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Silk "Wild Flowers" stitched damask  on
satin back, 1900 (detail),
Lyon.

  

Bresse poultries (guaranteed product), pork butcheries  (like the famous Rosette of Lyon), quenelles (still at Lyon)...
Truffles...
Cheeses : Bleu of Bresse, Fourme of Ambert, Rigottes of Condrieu and Ampuis, Chevretons of Beaujolais, Fourme bleue of Montbrisson, Cervelle de Canut.

And more at a high altitude : Emmental, Beaufort, Tomme, Reblochon and Vacherin...

And how many wines ? And great wines : Brouilly, Côte de brouilly, Morgon, Fleurie, Juliénas, Chénas, Chiroubles, Saint-amour, Moulin-à-vent... And also the wines of Savoie, the Côtes du Rhône as Côte-rotie, Condrieu, Saint-Joseph, Hermitage, Cornas...

What a wealth of flavours ! Rhône-Alpes is well known as the world center of lavender’s trade (Nyons and Montguers), a clockery tradition place (Chamonix school) and hold a great know-how in cutlery (Annecy) or in luxe paper manufacturing (Annonay).