À la provençale: in the style of Provence
Pronunciation: ah la pro-vahn-SAHL
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Wine Wednesday: A harissa coated salmon and a Bandol Rosé
With a fresh multi-colored tomato tarte
Les Nouvelles de France: Les Trésors Cachés
The Anchovy Town the Painters Invented, a Yellow Wine That Waits Six Years in the Barrel, the Town Where Gastronomy Got Its Name & a Village in a River Gorge
Meet Meghan, who wants to take you on a walk through France’s storybook villages
Her first tour is sold out. Her 2027 dates just opened. A conversation about slow travel, storybook villages, and getting out of Paris.
La Figuerie: A building at Versailles for one fruit
Pronunciation: lah feeg-REE. The fruit itself is la figue — one syllable, FEEG.
Wine Wednesday: Bandol Rosé with Cornflake Crusted Chicken
Along with a watermelon with fresh, farmer goat cheese
Les Nouvelles de France: À Table!
A Fishing Port Throws Its 282nd Party, the Cheese I’m Flying to See, Lorraine’s Golden Plum Takes Over Metz, Dinner in Alsace’s Old Hop Exchange & the Harvest Is Coming
Versailles Is Not a Day Trip
The crowds won. My trick backfired. Then I found the annual pass.
Asparagus in January: La Quintinie and the Potager du Roi
A visit to Versailles Kitchen Garden
Wine Wednesday: Potstickers, Tomatoes and Vouvray
A market dinner built on a chili oil vinaigrette, fresh corn and a bottle from our cellar
Les Nouvelles de France: Les Fêtes et Festivals
An Eclipse at Sunset on Wednesday, the Lavender Festival I Told You to Wait For, the Biggest Day of the Corsican Year, Flower Floats in the Anjou & Assumption Weekend Across France
The Musketeer and His Prisoner
A skeleton under a Dutch church, and the true story of d’Artagnan, Fouquet, and the arrest that built Versailles
Dumas's Annuity: Cavaillon Melons
The author of The Three Musketeers priced his collected works at twelve Cavaillon melons a year.
Wine Wednesday: Salmon and Château de Pibarnon Bandol Blanc
With a cucumber-yogurt salad to start and couscous
Les Nouvelles de France: L’Art et la Culture
The Women’s Tour Rides Through Haute-Provence, the Corso de la Lavande Turns 80, the Celtic World Gathers at Lorient, Calder’s Last Days & August Moves the Music Into the Abbeys