French Country Adventures

07/04/2026

The markets of Provence form a magical triangle in southern France that continue to enchant. The French passion for food is celebrated-daily.

21/01/2026

A bouquet for my followers, harbingers of spring. In these sobering times we all need something to brighten our day.

27/11/2025

Everyday should be filled with gratitude. Thank you to all of my clients who made this year very special.

12/11/2025

This morning as I looked out at the autumn landscape, I reflected back on my first Thanksgiving in France many years ago.

10/10/2025

Two of my clients tasting and smelling different peppers during Suzanne Kay’s fabulous cooking class on my Edible Provence Tour.

16/09/2025

02/09/2025

You must have a reason for going to D'Artagnan Country in the Gers,

25/06/2025

A wonderful group of women on my Classic Gascony tour before the lunch they made at their cooking class with Laura Washburn-Hutton’s Atelier Cuisine Fourcès.

15/06/2025

The second to the last day of the Tarn, Gard and Camargue tour we’ve spent in Uzes, my favorite village. If I chose to live somewhere besides bucolic Gascony, I would live here.

05/06/2025

I’m always impressed when I visit Albi with my clients. Besides the cruel history of the bishops, it’s a lovely city. So much more accessible than Toulouse. And the Cathedral St. Cecile is stunning. Beret’s a photo of the Berbie Palace Gardens modelled after the landscape architect, Andre Le Notre.

20/05/2025

La Grande Plage in Biarritz on a very quiet, magical morning.

19/05/2025

On market day in.Bayonne we saw shepherds from the Landed department walking and playing music on stilts called tchangues, because of the vast marshy terrain. It’s amazing how people adapt.