A bouquet garni from the Basque Country in "Echappées belles" on France 5

You call that a job?

Anto Cocagne, a name that suits the region she discovers, travels the most beautiful paths of

to reach talented producers and restaurateurs.

The Southwest looks like a playground for this enthusiastic cook and entertainer.

There, trout gaining their salmon color in the cool waters of the Pyrenees.

Here, pigs with black ears, of the kintoa breed – 180 kg of charm.

The breeder who pampers them, Pierre Oteiza, seems to have become an essential referent for any documentary filmed in the region...

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The chef sometimes cooks with four hands, sprinkling local recipes with memories of her native Gabon.

This “Beautiful escapes”, which avoids the trap of folklore, shows all the facets of life in the Basque Country.

From the small bars of Biarritz to the pastoral life in the mountains, which one reached fifty years ago in ten or fifteen hours of walking from the villages.

The price for offering greener grass to the beasts and letting the meadows of the valleys rest.

Trucks now help transport the sheep to the heights.

The shepherd, who can get there from the month of May, sleeps for months in a stone shelter called cayolar.

The Ossau-Iraty gains, surrounded by this idyllic environment, a particular flavor.

As for this “Echappées belles”, it could perhaps have been, it is our only downside, to move away a little more from the beaten track.

And why not go and interview elders, who are absent from the magazine.