Category: French food

When Adrian Leeds first visited France on a European trip with her not-yet-husband in 1979, she knew right then that Paris was a place that fed her soul. Since that time over the last 28 years she has built a business that is devoted to assisting Anglophones from all over the world to turn their…

Friend to the Loulabelle’s podcast Ruby Boukabou chatted to me a few weeks ago to prepare me for what to expect at the Cannes Film Festival but nothing could prepare me for the level of craziness I found when I finally got there! There is glitz and glamour but also just squillions of people! This…

I have always had a love of France as long as I can remember. When I was a little girl, my home was filled with old music and the old “chanson” from my dear Papa who is a wonderful muso. My beautiful friend Wendy Lee Taylor (who I have also interviewed on the podcast way…

Catherine Berry has appeared on the Loulabelle’s FrancoFiles podcast previously way back in episode 39 when she chatted about her own life story of taking her family to live in France in the area around Annecy. Catherine wrote the first of her books about that experience, But You Are In France Madame. In this current chat…

Ruby Boukabou has been on the Loulabelle’s podcast a number of times and now she and I are headed to the wonderful Cannes Film Festival! Ruby has been attending as a journalist since 2009 and will lead me through my first experience of the Festival. This year Ruby and I will be sharing daily all…

Sara Marner divides her heart between her holiday home in Normandy and her Melbourne life. After a 2008 visit to her husband’s English family, Sara with her husband and kids took a three week drive through France and fell in love with the countryside and the lifestyle. They then bought an historic home in the…

Claudine Hemingway has chatted with me on the podcast before. She and I have stayed connected and she has become a lovely friend who keeps my Frenchy vibes going with her wonderful posts about the current goings-on as well as the history of Paris and France. Recently the beautiful cathedral of Notre Dame celebrated an…

A number of years ago Emily Lawrence Gazal brought her family from Bondi in Sydney Australia to live in Chatou 20 minutes from the centre of Paris. Emily knew her great grandmother was French but her grandmother would tell her no more. She didn’t really know the family history further down that branch of her…

Lindy Viandier is an accomplished author who has written about her wonderful home Les Libellules in Burgundy which she has owned for around five years with her French husband. Lindy Viandier shares her view of Burgundy, not just the well known but she delves deeper under the layers of history and tradition. Burgundy is southeast…

Ann Dennis is an artist and interior designer who is passionate about interiors, art and antiques. Many of us Francophiles benefit from by following her socials with exquisite and sumptuous designs shared consistently. I so loved delving deeper into her French inspired story with this podcast chat. Ann grew up in a family who valued…