Is Pipo’s the best socca in Nice?
There’s a war going on for ages between the true ancient people from Nice. The Socca War. What is the best place to have the typical, tasty, crunchy then plush chickpea galette? For some it’s in the “Vieux Nice”, at René Socca, a place we told you about a while ago. But for some others,...
Springtime visit to Les Olivades
All the signs of a beautiful spring have come out across the Riviera. We have taken advantage of the beautiful weather to get a head start on planting our vegetable garden. We followed this up with a visit to our friends Daniel and Denise Vuillon’s gorgeous AMAP (Associations pour le maintien d’une agriculture paysanne) Les...
Menton Lemon Meringue Pie
After obtaining the incredible lemon meringue pie recipe from local producer Madame Tosan we tried it out on ten guests last Friday night. The recipe was a little tricky, and instead of making lemon curd, the Mentonnais method creates more of a lemon flan. The result is surprisingly delicious, and a nice change to traditional recipes....
Tosan family orchard
After the lemon festival Segolene and I were motivated to get out in the countryside surrounding Menton to find some of the real deal. Thanks to the Association for the Proteciton of Menton Lemons (APCM) we were able to find the Tosan family orchards near the village of St. Agnes. Perched on hills terraced by...
Lemon Carnaval in Menton
If you are a regular reader of Riviera Kitchen you know about our obsession with lemons from Menton. They have been part of our recipes from the very beginning of our project, and this year we had the pleasure of attending the legendary “Fete du Citron” or Lemon festival that happens each year in Menton....
In search of the holy kale
After many years of hearing my american close or famous “friends” telling me again and again about the magical kale and its marvelous benefits, the way they “green juiced” it, make soup out of it, steam it, grill it or whatever, I had decided that, although I had no a clue what they were talking about,...
My oily Valentine
Over the past six months, many friends have told us about the special olive oil tasting menus served across Liguria this time of year. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, we visited a seventies showplace of Italian cuisine, the Balzi Rossi. The restaurant is located about 100 yards after crossing from France to Italy along the...
Olive Oil Sorbet
Fresh from the olive harvest we were anxious to experiment with our new ingredient, olive oil from the Streitz groves. Over the next weeks we will be publishing many creative ways to use olive oil: in sorbet, cakes, focaccia and more. We are also going to visit some restaurants on the Riviera, that are now featuring...
