Category: Food & Restaurants
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L’Ardoise Restaurant… Fresh & Gourmet Dining in Bandol
Finally the sun is out and we can really start taking advantage of spring. The signs have all been there… cafés putting out their “deck chairs” for local sun-worshippers, articles upon articles on how to choose the right blooms for your garden, and about a gazillon ads for patio furniture of all shapes & sizes. […]
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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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How to Make a French Apéro
Bonjour dear readers and friends. It’s been a busy couple of weeks around le sud. With spring in full-swing, and the sunshine finally making a (very) long-awaited appearance, the French joie de vivre has been hard to escape. So given that we had our first “official” outside apéro just a few short weeks ago, I […]
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Il Était Une Fois Restaurant in Aix-en-Provence
Aix is a beautiful city at any time of the year, but in spring it takes on a particularly vibrant atmosphere. Already full to the brim with locals, and the first spattering of tourists, spring is a great time to visit before the real summer rush begins. And this was exactly how we found the […]
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A Great Restaurant in Avignon… Numéro 75
We had one glorious day in Avignon during our extended weekend at Isle-sur-la-Sorgue and instead of making it a mad-dash run to see all we could see, we opted for a morning trip to the Les Halles market and a long, leisurely lunch. The question was, as it often is in an unknown city, where […]
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The Olive Festival in Ollioules
Of the many villages with interesting names in the Var, I can’t help but giggle everytime I think of dear ‘ole Ollioules. Apart from having a name with way too many vowels, the village is one of the most “recherché” (sought after) places to live in the area… great access to the autoroute, about 10 […]
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