David Scott Allen · Main Course · Poultry · Provencal Recipes · Taste My Chicken Ispahan Recipe – Inspired by Pierre Hermé’s French Pastry May 26, 2025It may seem strange, but I am not a café au lait fan. However, a hot chocolate (chocolat chaud) in Paris with a beautiful pastry called an Ispahan – now that is a magical French experience. Pierre Hermé created the dessert for Ladurée, the finest purveyor of macarons in Paris ...Continue Reading
Keith Van Sickle · Restaurant Recommendations · Taste Maussane-les-Alpilles: A Friendly Hotel-Restaurant with Excellent Food May 23, 2025“We love our clients and treat them like honoured guests.” These are the words of Marielle Fabregoul of l’Oustaloun, a charming hotel-restaurant in Maussane-les-Alpilles. She and her husband Thierry share a passion for customer service, which shows. A Local Institution L’Oustaloun has long been an institution in Maussane. It began ...Continue Reading
David Scott Allen · Provencal Recipes · Soup · Taste Authentic French Cream Potato Soup For Your Next Dinner Party May 19, 2025Potage Parmentier is an easy French cream potato soup that makes a delicious first course. The ingredients are only a few: potatoes, leeks, salt, water, and a little cream. Considering the ingredients, this is most likely a peasant soup, but these days, it is served in some very nice restaurants ...Continue Reading
Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Dessert · Pies & Tarts · Provencal Recipes · Taste Tarte aux Citron a Lemon Recipe from the French Riviera May 16, 2025It is possible that lemon tarts were created to tempt the resolve of non-dessert eaters. The irresistible recipe below combines tart citrus and sweet lemony cream. While bakers worldwide craft fabulous lemon tarts, we wanted to showcase this tarte aux citron from Nice. This dessert is la Tarta al Limoun ...Continue Reading
