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Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Provencal Recipes · Taste

Collection of Provence Summer Recipes and Menus for Easy Entertaining

June 20, 2024

Since summer entertaining should be a breeze, this recipe collection, designed with simplicity, features 20 easy-to-follow recipes and a few menu suggestions. If you’re not in the mood for cooking, consider the refreshing salade Niçoise, the chilled gazpacho, the sweet fig and tomato salad, or the indulgent frozen nougat with nuts. One popular and effortless

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Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Dessert · Pies & Tarts · Provencal Recipes · Taste

Sweet Tartes Recipes for 5 Tarts from Provence

April 26, 2024

It is hard to beat French patisseries (pastry shops) for viennoiseries (croissants, pain au chocolate, and brioche) and their selection of tartes. Throughout France, pastry chefs make a culinary art with exquisite fruit tarts and classics like mille-feuille made with puff pastry and crème pâtissière. Below, we highlight five tarts from Provence and a selection

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Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Explore · Villages Towns and Cities

French Riviera 10 Places to See During your Stay

September 21, 2023

Whether this is your first trip to the French Riviera or you are a regular visitor to the Côte d’Azur, the only problem is overwhelming choices. Where should you start? In alphabetical order, we have highlighted ten (10) of our favourite places to visit along (or near) the coast. However, this is just a start.

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Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Lunchtime Meals · Provencal Recipes · Taste

Spanish Tortilla Fan? Make Room for La Trucha from Nice

September 4, 2023

Eggs and Swiss chard are the main ingredients in la trucha, a culinary favourite in Nice, France. Like the Spanish tortilla de patatas, made with egg and potato, la trucha covers a range of meals from snack food to picnic fare to a light meal. Easy to prepare and served hot or cold, la trucha

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Provencal Recipes · Side Dish · Stephanie Villegas · Taste

Learn How to Make Panisse an Easy Recipe

June 19, 2023

While you have most likely tried polenta before, if you have not visited the South of France you may not have sampled panisse or socca. Golden brown, slightly crispy and topped with a fleur de sel, it’s hard to resist freshly made panisse. Below is my easy recipe for panisse and one I share with

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Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Provencal Recipes · Side Dish · Street Food · Taste

Chickpea Flour Panisses Frites are Better than Fries

May 22, 2023

Panisse, like polenta, is easy to make. The difference is chickpea flour instead of cornmeal. However, the culinary debate about whether panisse is a culinary creation of Marseille or Nice continues without resolution. Is the authentic version of panisse found at a snack bar on the beach in l’Estaque, where Cézanne once painted? Or is

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Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Provencal Recipes · Side Dish · Taste

Make a Ratatouille Version from Nice – La Ratatouia Nissarda

May 19, 2023

Dishes such as ratatouille, pan bagnat, panisse, soup au pistou, and salade Niçoise appear on menus throughout the South of France. Many cooks have time-tested variations on these recipes, which may be delicious, but don’t quite follow the Cuisine Nissarde traditions. Although ratatouille is known around the globe, the authentic version requires the freshest ingredients

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