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      Guest Blog: ‘That’s The Ticket’ by Lori Berhon

      First of all, I can’t believe it’s been a month since my last blog post. How did that happen? It’s been a very busy time for me. At the beginning of September I celebrated a milestone birthday. Mid-September was the big bash with family and friends from near and far (Paris even!) to celebrate said [...]

      Sonoma County

      Sonoma County reminds me of France. I mean look at the above picture of Dry Creek Valley. It could easily have been taken in the south of France. The Languedoc maybe. Or Burgundy to the west even. It also has a lot of what makes France special. Great food, [...]

      Recipe: Ratatouille

      I recently picked up Julia Child’s cookbook ‘Mastering The Art of French Cooking’ again after a very long time. Fond, fond memories poured forth from the stained pages. The spine has come loose; the book is worse for wear. I could replace it with a fresh copy, one of the recent editions, [...]

      Recipes from the Languedoc

      Fourth of July weekend is the ‘official-official’ start of summer for a lot of Americans. Memorial Day sneaks up and, if you live on the East Coast, always seems to be either still wet, cold or both. The fourth is far enough into the summer to actually be summer. So let the [...]

      Languedoc – Menu for a Friday Evening at Soustres

      Cooking as collaboration is one of the joys of food and eating. Collaborating with a friend of almost thirty years is the zenith of that experience. Anne and I chose Friday dinner to be our pièce de résistance, a culmination of several days together in the kitchen at her ancestral home, ‘Soustres’ in [...]