Café Gourmand – Love it or Hate it?
When I first wrote about café gourmand back in 2013, it was still relatively new on the French...
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Category: Food and Drink
Salade Niçoise, Nice Salad
Salade niçoise is probably the most well-known dish to come from Nice, it is served in restaurants...
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French Café Culture: How to Drink Coffee Like a French Person
There are few things that feel more quintessentially French to me than sitting at a café table...
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Ricard, Pernod, Pastis, What’s The Difference?
Ricard, Pernod, Pastis, what’s the difference between these classic French drinks? For...
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Vin Chaud – a Festive Winter Drink
There’s nothing more seasonal than vin chaud, a festive winter drink. This delicious hot...
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French Festive Christmas Food
France is famous for its food, and for being a country that invests a great deal of time, energy...
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The Story of Galette des Rois and its Hidden Charm
If you’re in France in January and you go into any boulangerie/pâtisserie you’ll notice a vast...
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What is Pain d’Epices?
Christmas in France is all about food and at this time of year you see supermarket shelves and...
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A Selection of Recommended Restaurants for Lunch
I never write about restaurants on this blog. It’s just not something I’ve ever done....
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Craft Beer on the French Riviera
It’s Friday evening apéro time and I’m trying to decide which beer to drink for my apéritif....
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Ganses – Food for Carnival
It’s Carnival Time. Carnaval de Nice is in full flow which means, to put it bluntly,...
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Top 8 Must-Try Foods From Provence
A significant part of any visitor’s time in Provence Côte d’Azur is likely to be taken up by...
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