De Mailly entered military service as a musketeer, and in 1749 was appointed lieutenant general for the Roussillon and commander in chief of the province.
Suzanne Dunaway LOVES to cook. Some might say she LIVES to cook. Having cooked, written and painted around the world, here she shares her PO-inspired recipes in this weekly blog.
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I love these crispy apéro fritters made with healthy orange lentils, especially in the summer when we are having curry and cold cucumber raita to stave off summer’s heat.
An update of local news in the Pyrenees-Orientales
This walk also takes in the marina, the commercial port and then on out beyond the headland overlooking the harbour wall lighthouse ‘Feu de Mole’ (dating from 1848) and then touches the wild and rugged garrigue of Cap Bear.
At the foot of the Albères mountain range, just a short drive away from the Spanish border lies Argelès.
A whole host of interesting facts about the region and further afield for your reading pleasure. So, did you know…?
Claude Viallat’s playful take on art is currently filling the Espace des arts, Le Boulou.able body of work on display at the Musée Maillol, Banyuls.
Havaneres Named after the capital town of Cuba, La Habana (Havana), these sea shanties were brought back from Cuba by soldiers, sailors and expats in the 19th Century, originally to the coastal towns…