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with black truffles from the trunks of their cars. Stay until lunchtime and have a
truffle omelette at one of the two cafés in the village.
5 THE BEST PRODUCE
Tip 1 When looking for the best meat, look for a line of elderly French women.
They know how to shop! Tip 2 Look at the vendors: just as people often re-
semble their dogs, produce vendors resemble their produce. If the vendor is
neat, trim, clean, so will his produce be neat, trim, clean. Dirty fingernails usually
mean ugly produce! Tip 3 Take time to tour the entire market before you buy.
Nothing is worse that a quick, rash purchase at the beginning of the market, only
to find better, better-priced produce later on.