Category: French food

I love checking in with my lovely friend Emily Gaudichon (@therealemilyinparis) who lives in Paris’s 6th arrondissement. She has her finger on the pulse of everything going on and always has some terrific tips for me to pop into my itinerary for my next visit to the French capital! Chocolat chaud When in France one…

Over ten years ago, a client flew Shannon Pratuch to Paris from the US for a project she was working on. Over the few days she was there she wandered throughout Paris, losing herself in the nooks and crannies of the city ultimately falling in love with Paris and then with all of France. Every…

Jane Hiscock and her husband Steve have both always loved France. They originally travelled there every couple of years before starting their family many years ago. Then in 2010 they went to Paris to start a search for a Paris apartment, but before commencing that task, they travelled to stay with friends in Normandy who…

Lisa Anselmo is the author of My (Part-Time) Paris Life and has spent most of her professional career in magazine publishing, working on such iconic brands as Allure, Mademoiselle, InStyle, and People. She started to head over to Paris more and more and was following the fashion trends she saw there. She would write to her friends and created an early form…

Nicole Ress is Melbourne’s go-to Frenchie for language and travel! Nicole grew up in a French speaking household with her mother who had come to Australia from Paris in the 1950s, met Nicole’s dad and settled here. It was a wonderful and unusual childhood not just because of the French influence. Nicole’s father and grandfather…

Jennifer Greco has tasted over 460 French cheeses! I looooooved chatting to her so much as fromage is one of my favourite foods. She says there is a cheese for every mood and eats cheese every day.  After moving to France with her husband 20 years ago, Jennifer discovered a love for fromage and took…

Natalie Mueller always had a love for France which intensified during her early 20s when she worked in hospitality and had experience with a Michelin starred chef. He would only speak to her in French! So with that and the daily immersion in French food she was hooked! Since then she has built her own…

Joyeux Noel and Bonne année! Recently I was in France to visit Lyon for the Fete des Lumieres (discussed in the last LFF episode 87) and then continued on an amazing adventure! I travelled with my lovely friend Sarah Zwick from Be My Guest Immersions. I have a couple of tips for travelling in the…

If you’re planning on going to Lyon during its Fête des Lumières in any December, or to visit Lyon at any time, this Loulabelle’s chat with be most helpful and of great interest for you!    Recently I have been travelling on a wonderful French roadtrip with our LFF fave Frenchy correspondent ma belle amie…

Emma Morgan had such a different French story to chat about with me! It’s not often we consider the sport of Ultra Marathon Running as being particularly French, but Emma fascinated me with her story of the Ultra Trail Mont Blanc she ran in the French Alps around Chamonix, this past summer of 2022. The…