Download Our Summer Menu Collection

Since summer entertaining should be a breeze, this collection, designed with simplicity in mind, features 20 easy-to-follow recipes and a few menu suggestions. Download this PDF, which includes recipes for starters, main courses, side dishes, and desserts.

 Nicoise

blank
Books on Provence · Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Inspire

Rosa Jackson’s Cookbook Niçoise Shares Nice’s Culinary Heritage

July 15, 2024
Stunning is the only way to describe Rosa Jackson’s cookbook Niçoise: Market-Inspired Cooking from France’s Sunniest City. Filled with over 100 recipes, this beautiful book salutes the simplicity of Nice’s traditional cuisine. Niçoise is more than a cookbook, cracking open the window into life in Nice through the seasons. The reader understands how regional ingredients …
Continue Reading
blank
Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Dessert · Pies & Tarts · Provencal Recipes · Taste

Swiss Chard Pie a Sweet Dessert from Nice

February 21, 2023
Nice, France’s 5th largest city, was not always part of l’hexagone but rather part of Italy until 1860, when it was ceded to France under the Treaty of Turin. As a result, the local cuisine evolved from Italian and French culinary influences. Mediterranean ingredients such as almonds, olives, olive oil, citrus, tomatoes, sardines, anchovies, and …
Continue Reading
blank
Appetizer · Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Provencal Recipes · Taste

Pissaladière a Delicious Flatbread Recipe from Provence

February 17, 2023
A traditional recipe from Provence, pissaladière is a flatbread with caramelized onions and often a few anchovies as garnish. Although pissaladière is commonly found in bakeries throughout Provence, the dish originates from the City of Nice on the French Riviera. Given the city’s proximity to Italy, which only became part of France in 1860 with …
Continue Reading
blank
Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Lunchtime Meals · Provencal Recipes · Street Food · Taste

How to Make La Pissaladière the Niçoise Flatbread

January 9, 2023
It’s hard to define la Pissaladière with slow-cooked onions, olives and anchovies. It’s not quite pizza, not quite a focaccia, but somewhere in between. Nevertheless, this popular street food is a delicious reason to visit Nice, France! What is La Pissaladière? A staple in traditional Cuisine Nissarde recipes, la Pissaladièra (in Nissart) is reproduced below …
Continue Reading