Apples baked on a bed of wafer-thin pastry, generously sprinkled with armagnac. All agree that it is delicious, but is it called a Tourtiere Landaise, or a Croustade Gasconne?

A new meaning to an old recipe.

Before machines took over, wine picking was a happy family affair, rewarded by they 'casse croute' under the trees.

Sick as a dog.

When gardening with the cycles of the moon, one shouldn't always take things literally.

'nighty night chickens...

Thankfully the dog's eyes are not as good as their noses.

An efficient, if not discreet, way to find your mushrooms.

When the French say that they're doing 'La tournée des grands-ducs', it means that they are going on a classy drinking tour of all the best joints in town. An upmarket pub crawl.