A postcard from Pézenas

I cheated on our market in Marseillan at the Saturday market in Pézenas. Plus a beautiful winter recipe for rainbow chard with garlic, anchovies, and golden raisins, and my cheating market haul.

The streets of Pézenas.

I’ve been seeing other markets. I am here to say I cheated on my beloved Tuesday market in Marseillan. Our friend Rachel was visiting from Spain for the weekend, so I thought she’d enjoy the Saturday market in Pézenas, a town about 25 minutes’ drive from here.

Pézenas was the capital of the Languedoc in the Sixteenth Century, a pro…