L’Oulibo in Bize Minervois is a 15 minute drive from Capestang, and is an active olive farm, mill and cooperative. Here you will find the unique Lucques and Picholine olive varieties as well as others, to try and buy. Offering tours and products to the region for over 70 years, this is a must…
Winter blues is a common thing, but in southern France? I wouldn’t have believed if I didn’t feel it for myself. I came from grey Vancouver Canada, where the winters are long and wet and I never felt sad when summer ended. Probably because it didn’t last long enough to get used to it… but…
Puisserguier throws their annual Soup Festival, located one town over from our home in Capestang. Our family trucks the seven minutes to take part in the fun! There were tables lining the edge of the parking lot, with twenty groups ladling out cups of soup for people to taste and vote for. The atmosphere was…
“SOME TRANSFORM THE SUN INTO A YELLOW SPOT, OTHERS TRANSFORM THE YELLOW SPOT INTO THE SUN.” PABLO PICASSO When I was a child my grandparents had an oversized oil painting over their fireplace mantle. A large ornate wooden frame, heavy for its size, bordered it. The canvas wasn’t stretched completely tight;…
It is remarkable to a person from a country that is only 146 years old, that structures in France still stand since the Middle Ages. Located in Roujan, Herault, the original castle was constructed during the 11th century, however the current building and structures are mostly from the 18th century, when the Prince de Conti bought…
Part of my 40 before 40 list was to eventually put together my grandmother’s recipes in one place for the next generations to enjoy. I learned to cook from my parents, who never used a recipe book when teaching me how to cook. They learned how foods blend, while the ingredients warm up to the…
Your guests are arriving in one hour, and you have no time to clean the entire house from top to bottom. What do you do? Here are 10 tips to cut down your cleaning time, and focus on the more important areas of your house. #1 Stick to the Kitchen Especially when you are serving…
When we decided on Capestang as the perfect spot in Europe to raise our children, what we saw in this village was untouched potential. We stumbled across a perfectly preserved French village that stays open year round. Unlike many of the coastal communities that cater to tourists, they then shut down for the…
Coming together is the beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. Henry Ford I drove around Capestang today to pick up some groceries at Lidl and Intermarche as one does. The same route I normally take about twice a week; first Intermarche to grab those items Lidl doesn’t carry and then back to…