Our Sunday adventure took us southeast to Montfaucon, where a "Foire à Tout" was being held.
The literal translation is "a fair with everything".
This village provided a wonderful setting for the Brocante, Vide-Greniers, flower market, vendors with their regional products and local artists...painters, authors, potters displaying and selling their works of art.
The sun was shining as we wondered through the stalls at the "Brocante", visited the flower market, and the artisan displays.
Although no antique treasures were purchased today, we did have our eye on an original oil painting which came with the provenance of the artist.
It was a tempting painting of the sea in an attractive frame.
We did make some purchases which included some food items that I will talk about later.
We bought a lovely hand-painted tile which will be useful as a trivet in our Canadian kitchen, a small sachet of Quercy saffron that we will use in some recipes while cooking in France and a hand crafted 3-D note card...who will we send this to?
A is for Apple pie ... actually "croustade aux pommes" the dough/ pastry is similar to the elephant ears that my daughter-in-law's Portuguese Grandmother makes....so delicious!
I have already done a google search for some authentic recipes...this may be our new dessert for our "Family Thanksgiving" in October.
B is for Brocante....you already know what these are if you have been following the blog...this is Monsieur Honey's newest hobby.
We've been to many of these which are also called "Vide-greniers" or in North American / Canadian terms ....flea markets or community yard sales sometimes spiced up with actual antique dealers who travel the circuit.
C is for Cheese....
"Say Cheese"! ... as we were leaving the fair, the cheese artisan caught our attention and offered free samples of his products ... an aged cheese made from three different milks particularly tantalized Monsieur Honey's taste buds, and the words rambled quickly from his lips, "une petite pièce, s'il vous plaît" without any notice of the price....this was like the Golden Egg of Cheeses...at €59.95 per kg....our small piece cost €17.09.
It better be good, Monsieur Honey!
The sunshine and warm temperatures drew me to the Flower Market, where I found some beautiful deep red geraniums, some snapdragons, and other bedding plants to fill some pots at the cottage...and that was my project for the sunny afternoon.
It was a wonderful way to spend the first Sunday in May!
