Salies-de-Béarn, a small town in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques is not a million miles from Bordeaux, and at the end of the journey there is the discovery of an unanticipated setting, the discreet charm of a spa town and an atmosphere a…

There are some things that I take seriously. The specialties of Bordeaux are some of those things. Some have become victims of their own success and are imitated in the rest of France. The Cannelé or Canelé is undoubtedly the best…

For many people, especially outside France, Bordeaux is synonymous with wine. But this city whose name is inscribed on thousands of bottles does not actually have any large vineyards within its boundaries. I have a few places wher…