It’s Tuesday morning in Lourmarin and, as I drink my grand crème at Café Gaby, soaking up the morning sun and watching the passers-by, I feel pressure mounting. Our empty baskets rest on the chairs next to us and our shopping list—loosely composed so that what I find at the market can guide my ultimate selections—sits on the table. Which market shall we head toward this morning? There are so many markets from which to choose. Stress in Provence? Yup….but, oh to have such stress. Every day is market day in Provence, but not all days are as blessed as Tuesday, a day that can boast an inordinately large number of terrific markets within an hour’s radius of our stomping grounds in Lourmarin. Bassin de l’Etang in Cucuron Usually we go to Cucuron, one of my very favorite markets in Provence. In just minutes—the village is just 8 kilometers from Lourmarin—we can find ourselves tooling around the Bassin de l’Etang, a stone pool that is spring fed and dates back to the Middle Ages. Giant plane trees frame the Olympic size pool and, in the warm summer mornings, offer a welcome canapé of shade. Vendors line three sides of [...]