I had just been talking to my sister Sabrina on Skype and she told me how she had cooked a delicious recipe for Basque ham hock with lentils. Both she and her husband are on a mission to lose weight (her daughter is getting married in April, and like Carol Middleton, Sabrina is Pied de Cochon[Read More]
Oranges and Lemons
The other day I asked my sister Sabrina what came to mind when she thought about Provence and she said lemons. Everyone loves lemons, especially this time of year, she said and urged me to write about them. Coincidentally, David Lebovitz had just written a piece about citrus Oranges and Lemons[Read More]
Truffles
It's January, the month deemed to be the most depressing of the year. The Christmas lights have finally come down, but Spring is not yet here; we're still in the throes of winter and everyone is broke. What to do to cheer ourselves up? Luckily there is la Fete des Truffes Truffles[Read More]
Swedish Meatballs
How many Billy Bookshelves does the average person buy in a lifetime? I asked myself as I drove towards the new IKEA that has opened outside Avignon. Every place that I have lived, L.A, London and now France I have bought a set to hold my books. They are cheap, do the job, (as Swedish Meatballs[Read More]
The Singing Butchers
La grande surface, or shopping centre outside of town, was long ago embraced and fully adopted by the French, emptying small towns of their shops, including ours which locals will tell you, was once a thriving metropolis, but is today full of boarded up shops, now used as garages The Singing Butchers[Read More]