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Georgeanne BrennanOn my web site, you'll find information about my cookbooks and garden books, my recent and upcoming articles in newspapers and magazines, my seasonal cooking school, Provence in California, the Annual Writers Retreat for Women in Provence, that I co-founded, and forthcoming events in which I will be participating.

If you would like to receive my quarterly newsletter with tips and updates about food and life in Provence and Northern California, as well as other interesting places I visit, please enter your contact information on the form and request to be put on the mailing list.

You can also take a virtual tour of a small village house in Provence that I own and that you can rent by the week. Contact me with questions and comments.

Cast a vote!

My local year-round farmers' market, the Davis Farmers Market is competing in the 2010 "America's Favorite Farmers Market" contest sponsored by American Farmland Trust and I am hoping that those of you have shopped and cooked there with me (or those that are going to), will help us win the content. We did win last year, in 2009, but this year the competition is stiff from the Rochester NY market, a 7-day market housed in an historic building in New York.

You, your family and friends can cast their votes for Davis Farmers Market online at www.farmland.org/vote



August 14th Workshops at Book Passage

Join Georgeanne at the Book Passage in Corte Madera, August 14 at the Writing Conference for Food, Travel, and Photography. Georgeanne will be giving a workshop, "Writing with the Senses" and participating in a panel with her daughter, Ethel Brennan and photographer Lara Hata on "Collaborating on a Cookbook." Event info

Provence Writer's Retreat for Women

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Georgeanne BrennanCome join me and Joanne Kauffman for a nurturing week in Provence, writing, cooking, walking the ruelles of medieval villages, exploring ideas, food, and luxuriating in the calm and quiet. deep in the heart of rural Provence. For one week, a handful of women create a simple community of kindred spirits, with plenty of free time balanced by one on one instruction, and group experiences.

You don’t need to be a published writer, or even an experienced one. Just a woman who wants time to explore her creativity, be it through a writing journal, poetry, or blog or cooking from the farm’s garden.

Sign up now for the Second Annual Provence Writers Retreat for Women – Sept 19-25

A Pig in Provence

A Pig in Provence, my memoir of a life with food in Provence, continues to attract readers, and I get fan mail on Facebook, as well as email, which is fun. Click here to see photographs of Ethel with Lucretia the pig of the title, one of me and Oliver as a baby, and my herd of goats, as well as Marie and Marcel, my longtime neighbors and friends in Provence.

Provence in California

My Provence in California cooking classes continue to be a source of inspiration and fun. Since the Sunset Magazine story about the classes appeared in the May issue, I’ve been inundated with requests, and have been sold out for nearly a month. I finally succombed, and have added new classes. Click here to see them.

From Garden to Stove

The first tomatoes have ripened and summer is officially here. Along with tomatoes I have eggplant, summer squash, beans, and all kinds of herbs. The rows of garlic have been dug, along with the onions, potatoes and shallots, and are stored, waiting for us to cook.

Cooking guests enjoy using my brand-new, green-enameled, brass trimmed CornuFe French range. I love it, not just because it is so beautiful, but because it is such fun to cook in. It has two electric ovens, a 17,000 btu central burner, and a burner just for simmering, in addition to 3 other powerful burners. Read my essay about the angst I suffered when trying to decide to buy it, but it was worth it!

Consulting

My consulting business, Evans & Brennan, LLC, which I share with my business partner, Ann M. Evans, continues to be full of exciting work around local food, food policy, and marketing. We are currently working to increase fresh, local, seasonal food in the Davis Joint Unified School District, and the results have been phenomenal. More than 43 % of the fresh produce, as well as Extra-Virgin olive oil, rice, and polenta is now being purchased within a 300-mile radius. Students are enjoying Thai Style Lemon Chicken with Organic Steamed Rice, salad bars twice a week, and pizzas made from scratch. I love giving the professional development cooking lessons to the staff.

~Georgeanne