I’ve been corresponding for years with expat Barbara Wilde, who shared this recipe with me. Barbara is passionate and highly knowledgeable about the food of Haute-Provence, France, where the fine local ingredients include lamb, honey, truffles, wild mushrooms, olives, olive oil, chestnuts, lavender, and, of course, the legendary herbal mix herbes de Provence. We share a love of the tender daubes of the region.

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