Recipes from South-West France?

I could kick myself, I gave away a whole set of regional books and I can't even remember who published them, but they were ancient.

Was the one you saw this?

www.amazon.co.uk/Carnets-cuisine-Du-P%C3%A9rigord-l%C2%92Elys%C3%A9e/dp/2227486074

It's lovely. Have you clicked on a sample of the book to see if you can understand it? I think that you could cope, because you would only have to look up each word once and write it down and you would have made your own cookery terms dictionary.

No, it was this one:

www.amazon.co.uk/Recipes-Perigord-Recettes-Ma-Grand-Mere/dp/2862533904/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1401921478&sr=1-1&keywords=perigord+recipes

but thank you for the link - I haven't seen that one. I will have a good look at the samples and see if I could manage it! I was hoping for an English version but there isn't one.

We have always used Paula Wolfert: The Cooking of South-West France. Very good and well-written, with lots of background information.

Rick Stein, following his TV prog about a narrowboat journey along the Canal du Midi.
The melon, tomato and cucumber salad with a mint dressing is a real family favourite.

Elizabeth David's French Provincial Cooking - covers other parts of France, but it's one of those books I can read over and over, I like her style of writing.

Will check that one out too, Tricia. Looks as though I have a lot to choose from! Thank you all for the suggestions