Category: French food

Ingrid Colmer-Chavez was born in Mexico and grew up in France. She moved around a lot as a child, but her family eventually settled in Brittany. After meeting her English husband James when working in Guernsey in the Channel Islands they decided to get married in France when they discovered they could get much more…

Pam Plançon’s business Olive and Branch Special for Loulabelle’s FrancoFiles listeners: Place the word LOULABELLE as the code to receive a 15% discount on your order.  For delivery to Australia, email Pam directly for arrangements. Pam Plançon has had a love affair with France for a veeeeeeery long time! Her grandfather was French and her…

Yolaine Corbin was born and grew up in Orleans south of Paris, but now describes herself as a “Frozzie”! That is a French born/Australian settled. Yolaine is the owner of fabulous French food company here in Melbourne “Frenchilicious Kitchen”. She’s a chef, an official Thermomix recipe creator and a maman to 3 gorgeous girls. Growing…

I found my chat with William Kornblum to be fascinating. Bill as he prefers to be called is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the Graduate Centre at the City University of New York. He is also an author of many books but the one with a particular focus for us as Francophilesis Marseille Port to Port.…

Christine Sheehy is a copy writer, ghost writer and a book coach now living in New Zealand. She has wanted to have a stint living in France ever since she spent some time there as an exchange student when she was 16. France remained unfinished business for her, with only a few visits between that…

Recently I shrugged off the COVID vibes and took to the skies to get back to the place that holds my heart, France! In the planning for l’été français I made arrangements to stay with ma belle amie Sarah Zwick from Be My Guest Immersions about 10 minutes from Bayonne in southwest France. Bayonne is…

Growing up Julia Leach had a dream of living in a huge historic building, a château, with everyone she loved in the one little community and she had the feeling this beautiful home was meant to be in France. Julia had a dreamy, idyllic childhood which she describes as old fashioned. No screens, no TV,…

Cynthia Moos was born and raised in Provence. Whilst studying in the UK she met her now American husband and moved to the US. Now living in Colorado she is reminded of the sounds of Provence with the cicadas in the summer. But after a few years Cynthia wanted more connection with her homeland, she…

Right now the wonderful French Riviera city of Cannes is awash with glitz and glamour for the 75th Cannes Film Festival and I chatted to my belle amie Ruby Boukabou who is there this year about the most dynamic 2 weeks of her year! The festival is held in spring and according to Ruby it’s…

As an addict of “château porn” as we call it in my house, I feel as if I already know Karen Horne who has been on the Escape to the Château DIY series which is now known as simply Château DIY. Karen and her husband Paul had for many years spent weekends escaping to France and always loved…