Camp Camont Souvenirs…
From the exotic birds of passage to the broody farmyard hens, many Kitchen Chicks have passed through Camont’s open doors. We invite our friends, former guests and students to send us your favorite Camont souvenirs in words and images. Camp Cassoulet-Le Frechou Chapolard Tribu Feb ’09 Read More
Pain d’Epices- a honey sweet spice cake
Nothing like a little frost on a Sunday morning to bring out the baker in us all. So when Julia Leach, the Kitchen-at-Camont’s fall intern, fell under the Pain d’Epices spell, we turned on the oven and began a day learning about dough, pastry and good smells. Here in Gascony, Pain d’Épice or Spice Bread is thought of as a foreign treat- from the north, another region, a taste of winter. Usually, I buy thick slices of honeyed pain d’epices made near... Read More
French Farmers Market + School= fun & funds
Please enable Javascript and Flash to view this Flash video. Today I stopped at the market. Not my usual Saturday morning Butcher, Baker, Armagnac-maker market, but the one being held in the hilltop village of Montignac-sur-Auvignon. Twice a year, two neighboring village schools hold schoolyard farmer’s markets to raise funds for special programs. The children help organize and run the market, selling, making change, weighing up and bagging the local produce supplied by... Read More
Delicious Books along the Seine
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Paris Me- a walk along the Seine
It doesn’t take long for a country mouse to get her city feet acclimated. Youch! she cries as the miles of strolling on tarmac versus grass, quayside instead of towpath, and city sidewalks makes her glad she threw in that extra pair of Keen’s. Fashion be damned. In her own defense, she can say she’s yet to spot a pair of the stiletto/wedge heels found in the fashion rags actually out on the streets of Paris- at least in daylight hours. Better that she saves her... Read More
