Author: Tuula
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Cooking Class at Chef Oui Chef
Last weekend we had our second cooking class at Chef Oui Chef in the town of La Garde – a small city sandwiched between Toulon and Hyères. And wow, was it a blast. Partly because our chef extraordinaire, Simon Istria, has a fantastic personality and regaled us with tales of his past cooking adventures (some…
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Solliès Fig Festival + Figues à la crème d’amande
Ahh figs… there are few festivals we enjoy as much as the annual fig fête at Solliès-Pont – a small village in the Var department, about 15 minutes from our home in Toulon. And if you can’t tell from the photos, this festival is a food-lover’s dream. The streets are lined with gorgeous, plump figs in every…
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Walker’s Provence… Review + Giveaway
This summer, amid beach days and a bit too much Rosé, we’ve started to explore different “off the beaten track” areas in our region… on foot. In my city-days, I was never much of a walker. Besides rushing down the street to grab my morning cup o’ Joe at Starbucks in sunny SoCal, or shuffling from…
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A Beginner’s Guide to Provençal Tablecloths
It’s with great pleasure that I introduce this week’s guest post by Sue Aitken. Sue was kind enough to participate in the My Provence series and also gave us many a fabulous tip on how to live la belle vie in the picturesque village of Sanary-sur-Mer. Today she shares with us one of her many passions –…
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My Provence: An Interview with Susana Iwase of Provence Living
I’m very happy to present the next installment of “My Provence” with Susana Iwase of Provence Living. Susana was born in Tokyo, grew up in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Berkeley (California), and traveled extensively for work until she finally found “THE PLACE” to call home. “I can’t imagine living anywhere else now as my family and…
Belle Provence Travels 