Monthly Archives: November 2013

European capital of culture for 2013. They dressed up and made the waterfront shine! This was a memorial to the victims of the holocaust and a promise to never forget.

A pretty university town, not much for tourists, which made a short visit here delightful.

Neal drove to Gascony to fetch me from cooking school, and we took a few days to tour our way back to Amante, safe and sound on the hard in La Ciotat. This has been a wonderful way to close … Continue reading →

I spent a week in cooking school while Neal finished up wintering the boat. Good distribution of efforts. We started with duck breast from which we made a pizza Then we whipped up these lovely Gateau Pithviers A simple little … Continue reading →