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Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Explore

Happy Holidays 2022 from Perfectly Provence

December 22, 2022

Holiday Wishes! Happy, Healthy Holidays to all! After a year that felt a little more “normal”, it’s time to wish all our readers and partners the best for this joyful season. However, before we head out on a technology break, we want to acknowledge all our terrific contributors: Inspired by Provence Whether you are interested

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David Scott Allen · Dessert · Flans, Puddings · Provencal Recipes · Taste

My Recipe for a Perfect Caramel Flan

December 16, 2022

A flâneur is not the maker of flans. A flâneur is French for one who observes, idles, saunters, and loafs, preferably along a Parisian boulevard. Not me. I am a doer, and I am in perpetual motion, much to the disappointment of many around me. There are advantages to this. One is that dinner makes

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Local Food Producers · Provencal Recipes · Taste · Virginie Van Der Wees

Where to Find the Best Gourmet Treats in Aix-en-Provence

December 14, 2022

When I was pregnant (which happened three times in my life!), I cooked a lot and especially pastries. For my first pregnancy, I wanted to create a food truck and sell pancakes in Australia. So, at eight months pregnant, I went to Brittany to take a course to learn how to make pancakes. During my

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Cakes & Cookies · David Scott Allen · Dessert · Provencal Recipes · Taste

Almond Crescents are a Favourite Christmas Cookie

December 12, 2022

These wonderful Christmas crescent cookies have ground almonds mixed into the dough. What better time of the year to enjoy baking and eating these cookies? Almonds have a long history in Provence’s agriculture and cuisine. Many Provencal dessert recipes include almonds, whole or ground into flour. Almonds are one of the principal ingredients for Calissons

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Caroline Longstaffe · Inspire · Provencal History & Traditions

Why I’m Dreaming of Christmas in Provence

December 5, 2022

We departed Lourmarin just as winter had arrived, with Christmas around the corner. The trees were almost bare, only a few remnants of their golden autumn gown still clinging to the branches. Temperatures had fallen, especially when the Mistral blew her cruel, icy breath down the Rhône Valley. There were occasional early morning frosts and

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Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Inspire · What's On Provence & Cote d'Azur · Winter in Provence

Winter in Provence Events Calendar 2023

November 30, 2022

Winter Festivals and Events in Provence Winter in Provence. What are the colder months like in the South of France? Is it a good time to visit? So many images of the Provence and the Côte d’Azur are summer scenes with ribbons of blooming lavender fields, glasses of rosé with beads of condensation, and beautiful

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Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Local Food Producers · Provencal Recipes · Taste

Lemons and Oranges French Citrus Recipes to Try

November 28, 2022

Citrus and the French Table Citrus has had a place in French cuisine, in decoration, and noble gardens since at least medieval times. As both written and iconographical sources have suggested, several species of citrus were consumed, traded and maybe even cultivated in the gardens of the medieval French elite: the citron tree, the lemon

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