Category: Le Blog

  • My French Platter Replenished… Book Review & Giveaway

    My French Platter Replenished… Book Review & Giveaway

    Dear readers and friends. She’s back! If you remember, around exactly one year ago, we had the pleasure of meeting Annemarie Rawson and her husband, Steve – as well as a host of charming friends and neighbors – in her delightful book, My French Platter. In this fun and inspiring armchair-traveler’s tale, Annemarie recounts how…

  • A French Brioche Recipe with a Twist

    A French Brioche Recipe with a Twist

    Greetings dear readers and friends. With the nice spring weather and a chance to get out to the local outdoor markets, we’ve been cooking up a storm in the south of France. Some comforting favorites, like quiche Lorraine and zucchini (courgette) gratin, and other dishes that we only see for a couple weeks in the…

  • A Table in Paris… Book Giveaway

    A Table in Paris… Book Giveaway

    Greetings dear readers and friends. We’re enjoying a pretty typical spring here in the south of France – sunshine, showers, sunshine again, and then more rain… which means that our garden will soon be in full bloom and the whole region of Provence will be alive with wildflowers and greenery. Springtime is pretty spectacular in…

  • A Beautiful Day in Sanary-sur-Mer

    A Beautiful Day in Sanary-sur-Mer

    Greetings dear readers and friends. I hope you are all safe and well in your respective corners of the world. We’re doing fine, just hoping that things change for the better in the months to come. After a few frosty weeks in the south of France, the sun is starting to shine and life feels…

  • Passion for Provence… Book Review & Giveaway

    Passion for Provence… Book Review & Giveaway

    Greetings dear readers and friends. Well, I think we all had hoped for a better start to 2021, but we’re staying positive in our corner of the world and looking to a better future ahead. One that includes loads of new adventures and many afternoon apéros spent with family and friends. And I’m thrilled to…

  • My French Platter… Book Review & Giveaway

    My French Platter… Book Review & Giveaway

    Greetings dear readers and friends. I hope you’re all safe and well in your corner of the world. Well, it’s an exciting day on the blog. What could be better than an escape to France at the moment? Even a virtual one… I had the pleasure of reading the delightful travel memoir / ultimate escape…

  • Introducing… Esterelle: Curators of beautiful Provençal fabrics

    Introducing… Esterelle: Curators of beautiful Provençal fabrics

    Greetings dear readers and friends. Well, things are really looking up in our corner of the world… hope your days and weeks have been full of many bright spots. Today, I’d like to send you (virtually) some of the south of France sunshine we’ve been blessed with these past few weeks.

  • Hello, again, from Provence

    Hello, again, from Provence

    Hello dear readers and friends. Well it’s been an incredible couple of months, hasn’t it… If you’re taking the time to read this post, thank you for hanging in there with me and continuing to follow this blog. Where to start? First, I hope you are all healthy and doing as best as you can…

  • Wildflowers, truffle-hunting, rosé-tastings… & other fabulous things happening in Provence

    Wildflowers, truffle-hunting, rosé-tastings… & other fabulous things happening in Provence

    Greeting dear readers and friends. Well, I think we could all use a few things to celebrate at the moment, so I thought it would be a nice time to share what’s making us happy to be in the South of France at this time of year. Truffle-hunting at Les Pastras farm What could be…

  • Expat tales… Christmas, Nutella, and saving NYE with a bit of Champagne

    Expat tales… Christmas, Nutella, and saving NYE with a bit of Champagne

    Greetings dear readers and friends. I’d like to take a moment to wish you a very happy and healthy New Year. As they say in France, bonne anneé and bonne santé! All of my best wishes for you and your family in 2020. On our end, we did our fair share of eating and drinking…