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For Provencal Pottery Visit Caromb a Village in the Vaucluse

March 30, 2023

The village of Caromb in the Vaucluse is a place you pass through on your way to somewhere else. Caromb has a quiet mystique, and like many Provençal villages, it is bathed in the dappled light of ancient plane trees. According to local legends, Caromb was once the haven of alchemists, though today, the only …

Our House in Provence · Restaurant Recommendations · Taste

Restaurant Review: Le 6 à Table in Caromb

February 1, 2019

As wife Shirley tells everybody, “Michel is a list person.” And yes, when it comes to restaurants and most anything that is related to food or wine, I’m usually drawn to places which are on a list of “best” in the area. That is why we headed to Caromb to meet friends one evening a few months …

Hilda Stearn · Lunchtime Meals · Provencal Recipes · Taste

Recipe for Fig Pizza from Caromb

June 1, 2016

Fig Pizza A simple yet stunning creation that is great as an hors d’oeuvre or simple lunch served with a salad. The list of ingredients is small and it takes about 10 minutes to prepare this flavorful dish.…

Julie Whitmarsh · Markets in Provence and Cote d'Azur · Taste

A Fig Festival and a horse in a flat-cap

August 24, 2015

I can’t help it – I’m a sucker for a local Festival in France – so you can imagine I was delighted when, on a planned bike ride last week, we arrived in Saint Didier and noticed a sign for the Fig Festival taking place in Caromb that day. Continue reading here for the original …

Hilda Stearn · Taste

Falling in Love with Fresh Figs for Dessert

November 24, 2014

“Would you like some figs for dessert?” I was asked following a lovely meal one summer’s evening in Caromb. For someone who had only ever eaten figs in yoghurt this was an opportunity not to be missed! My fellow diners rose from the table and headed outside. This intrigued me as I had assumed that …

Hilda Stearn · Inspire

Provence Lifestyle by accident or was it fate?

October 13, 2014

When my widowed mum announced that she was moving to France we all assumed that she would settle in Brittany or Normandy – places she had visited many times with my father. Within easy reach of the UK and her beloved granddaughter the north of France seemed sensible. My strong-willed mum had other ideas: she …

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Caromb

For Provencal Pottery Visit Caromb a Village in the Vaucluse

Restaurant Review: Le 6 à Table in Caromb

Recipe for Fig Pizza from Caromb

A Fig Festival and a horse in a flat-cap

Falling in Love with Fresh Figs for Dessert

Provence Lifestyle by accident or was it fate?

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