Craftsmen & Know-How
The Basque cake, its history and our best addresses
Etxeko bixkotxa or Basque cake is first and foremost a family recipe dating back to the 18th century. Its exact meaning is "gâteau de la maison", a recipe created by Marianne Hirigoyen, the only pastry chef in Cambo-les-Bains in 1932.
Craftsmen & Know-How
When pastry chefs sublimate the mirabelle plum from Lorraine
At the same time as tomatoes, the mirabelle plum, a sweet, slightly acidic variety of plum, is a great tool for seasonal pastry creations. Here are a few of our chefs' creations.
Hotels & Bed & Breakfast
Abbey, museum, mill... 5 hotels steeped in history
They have sheltered princesses or monks, travelers or knights, and all tell, in their own way, a piece of our history. Medieval abbey or Renaissance castle; 18th-century mill, coron or modernist UFO.... Discover our nuggets that offer much more than just a refuge for the night. A moment of culture and emotion.
Craftsmen & Know-How
Vacherin cheese
Gault&Millau continues its sweet conquest with a monument to French patisserie. A new episode dedicated, this time, to the vacherin.