It was already pretty wonderful just to be in France at all for those nearly three years I spent (mostly) working and studying at La Varenne. But on occasion a really magnificent, unexpected, enchanting experienced came along to make the stay even more magical. This was one of those occasions: [...]
When I left for La Varenne cooking school back in the summer of 1989, I thought I had a tidy 9 months ahead of me. But what already was clearly going to be a fascinating adventure became even more so when the excursion got extended a few different times and [...]
Suddenly I'm the calendar girl. This additional date for you to consider on next month's calendar has me particularly thrilled. The memoir that Patricia and Walter have written, We've Always Had Paris...and Provence: A Scrapbook of Our Life in France, is being released early May and they're setting off on a whirlwind tour [...]