Encore Provence - New Adventures in the South of France (Abridged, Book, Abridged edition)

Peter Mayle celebrates his homecoming to his beloved Provence with a joyous mix of Gallic characters, adventure, and culinary treats. The pauses for refreshment include a feast in a converted gas station, a rendezvous with the best bouillabaisse in Marseilles, and visits to eventful Sunday-morning markets. But there is life after lunch, and we also discover a school for noses in Haute-Provence, a gardener who grows black tomatoes, and the secret of the oversexed butcher.

Never has Peter Mayle written with more unabashed pleasure about his heaven on earth.