Long lunches are the best lunches
Old friends, a six-hour lunch, a house full of life, and a recipe for tarragon chicken
Lickedspoon with Debora Robertson
Welcome to my newsletter. This is where I share stories from my seaside village in the South West of France, my trips to the market, weekly recipes, and updates on our house renovation. Most of it’s free, and will always be free.
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You can’t make old friends
Since we moved to France, I’ve been making new friends and treasuring old ones. And also making forgiving stuffed onions
The smell of smoke
Fire, fear and courage. Plus a recipe, which seems trivial in the circs, but here we are
Heat and dust and staying sane
Today, cooking during a heatwave and a house remodel, plus a recipe for marinated chicken wings in a herby tomato sauce.
Is it OK to beret?
Why I ditched my berets when I moved to France, John Travolta dressing for his directorial debut, and a recipe for sea bream with Mediterranean vegetables
Liberté, égalité, convivialité
Let summer begin – with pottery, pop music, a DJ remix inspired by Macron’s Davos speech, and an onion and aubergine tart
Pastis, present and future
Today, how to use up that bottle of pastis you bring back from your French holiday but somehow have no desire to drink when you get home. Plus a recipe for a lemon and almond cake.
Silence after speaking
After a few noisy weeks of people and parties, the deep, deep peace of a silent Sunday, plus a light and delicious recipe for fish en papillote with courgettes
The plumber’s onion tart
When two or more cooks gather together, there will always be tips, even when there are holes in the ceiling. This week, a recipe for the plumber’s onion tart
A rotisserie chicken will fix that
A weekend of lows (Arsenal losing to PSG in the Champions League final), and highs (a salad that can heal a broken heart)
Cool as…
It’s so hot I can barely wield a knife, so I made this cucumber salad then had a nice sit down