When I moved to my home on the Sunshine Coast in beautiful British Columbia, I planted a row of lavender in my garden to remind me of Provence. That was fifteen years ago, and I now boast an abundant crop of aromatic, bright violet buds blushing in tufts all across […]
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Toujours Les Issambres!
Read More The sweet scent of pine fills the senses as you drive along the Corniche, the Mediterranean caressing the shore on one side, and villas draped in magenta bougainvillea on the other. Leaving the church tower and boat-laden marina of Sainte Maxime behind, head north for eleven kilometres to Les Issambres. […]
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It was the ancient Romans who understood the binding capacity of eggs and were first known to cook them with milk and honey into various custard-like dishes. Italian legend has it that the Medici family, a powerful and influential banking family from Florence in the 15th Century, were responsible for […]
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