L’Art de Bien Manger

  • Fried Flowers

    Fried Flowers

    We’ve taken last week off and enjoyed staying about the house, go swimming and doing this and that and generally being very lazy, given we’ve been having another bunch of those fabulously splendid riviera-weather-sunny-and-all days. We also paid another visit to our darling upholsterer who has an absolutely wonderful nostalgic shop in the middle of Read more

  • Workshop Update

    Workshop Update

    2022 moves like a whirlwind through my life, things we thought were lost are found, things we thought are settled are suddenly shifting, and me trying to move with the tide and gather not too close to the edge where the wind blows strongest. So, as many of you probably are already aware of, we Read more

  • The Napoleon Tarte

    The Napoleon Tarte

    The thing with running culinary retreats is that you get to know very cool people. Like really cool people. Really really really cool people. Dashing dapper folks. And sometimes they’re just exactly the right kind of exceptional and sometimes they’re just exactly the right kind of witty and sometimes they’re hitting it and are all Read more

  • House with a View for Sale – Sold

    House with a View for Sale – Sold

    *Update: the house is sold!* Maybe, as a preliminary remark, let me say that this was not exactly planned. Also, that I’m not an investor type of person. And that I relate to houses almost the way I relate to animated beings. So. Here’s, however, how the story goes. Last year we had been approached Read more

  • What happened

    What happened

    {Photo story is further down.} What happened is this: on the night we came back from my book promotion trip to Switzerland, my wonderful ginger cat had a very bad accident. My very worst nightmare coming alive. I felt as if my own soul was hit by that very car. Numbed and completely shattered. We Read more

  • Asparagus Season and Booksigning Apero

    Asparagus Season and Booksigning Apero

    Asparagus season is nearly over yet I caught these stunners at the market some days ago, don’t they look just absolutely fabulous! I love asparagus, and given my kitchen admits strictly seasonal produce only I’m always a little sad when asparagus season is over. Alas, soon we’re having the first violet artichokes from the south Read more