Regional Chronicles
The Perigord is a picture, a land situated in the South-West of France, inside a triangle made up by Limoges, Bordeaux and Toulouse.
Our region has been known since the beginning of times: Cromagnon, rock paintings, Lascaux…
It was in the thousand castles of this area that a simple way of cooking was created, elaborated, cultivated... Farmers’ daughters were hired by the Lords to do the cooking. From learning how to cook to passing on the knowledge. The know-how became the art of eating... What Montaigne, the philosopher, called: "the science of the mouth". It is a cuisine of know-how!...
The history of Perigord is full of wars: the Hundred Year War, wars of religion, the Peasants’ Revolt. After the French Revolution, the region suffered terrible shortages!... Women used their culinary know-how from the castles to learn to preserve food. Preserves are an institution in our country. The use of simple and natural regional products... of salt and pepper...
It is to highlight this know-how that Christine and I have created our brand, Périgord Produits Tradition Familiale.
Gilles Hermès Storyteller Périgord Produits
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