Conde Nast Traveller

June 2006

The House at.. Hautefage, a 19th century farmhouse in Lot-et-Garonne, an hours drive from Toulouse, was a hit when it opened in April for family rentals, and fashion shoots. Now residential cookery courses are on offer in its retro-kitchen, which combines vintage wall tiles and a post office sorting-table with Tisettanta stainless steel units and Robert Welch cutlery

Genevieve Cazottes, the Chef at La Maison sur la Place in Penne d'Agenais, will teach south-western French cuisine, focusing on specialities such as cooking with honey, and arrange visits to a snail-farm