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Hi Everyone, Below is the description of the Bouillabaisse de Marseille class I will be doing for my friend Charlie Vollmer at …

  As a Francophile teenager growing up in Southern California I desperately wanted to try what seemed to me the ultimate French …

Spring is Coming –Recipes, Travel, and Updates Welcome! Here you’ll find some recipes, travel notes from France, and some updates about me …

I’ve been in love with radicchio, a member of the chicory family, since I first visited the huge, sandy production fields lying …

In old Provence, the table for Christmas Eve dinner, or the gros souper, was set with three white tablecloths to represent the …

Early November In early November, I start getting excited about the holidays. I get out my big black book and start planning …

My radicchio, escarole and frisee are on their way to the salad bowl. The young plants are flourishing in the garden, and …

Persimmons In Quinson, not far from my house in Provence, on the road to the Gorges du Verdon, there is a persimmon …

Quince is one of my favorite fruits. I like the way the greenish golden fruits hang gracefully from branches bent with their …

I love coarse Sel de Guérande salt for its purity. Nothing added. Just the salt, rich with natural minerals. Coarse, grayish crystals, …