Category: French food

I adore Christmas! I love the decorations, the carols, the advent calendars, the gift-giving, the food! On every vacation I purchase a Chrissy decoration so when we decorate the Christmas tree we remember all our wonderful holidays, but this also keeps Christmas front of mind for me when travelling all year round too. Living in…

I wonder if chef and restaurant owner Matthew Carnell was always destined to be connected to France. After attending a French school trip as a 14 year old, Matt’s next Francophile adventure was after he had started his chef’s apprenticeship in Australia and he won an award that gave him a month working in a…

Janine Marsh is an author, the creator of The Good Life France website and editor of the associated magazine as well as an all-round fabulous fellow Francophile! I adored chatting to her, so much so that even through the editing process of my podcast chat with her, I found myself smiling and chuckling away to…

Lorena Stipani is a soprano I saw perform at the wonderful Entrecôte restaurant in Prahran, Melbourne in her Edith Piaf show this year. I was blown away by her amazing talent. Lorena has studied her craft in Europe and was living overseas for many years. She has now returned to Australia and found that during…

Patricia Sands is a wonderfully warm and engaging woman. I loved chatting to her and could have kept talking with her over a cuppa for the rest of the day (probably swapping to wine at some stage and chatting on through the night!) The more Francophile women I meet the more I realise, through the…

So this blog post is the second part of a two episode chat, as there was just too much to fit into one episode! My husband Paul and I took an epic road trip around western France. Firstly we traveled from Paris to the Loire and then down to the Pays Basque which can be…

Over the past couple of years travelling anywhere has been a challenge and for most people, it has been completely out of the question during what I call “the lost COVID years”. My husband Paul has travelled in France a number of times with me pre-COVID (which we chatted about way back in episode 16…

Ashley Tinker is a Canadian now living in Provence. Back when she was aged 19 she was at art school in Italy and took a mini vacances in the south of France where she met her partner Englishman Robin as they were both staying in the same hostel. Many years and a long-distance relationship later,…

Cynthia Coutu is living what I think is my dream life! Although I’m sure it is nowhere as easy as she makes it seem! Canadian born Cynthia now lives in Paris whilst immersing herself in the world of champagne! After attending a French school in Canada, Cynthia came to Paris to complete a Master of…