Category: Food & Restaurants
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All about truffles… At La Maison de la Truffe in Aups
Greetings dear readers and friends! Summer is already in full swing here and we are hot, hot, hot. No one is complaining though, as this is one of the best times of the year. The region is abuzz with festivals, concerts, arts’ programs, and every possible sort of foodie event imaginable. I had the pleasure…
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Making the Perfect Fraisier…with Guest in the City
Greetings dear readers and friends! Well, summer is just around the corner and I couldn’t be happier. Now starts the long beach days, longer lunches (capped off with a few glasses of rosé of course), and a general “slowing down” of life in the south – the time of year when Provence really shines. And…
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Jean-Marc Villard’s Cooking School in Provence
Greetings dear readers and friends! I’m thrilled to share with you a wonderful day I had attending a cooking class in the Luberon. Besides being an absolutely stunning region, my day spent at Jean-Marc Villard’s Cooking School was an unforgettable (and delicious!) experience. I’ll just have to take a minute to set the scene here……
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Gourmet lunch at L’Esperance in Bandol
Greetings dear readers and friends from a very chilly Provence. It’s been a while since the last blog post, and honestly, during the winter months, I’m a bit hard-pressed to know what to write about. Everything slows down here quite considerably… maybe it’s due to the weather, or maybe we’re all just spending too much…
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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…
Belle Provence Travels 