The Provence Post

For chefs and foodies alike, it's an exciting harbinger of spring: the announcement each year of the new Michelin-star ratings in the latest edition of the Guide Rouge for France. With f...

http://theprovencepost.blogspot.com/2024/03/michelins-2024-provence-restaurant-stars.html

In the 40 years that Patricia and Walter Wells  have spent at their home Chanteduc in Provence, they amassed an incredible collection of epicurean objects and decorative antiques...including...

http://theprovencepost.blogspot.com/2024/03/calling-all-foodies-patricia-wells-is.html

In his studio in L'Isle sur la Sorgue, glass artist Guillaume Roux is offering a great idea for the holidays: the chance to blow your own Christmas ornaments (boules de Noël).  A se...

http://theprovencepost.blogspot.com/2023/11/make-your-own-glass-ornaments.html

While the days dwindle down to a precious few (as Willie Nelson says) and back-to-school lurks just around the corner, Provence is still crazy crowded...and hot! In fact, they're ...

http://theprovencepost.blogspot.com/2023/08/river-kayaking-in-provence-2023.html

For a couple of months in spring 2020, during Covid lockdown in France, we were all forbidden from going further than 1 or 2 km from home…un...

http://theprovencepost.blogspot.com/2023/06/fontenille-opens-gorgeous-new-hotel-in.html

After creating it and running it for 18 years, my friend William Moore has decided to put his beloved Provence Paradise on the market. This is a historic hamlet ...

http://theprovencepost.blogspot.com/2023/01/provence-paradise-is-for-sale.html

In 2016, Texas-born photographer Jamie Beck  was living in New York—running her own studio, doing commercial work for brands such as Chanel, Donna Karan and Nike a...

http://theprovencepost.blogspot.com/2022/11/just-out-jamie-becks-provence-book.html

Today the Magnolia Network launched a seven-part "docu-series" called La Pitchoune: Cooking in France, about the Courageous Cooking School , set in Julia Child ’s former home in the South of F...

http://theprovencepost.blogspot.com/2022/10/new-tv-series-courageous-cooking-in.html

  La Table des Amis de Provence is a new non-profit association based in St. Remy, designed to highlight the food, wine and culture of Provence thr...

http://theprovencepost.blogspot.com/2022/06/a-la-table-les-amis.html

The Carrières des Lumières  (Quarries of Light) is a magical space in a vast cave-like quarry at the base of the hilltop village of Les Baux de Provenc...

http://theprovencepost.blogspot.com/2022/03/venice-in-les-baux-at-carrieres-des.html

Most people know that Sir Ridley Scott (he was knighted in 2003), is one of the top film directors in the world; his movies include Gladiator, A...

http://theprovencepost.blogspot.com/2022/02/action-ridley-scotts-winery-is-open.html

It's truffle season in Provence! Our famous fresh black truffles, considered one of the most prized and expensive food products on earth,...

http://theprovencepost.blogspot.com/2021/12/truffles-in-paradise-markets-fests.html

Because I totally live to please you, once again I've rounded up a great selection of American Thanksgiving celebrations here in the South of France and in Paris. Who attends these gala soir...

http://theprovencepost.blogspot.com/2021/11/youre-invited-thanksgiving-in-france.html

Periodically people ask me where they can get counselling in Provence in English...it’s not so easy to find. So when I come across someone really good who does just that, I’m very happy to...

http://theprovencepost.blogspot.com/2021/10/want-to-talk-about-it.html

Having led art retreats in Provence for four years now, Nicky Ginsberg has just moved her NG Art Creative Residency & Gallery into a beautiful new spa...

http://theprovencepost.blogspot.com/2021/09/win-three-week-stay-in-provence.html

It's that time again: The 38th annual Journ é es du Patrimoine  (Heritage Days) takes place Saturday and Sunday, September 18 and...

http://theprovencepost.blogspot.com/2021/09/heritage-days-are-sept-18-19.html

On a hot sunny day, river kayaking is a fabulous way to while away a few hours...and doing it in Provence is super easy. You can kayak (and stand-up paddleboard) on the Rhône fro...

http://theprovencepost.blogspot.com/2021/06/river-kayaking-in-provence.html

So many wineries to visit, so little time! How do you narrow the list? This week I reached out to Ivan Mandelli, head sommelier at the Michelin one-star Maison Hache in Eygalieres, and ask...

http://theprovencepost.blogspot.com/2021/05/ask-sommelier-5-great-vineyards-to-visit.html

A new Avignon-based company called Hike Provence is offering private guided hikes across the region along with organized group hikes on set days that a...

http://theprovencepost.blogspot.com/2021/04/take-hike.html

It's now been a year since the EU closed its borders to much of the outside world. For those of us who rely on tourism to make a living, the impact has been monumental. But of course I don't ...

http://theprovencepost.blogspot.com/2021/03/art-in-the-time-of-covid.html

Three photos above: who wouldn't want to wake up here? This gorgeous eight-bedroom, eight-bath villa was crafted from an 18th-century olive mill, just a short drive from Les Baux. ...

http://theprovencepost.blogspot.com/2021/01/17-perfect-provence-vacation-rentals.html

Every day I hear from people telling me how they can’t wait to travel again...and can’t wait to get back to France. Meanwhile, I thought the newest French Country...

http://theprovencepost.blogspot.com/2020/12/win-copy-of-2021-french-country-diary.html

The following story might seem familiar to some of you but I hope to many of you it won't! I originally published it on October 31, 2011 about something that had happened nine years earlie...

http://theprovencepost.blogspot.com/2011/10/my-big-expat-gardening-gaffe.html

In France, when you hear the name "Lafourcade" what comes immediately to mind is the impeccable restoration of gorgeous, historic estates, usually in an aristocratic, 18th-century style. But...

http://theprovencepost.blogspot.com/2020/09/20-questions-for-alexandre-lafourcade.html

My friends Debbie and Marcel van Eenennaam are the owners of Ferme Fleurie , a large, wholesale flower farm just outside Tarascon, ...

http://theprovencepost.blogspot.com/2020/08/peony-confetti-made-in-provence-with.html