Olive Harvest in Valbonne
We’ve been waiting since last spring the right time to see a traditional olive harvest, and here we are, end of november, at Antonin Streitz olive farm in Valbonne. A real journey through ancient times. Stephen, Joshua and I are surrounded by 2000 olive trees, some of them 400 years old! Antonin shares the exploitation...
Chayotes in Cagnes-sur-mer
Joshua, Segolene and I headed out to do our shopping to get inspired for our holiday recipes, and we popped over to Cagnes-sur-Mer. This market located near Vence was suggested to us by chef Christophe Dufau of Les Bacchanales restaurant. He had warned us that the market building is currently being rebuilt, and that for...
Organic market in a parking lot?
Sego and I set out in search of an organic market near Monaco, and were directed by our friends at the Agribio to check out the organic market at St. Laurent du Var as one of the best in the region. We were more than surprised to find that the market takes place in a shopping...
Hyeres “Farmers” Market
We made a recent sojourn to what was once the “marché paysan” or farmers market of the city of Hyeres. Nestled on the far east end of the Riviera, Hyeres is a small city that fuses with Toulon. Famous for its proximity to the islands of Porquerolles, Le Levant and Port-Cros, the city also was...
Going local for our table
Given the amount of meals we are cooking for the guests we have coming through this summer, we have decided to supplement the harvest from our vegetable garden with local produce. To find a farmer near Ramatuelle, we turned to the AMAP (Association pour le maintien d’une agriculture paysanne) . Inspired by the Community Supported...
Finding figs in Ramatuelle
This morning Joshua and I must have been half asleep when we tried to go to the St. Tropez market on a Thursday morning. We got to town only to discover that it was not market day, the open air market in the Place des Lices happens on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Not ones to be...