LE CHEF DE LA SEMAINE. Philippe Barrière, L’Atelier de la Truffe à Carcassonne. Amateurs de truffes, courrez à cette adresse ! Depuis 2013, Philippe Barrière, « pape de la truffe » accueille ses clients dans une ambiance chaleureuse et conviviale et propose tartines, œufs cocotte ou pommes de terre à la truffe, le tout accompagné…

By Mary Winston Nicklin | February 4, 2016 Domaines Paul Mas, situated in Montagnac, is one of the largest private wine-making companies in France. In the south of France, Provence often steals the spotlight. But just next door, the Languedoc-Roussillon region — merging with Midi-Pyrénées in 2016 as the number of French regions is reduced…

http://www.pebblesoup.co.uk/2016/01/meet-truffle-expert-interview-with.html « It’s all about sex. » That was Philippe Barrière’s gambit and it worked. He and I were prepared to listen to every single word that Monsieur Truffe had to say. Philippe is the man who has been looking after the quality control of the truffle production, la trufficulture, in the South of France for the past 20…