Chewy Granola
Okay so maybe this recipe has nothing to do with the Riviera, but it has become a staple of our breakfasts over the past few summers. In addition, it is our first breakfast recipe. Making your own granola is something so simple and tasty, and many of our guests this summer wanted to learn how...
Wood-fire pizza
For those of you who follow us on Facebook, you know that we built a wood burning pizza oven this summer. We hesitated before publishing anything while we worked on perfecting our recipe. After weeks and weeks of arduous testing :p we think we have come up with a pretty good dough recipe to share...
An organic village: Correns
Last week when we were wine tasting around the Var, we heard about a village in the upper Var region that was the first 100% organic village in France. Intrigued by this idea, we looked it up on the internet and found there was a market on Fridays, so we decided to check it out....
“Courge St Jean” Squash Torta
We finally harvested some of the beautiful heirloom squash we planted in our vegetable garden from les olivades. The “courge de la St. Jean” is a local variety that Daniel Vuillon helped us discover, and was traditionally used to make the provencal soup “au pistou.” Joshua worked with it to create a rustic quiche “torta”...
Rosé Poached Pears
The weather here in Ramatuelle can be pretty perfect all summer long. One learns to understand that there are a few exceptions to paradise: 1) the rainstorm around mid-August 2) the East wind and 3) the Mistral. Locals say the mistral winds occur for one day, three days or a week. Well, a huge mistral...
Our summer cocktail: Lavender Lush
After several weeks of arduous testing sessions, we have finalized our 2012 summer cocktail. The Lavender Lush was created with fresh lavender sprigs to infuse a simple syrup. We usually make a few pitchers of the citrus-ade and then dose the drinks individually with either Vodka or Gin. Beware, these tasty creations go quickly, so...
Fear not the artichoke!
A lot of our readers tell us they LOVE artichokes, but so many are afraid to prepare them. This spiky and prickly vegetable is eaten in my family in a dip, and comes from a can. Rather than risk another cookoff (as we did with pumpkin pie) Joshua and I concentrated on fresh artichokes. We...
Cucumber Apricot Radish Salad
About the only thing we have been finding in our vegetable garden has been some cucumbers. Due to a rainy and cloudy spring, all produce is about a month late here in the Var. So while we await our tomato extravaganza, we thought we would kick things off with a cucumber based salad. We...