On the port

Today, I’m grateful to my dogs for a house history lesson and I share a recipe for leeks vinaigrette.

Gracie and Barney walking along the port.

One of the best things about living in France – to me, and perhaps to you too – is how dog friendly it is. You can take your dogs with you almost everywhere. In cafés and restaurants, bowls of water for the dogs often appear before their human’s apéritifs.

Jean Voisin built the largest house on the port, the only …