The Wheat of Sainte Barbe’s day
My creche (nativity) is waiting for……
La Poutargue … the Caviar of Provence
La poutargue, the caviar of Provence, is the roe of the..
Le Puy-en-Velay
I spent a week in the Auvergne, an area visited infrequently by Americans. This French departement and the area around Le-Puy-en-Velay intrigued me and I had always wanted….
BOXWOOD BEAD CURTAINS
What beautiful craftsmanship! One sees these ‘rideaux’ (curtains) in doorways all over Provence. The true boxwood bead curtain is made from ‘box’, a very dense wood with beautiful grain patterns. From forest to bead is a long process. It takes almost 30 years for a box to have the 8-10 cm trunk necessary for harvest. Then…
SALT from the CAMARGUE
There is nothing like a French Road Trip when you have absolutely no plans, don’t know where you are going to end up, and the plan is actually not ..
LYON….
What a great way to begin my sojourn in France! In LYON…a city with its very own traditions……the city known for its traboules, the Guignol puppet character and many culinary specialties. I was in heaven! The visit began where Lyon began as a Gallo-Roman settlement known as Lugdunum. It sits at the top of Lyon…