Last Meals in France: At Au Hazard Balthazar & Ferme de Berle

Restaurant Au Hazard Balthazar in Martel
This is a great inexpensive restaurant that has prix-fixe menus and one-dish meals. I had a salad of charcuterie which included geseers, bloc de foie gras, paté and rellettes, and all for 14 Euro .We also had potatoes fried in duck fat. They were so good that [...]

More Périgord Restaurants: Le Sombral & Moulin de l’Abbaye-Brantme

Auberge Le Sombral “Les Bonnes Choses” at Saint-Cirg-Lapopie.
This restaurant looks like any other in this charming town high above the valley We arrived late, and were almost not seated. The day was very hot and the town was full of tourists but the food and the wine made up for everything.
The first course was Talmouse, [...]

New Video Interviews with the Italian American Network

As part of the Italian American Network’s video programming, Michele and I were interviewed by Valerie Smaldone.
To see the joint interview, please click here. To see the solo interview on wine, please find it here.