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From Cancale, world capital for oysters, to St Briac, where Renoir loved daydreaming, this stretch of granite rocks and gold sand shelters resorts with everything discerning visitors on a budget could dream of.
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In France, the oyster beaches at Cancale in Brittany have been supplying Paris since the court of Francis I in the 16th century.
Oysters Come Back in Vogue Will Lyons 2010
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We were fed on fresh lobster, langoustines and potted shrimps, poached salmon and grilled halibut, Cancale oysters and Persian caviar—the evening had a nautical theme—and plied with every kind of wine and spirit you can imagine.
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009
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We were fed on fresh lobster, langoustines and potted shrimps, poached salmon and grilled halibut, Cancale oysters and Persian caviar—the evening had a nautical theme—and plied with every kind of wine and spirit you can imagine.
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009
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We were fed on fresh lobster, langoustines and potted shrimps, poached salmon and grilled halibut, Cancale oysters and Persian caviar—the evening had a nautical theme—and plied with every kind of wine and spirit you can imagine.
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009
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We were fed on fresh lobster, langoustines and potted shrimps, poached salmon and grilled halibut, Cancale oysters and Persian caviar—the evening had a nautical theme—and plied with every kind of wine and spirit you can imagine.
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009
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We were fed on fresh lobster, langoustines and potted shrimps, poached salmon and grilled halibut, Cancale oysters and Persian caviar—the evening had a nautical theme—and plied with every kind of wine and spirit you can imagine.
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009
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Look, La Cancale have a pale beige mantle and toothed shells, like this.
The Hundred-Foot Journey Richard C. Morais 2008
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The rest are all Breton oysters, true, but I see at least another six that are not the very fine La Cancale pousses en claires from around Mont Saint-Michel.
The Hundred-Foot Journey Richard C. Morais 2008
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Look, La Cancale have a pale beige mantle and toothed shells, like this.
The Hundred-Foot Journey Richard C. Morais 2008
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