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Guest Post · Taste · Wines and Spirits of Provence

2022 Grape Harvest in Provence Showing Promise

October 3, 2022

This year there has been a severe drought in southern Europe, as several heat waves have hit the countries. In Provence, the whole summer felt like one long heat wave (canicule), with temperatures above 30 degrees mid-September in many locations. As a result, virtually all departments in France experienced some ...

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Explore · Paula Kane

In Love with Lavender and Provence

August 9, 2022

I’ve only been in Provence once during lavender season. It was many years ago when everything in the region was new to me and I was much less adventurous. As a result, I didn’t see much lavender and have regretted it ever since. This year I wanted to be here ...

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Books on Provence · Guest Post · Inspire

An Escape To Provence is a Love Letter to Provence

July 25, 2022

Sophie Claire just published her latest novel, An Escape To Provence. Her writing features uplifting emotional stories with their heart in Provence, where she spent her childhood summers. Half French, half Scottish, Sophie Claire was born in Africa and grew up in England. She felt she didn’t belong anywhere – ...

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Explore · Renata Haidle · Villages Towns and Cities

Great Day Trips from Avignon in 2-Hours or less

June 21, 2022

If you are here because you have already read about my brief visit to Avignon, you probably recall that I spent a few days there last fall – my first trip back to France after 22 months of absence and my first visit to this wonderful city. Picking up the ...

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Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Provencal Recipes · Seasonal Menus · Taste

French Summer Menu Try A Taste of le Sud with Friends

June 20, 2022

Our 2022 summer menu comes from Emma Kershaw, who lives in the South of France near the Spanish border. Start the evening with a savoury octopus pie from Sète, followed by a chilled soup, then the Catalan variation of fish stew and a sweet fruit finish. In June 2016, several ...

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Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Provencal Recipes · Soup · Taste

Perfect for Summer Chilled Tomato Gazpacho Soup Recipe

June 13, 2022

Since 2010, the Kershaw family, Emma, her husband Chris and their son Louis have lived in the Languedoc-Roussillon. The family settled in the Corbières wine region, one of the largest AOCs in this part of France. Passionate about gastronomy and terroir they chose the foothills of the Pyrenees to establish ...

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Explore · Our House in Provence · Villages Towns and Cities

Why Visit Aigues-Mortes the Old Mediterranean Port

June 3, 2022

It had been quite a few years since we visited Aigues-Mortes, so when cousin Jean-Marc suggested we go somewhere on the sea, I suggested we go there. I still recall the first time we went to Aigues-Mortes, years before buying our house in Sablet, with Tante Edith, Jean-Marc’s mother. Aigues-Mortes ...

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