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Guest Post · Provencal Recipes · Side Dish

Mama Régine’s Ratatouille Recipe from Cassis Bistro

August 16, 2019

Often, comfort food is what we crave the most or maybe your Provencal mama’s cooking. The following recipe for Mama Régine’s Ratatouille comes from Cassis Bistro’s owner/operator Gilles Brassart. Cassis Bistro in Calgary, Alberta, delivers “South of France Flavour with Local Flair.” Originally from the Aix-en-Provence area, Gilles Brassart arrived in Calgary, in 2008, after

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Barefoot Blogger · Explore · Road Trips South of France

August in Sète for the Saint Louis Festival and Water Jousting

August 1, 2019

Saint Louis Festival It’s always so much fun: beach time, parties and the Sète water jousting competitions. I’m in the States with my family. Why now? After a few years in France, it’s hot and too many tourists in Uzés! Yet … there is water jousting in Sete! History of Water Jousting If you’re not

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Explore · Guided Holiday Tours · Marti Schmidt

Provence from an Artist’s Point of View Art Tour

June 28, 2019

Provencal Dreams Come True My most ardent life dream has always been to live and teach art in France. Just like my favourite art masters, many of my creative inspirations have come from my art sabbaticals to Europe. I fell in love with France at a young age, my very first visit was in 1966,

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Books on Provence · Guest Post · Inspire

Playing House in Provence a Memoir

February 25, 2019

Sometimes, a book’s title brings up old memories. Remember your first house? Sometime after college and into your career, all of a sudden you were no longer “playing house”. It was for real. The following is an excerpt from the book Playing House in Provence: How Two Americans Became a Little Bit French by Mary-Lou

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Local Food Producers · Petra Carter · Taste

Searching for Black Truffles the Millionaire’s Mushroom

February 14, 2019

Black Truffle Season Right now it is truffle season in the South of France and Uzes, well-known for its truffles, celebrated with its famous, annual Fête de la Truffe in January. Each year a mountain of sand arrives in the Place aux Herbes, planted here and there with oak and hazel branches to create la

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Let’s Eat the World · Provencal Recipes · Seasonal Menus · Taste

Chef’s Menu for Valentine’s Day

February 11, 2019

Valentine’s Day Menu Chef Eric Fraudeau created this special menu for February 14th for our Perfectly Provence followers. The chef and his wife Yetunde are the power couple behind Cook’n with Class with cooking school locations in Paris and Uzès. The team has developed a wide variety of cooking classes, hands-on workshops, wine tasting, and culinary

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Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Explore

Happy Holidays from Perfectly Provence

December 21, 2018

Wishing you a Perfectly Provence Holiday The holidays are here, and it’s time to wish everyone Merry Christmas – Joyeux Noël and all the best for a joyful season. However, before we head out on a little technology break, it’s time to acknowledge all our terrific contributors. Time Out in Provence – What’s On Ashley

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