# The Table — The South of France
> The Table — eating the South of France, from market stalls to starred dining rooms. Olive oil, rosé, bouillabaisse, truffles and the chefs who keep the produce honest.

*Source : https://the-south-of-france.com/en/the-table/*

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The Section · La rubrique

Olive oil and _rosé_, bouillabaisse and black truffle — the South laid out plate by plate, from the fishing quay to the tasting menu.

![A southern French market under morning light](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1597824854158-9226c52cd21b?fm=jpg&q=76&w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop) The Grand Report · Across the South

The Grand Report · Across the South

## The _morning market_, region by region

Aix, Sète, Nice, Arles. Six markets, one rule — arrive early, follow the queue of locals, and never buy a tomato that isn’t in season.

Words — Élise Marchand

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![A pot of fish soup on a stove](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1446155844149-5ac83a06ca74?fm=jpg&q=74&w=900&auto=format&fit=crop)

Bistros

#### A real bouillabaisse

Where to find the dish made to the 1980 charter — rockfish, two services, and rouille on toast.

Marseille · Bouches-du-Rhône

![A glass of pale rosé in the sun](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1604948559069-3287d5c5a6e5?fm=jpg&q=74&w=900&auto=format&fit=crop)

Wine

#### The rosé of Bandol & Provence

Pale, mineral and built to age — the serious side of a wine the world drinks too fast.

Var & Bouches-du-Rhône

![Bottles of green olive oil](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1597512432969-dd65354dba02?fm=jpg&q=74&w=900&auto=format&fit=crop)

Olive Oil

#### The new olive oil

A protected appellation and a flavour of fresh-cut grass — the moulins to visit at first pressing.

Vallée des Baux · Provence

![A truffle on a wooden board](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1587579785043-eccb9f70391d?fm=jpg&q=74&w=900&auto=format&fit=crop)

Markets

#### The black truffle of the Tricastin

Europe’s largest tuber market, held every Saturday from November — bring cash and a cool head.

Richerenches · Vaucluse

![A chef plating in a bright kitchen](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1715792001784-708b1d2c0bcd?fm=jpg&q=74&w=900&auto=format&fit=crop)

Chefs

#### The garden kitchens of Arles

A generation cooking within metres of where they grow — the most quietly radical tables in the South.

Arles · Camargue

![Almond sweets on a market stall](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1673423050661-134515109330?fm=jpg&q=74&w=900&auto=format&fit=crop)

Sweet

#### The thirteen desserts

Nougat, calissons, dried figs and fougasse — the old Provençal table that ends every winter feast.

Provence · at Christmas

The Address Book · Le carnet d’adresses

### The South, _tasted_

Table

##### Chez Fonfon

Marseille · the Vallon des Auffes

Wine

##### Domaine Tempier

Bandol · Le Plan-du-Castellet

Market

##### Les Halles de Sète

Sète · Hérault

Oil

##### Moulin Castelas

Les Baux-de-Provence

Sweet

##### Maison Brémond 1830

Aix-en-Provence

Truffle

##### La Beaugravière

Mondragon · Vaucluse

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