In France, the Christmas festive days are spent inside with the family, but for le réveillon, or New Year’s Eve the doors are flung open and all and sundry are invited in. Everyone must have a party to go to and if they don’t they go to a restaurant or hotel to celebrate New Years Day in Provence with Aigo boulidou, or Garlic Soup[Read More]
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Olives Cassées de Paradou
I love olives, which is just as well, as there's a lot of them about in Provence. There are olive groves everywhere you look and most people living in the countryside have olive trees in their gardens. My favourite olives are called picholines, they are slightly elongated and Olives Cassées de Paradou[Read More]
Poppies and Chocolates
From snails (and puppy dogs tails) to sugar and spice and all things nice; I have decided this week to write about chocolate and poppies. Everyone in and around Saint Remy knows the chocolate shop, Joel Durand; it is more than just a chocolate shop, it is a roller coaster Poppies and Chocolates[Read More]
