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RÉSO BIO – MORE THAN JUST A HEALTH FOOD SHOP

Kate 25/04/2017 0 Comments

At first meeting, Gerard Magny, founder of Réso Bio, is a calm and quietly-spoken man….but once he starts talking about the organic produce that lines the spacious shelves of his chain of Réso Bio shops around the region, he lights up like a firework!

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Saffron: a high maintenance love affair, part III

Laura McLellan 24/04/2017 0 Comments

Saffron production is a labour of love – a process so labour intensive that it is hardly surprising that the fiery coloured spice is the most expensive in the world.

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Catllar: the best thing since sliced bread!

Kate 21/04/2017 0 Comments

Not much happens here so we are excited to have had a change of proprietor ( or more accurately proprietors) in the Catllar bakery.

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Saffron: a high maintenance love affair, part II

Laura McLellan 22/03/2017 0 Comments

Saffron production is a labour of love – a process so labour intensive that it is hardly surprising that the fiery coloured spice is the most expensive in the world.

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Saint Laurent de Cerdans: The Lollipop Shop

Kate 14/03/2017 0 Comments

If there is one thing to say about St Laurent de Cerdans it’s that it’s very calm. In French they say, “There is not a cat” and that’s how it can feel driving down the main road.

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Saffron: a high maintenance love affair

Laura McLellan 23/02/2017 0 Comments

Saffron production is a labour of love – a process so labour intensive that it is hardly surprising that the fiery coloured spice is the most expensive in the world.

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Review of Château Nadal Hainaut

Laura McLellan 12/02/2017 0 Comments

Château Nadal Hainault, Le Soler By Christopher Dawson In the heart of the Roussillon, the Priory of Santa Marie de l’Eule was built by Cistercian Monks in the XII Century, from which the Old Chapel is still…

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Winter blues? Keep Calm and Quilt!

Kate 17/01/2017 0 Comments

by Laura Mclellan   Some like it hot – which is exactly how we’ve had it throuout summer. Then came autumn, plenty of warm sunshine nevertheless a herald of the chill of winter to come.…

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Femmes Formidables – dynamic women of the P-O

Kate 15/12/2016 3 Comments

Up to 4 months maternity leave, free health care for all, government-funded crèches and écoles maternelles, and a medal for having four children or more (yes really, read on)…. What a joy to be a…

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TAPESTRY IN PORT VENDRES – YOUR HELP NEEDED

Kate 02/11/2016 0 Comments

 LA GRANDE TAPISSERIE DE PORT-VENDRES A couple of years ago, after seeing the Scottish Tapestry on display in Aberdeen, I had the idea of developing a tapestry reflecting the history of the town where I…

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