https://bickerstaffbooksellers.com There's no such thing as too many books! Thu, 08 Jan 2026 19:32:08 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://bickerstaffbooksellers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Bickerstaff-Booksellers-512-120x120.jpg https://bickerstaffbooksellers.com 32 32 https://bickerstaffbooksellers.com/product/encore-provence/ https://bickerstaffbooksellers.com/product/encore-provence/#respond Thu, 08 Jan 2026 18:14:56 +0000 https://bickerstaffbooksellers.com/product/encore-provence/ After trying–what folly!–to live in other places, Peter Mayle is back in his beloved Provence. He celebrates his homecoming by sharing with us a whole new feast of adventures, discoveries, hilarities, and culinary treats, liberally seasoned with a joyous mix of Gallic characters. The pauses for refreshment include an unforgettable meal in a converted gas station, a rendezvous with the very best bouillabaisse, and visits to eventful weekly markets. But there is life after lunch, and we also discover a school for noses in Haute Provence, a gardener who grows black tomatoes, the secret of the oversexed butcher, a celebration of Alowine (Halloween) Provence-style, and the genetic effects of two thousand years of “fois gras.” There is a memorable tour of Marseille, a comprehensive lesson on olive oil, a search for the perfect cork-screw, and invaluable recommendations for splendid local cheeses, wines, honey, bread, country restaurants, and off-the-beaten-track places to stay. Never has Peter Mayle written with more unabashed pleasure about his heaven on earth.

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