Conversations in Provence inevitably turn to local markets (and food and wine, of course). Did you see the plump figs at the small stand at the far end of the bassin? Who is your favorite cheese man? Which Tuesday market do you favor? Where can I get a good head of lettuce? Which market has the best espadrilles? Where do you park at L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue?This summer, markets still dominated many of my exchanges, but a question surfaced that I had never been asked: have you ever been to the market in Pertuis? Pertuis Market Photo by Susan Manfull Now, for me, there were only four reasons to (occasionally) venture into Pertuis: 1) to go to the Zone Industrial where one finds, for example, the SFR store and the Hyper-U; 2) to pick up someone from the bus station; 3) to eat Vietnamese food; or 4) to play squash. I had never thought about going to the market in Pertuis. There is a growing concern, among some of the local folks with whom I spoke, that the authenticity of many of the markets in the Luberon is declining. The Lourmarin market, long a favorite market of people in the area, appears [...]