appetite. A baguette with ham or cheese would have been just fine. But instead we got the best lunch experience ever: a four course gourmet picnic overlooking the valley and river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Even after 2 years in London my definition of lunch is still a quick sandwich with cheese and a glass of milk. So after I\u2019d finished that delicious salad with fresh figs stuffed with foie gras (I know it\u2019s controversial, but it\u2019s the best I\u2019ve ever had), I wasn\u2019t expecting another course, and dessert\u2026and cheese. I should have known there would be cheese (that Rocamadour was my absolute favorite). I enjoyed every minute and every bite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our hike was organized by\u00a0La Dordogne de villages en barrages<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0lunch was prepared by the ladies of\u00a0H\u00eatre sous le Charme<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vin Paill\u00e9 wine tasting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When in Rome\u2026. or in this case France, you\u2019re allowed to start drinking wine at 10am (aren\u2019t you?). Right after we\u2019d finished our breakfast, we drove to the\u00a0Domaine de Chirac<\/a>\u00a0in Brivezac to switch from English breakfast tea to something a bit stronger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jean Mage is the producer of Vin Paill\u00e9, a sweet wine made out of dried grapes. After a warm welcome, we walked to the vineyards to hear and see all that goes into the making of this wine. But since the proof is in the pudding, or in this case the wine bottle, we wanted to taste some of his special wine as well. Delicious! Good thing I don\u2019t live in sunny France or I might be tempted to do this every day at 10am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brive Food Market<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You know me and food markets\u2026So I was very excited to visit the food market in Brive<\/a> on our last day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The market is huge and sells more than just food, but I decided to skip the stalls on the parking lot and focus on the other side of the market where you can buy all the fresh produce you can think of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Although for me the best part is\u00a0the people watching. No hipsters like you\u2019ll see at the London food markets, or even many tourists, but mostly locals of all ages chatting with each other and with the local traders. Who needs Facebook to find out what others have been up to when you can hear it at the market just as well?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I\u2019ve been back for a while now and I still haven\u2019t lost all the weight I gained in these four days. But it was so worth it. If you like French food you\u2019ll have the time of your life in this region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another highlight was the dinner we had at our hotel in Uzerche, which I\u2019ll share in another post. Wasn\u2019t it Steve Jobs who said \u2018stay hungry, stay foolish<\/em>\u2018? He probably didn\u2019t mean it literally, but any interpretation works for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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