Author: Tuula
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My Provence: An Interview with Deborah Lawrenson
This post is the first in a new series which seeks to share different visions of this fascinating region. I hope you will enjoy the distinctive “voices” expressed in My Provence and be transported, if only temporarily, to this lovely corner of the world. Deborah Lawrenson An author, sometime journalist, and seasoned traveller, Deborah Lawrenson…
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Carpentras’ Strawberries & Tiramisu aux Fraises
If you glance at the kiosks around this time of year in France, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a food magazine that isn’t offering dessert recipes for “fruits rouge“. All berries are put on display this time of year, but only one plump beauty really holds center stage: the strawberry. And really, not just any…
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What to see and do in… St. Tropez
On what was to be our fourth trip to the most famous of all Provençal villages, I was determined to get our weekend visit to St. Tropez “right”. Past trips had been memorable for all the wrong reasons… including one ill-timed winter outing where we were whipped-about by Mistral winds & doused by rain. A couple of…
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Market Cooking…Poivrons-Mozzarella au Basilic
It’s been said that one of the best things about living / visiting the South of France is the chance to experience the Provençal markets. Fresh, colorful, and always full of interesting locals, sometimes more colorful than the produce itself, markets serve as the heart / gathering point of many southern towns. Plus, they’re just…
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The Beauty of Porquerolles Island
Living abroad is a funny thing. At first it can all seem like a permanent vacation in which you’ve somehow managed to land the starring role in the docu-drama, I Live in France, Isn’t that Crazy? Slowly, things start to take shape – you make friends, get a job, and can order macarons at the…
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