Category: French food

I’m not exactly sure of the origins of all the differing types of brocante markets in France, but it seems that most regions have little antique markets or at least a brocante stall on weekends in the summer. Some brocante fairs are huge whereas others are mostly like a small car-boot sale, but gorgeous antique…

There are many plans afoot to travel back to Europe after the last couple of COVID affected years and for some these plans have been underway for quite some time. If you’re intending to travel from Australia and New Zealand, or even from the US, Canada, South America or anywhere out of Europe really, it…

Kent Tisher has been a follower of the LFF podcast for some time but I only met him after he recently won the Loulabelle’s giveaway and was communicating with me regarding the arrangements for the sending of a magnum of Taittinger champagne to him in Canada. I then uncovered his French story and felt I…

Mardi Michels is an Australian born, Canadian living, Francophile who’s journey over many years was lovely to immerse in for a while as we chatted. Mardi and I talked over zoom with her sitting in her gorgeous vacation home in south west France in Nerac. The light over her shoulder had me longing for France…

I first met Andrew Prior when he was a guest on my podcast way back in episode 66 and since then I have been to stay at his home in Montmorillon. It is one of 12 departments in the Nouvelle Aquitaine region, in the beautiful Vienne not far from the Loire Valley. When I stayed there, I had one of…

Richelle Harrison Plesse is an accomplished international journalist who many Aussies would recognise from reporting and news-reading on our screens. She did not grow up as a Francophile but conversely considered herself an Anglophile! She moved to London after finishing university where she met her French husband and moved to Paris pour l’amour! Richelle’s career…

Suzie Jackson has always had an affinity to France.  She deliberately didn’t make her first trip to Paris until her 30s as she was concerned she would be let down by the reality not living up to the dream. But there was nothing to fear, as Suzie’s first French experience had her feeling like she…

Paris is a place filled with myriad cultures, religions, languages and nationalities. We tend to view France through the quintessentially French perspective of “chateaux, champagne et croissants”, but there is so much more to discover with just a little scratch of the surface. I spoke recently to Pakistani woman Fiza about her move with her…

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