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April 25 – May 2, 2010

Normandy: Honfleur and Bayeux, France

Normandy’s people still have a special old-fashioned reverence for farming, ﬁshing, cooking and eating that is quickly visible in its patchwork of working family farms, in ﬂeets of small ﬁshing boats plying its bounteous waters, and in small busy restaurants abounding in traditional drinks and dishes. Our trip, based in Honﬂeur and Bayeux, included visits to a Calvados distiller, an oyster farm, the Normandy Invasion Beaches, Mont St. Michel, a farm raising salt-marsh lamb, and more.

Trip Highlights:

Chef Host: Cookbook author and teacher Susan Hermann Loomis, On Rue Tatin, Louviers, France

Walking tour of Honﬂeur with local guide
Lunch with cooking demo by Susan Hermann Loomis at l’Auberge de la Source
Guided Calvados tasting with local expert and visit to family Calvados distillery
Visit to 15th c. Norman manor and cheese making tour
Scenic tour of the Côte Fleurie; coﬀee in Deauville
Visit to La Calvadosienne Oyster Farm
Walking Tour of Bayeux and its cathedral
“Foods of the Bayeux Tapestry” talk with Dun Giﬀord
Cooking demonstration with Susan, followed by lunch
Visit to Bayeux Tapesty Museum
Visit to salt-marsh lamb farm on the Cotentin Peninsula
Tour of Mont Saint Michel Abbey
Early-morning guided visit to the Bayeux Market
Homage to D-Day at the Invasion Beaches
Incredible meals representative of the cuisine of Normandy