To celebrate St Valentine’s day, the village of Roquemaure in the Gard whisks us back to 1868
The tale of the bear is immortalised by the people of Prats des Mollo in the Pyrénées-Orientales, in their annual Day of the Bear.
This dish, prepared in yonder days for Sunday lunch, was a festive meal. It was in made in a "cassolo", a deep clay dish that gave its name to cassoulet.