L’Apéro When we lived in Nice, Le Chef and I loved inviting friends over for L’Apéro at our house. Similar to cocktail hour but with more food, L’Apéro is an informal, yet chic, way to entertain that does not require a lot of investment or preparation and creates a wonderful evening!
Shopping The Farmer’s Market like the French
Le Chef, when growing up in the South of France, would go to the market multiple times a week with his beloved Mamie, Pierrette. While we were living in France, I had the opportunity to observe Pierrette as she did her shopping. She would wheel her shopping bag behind her with purpose and determination as…
Easy Bolognaise sauce
Le Chef’s Wife Easy Bolognaise Sauce This Bolognaise sauce is one of Le Chef’s all time favorite meals. He loves it so much that it has become our Sunday night ritual. I open a bottle of red wine ( likely a Bordeaux or a rich Bandol), pour each of us a glass and start cooking…
How we met – Notre Rencontre
Twenty-three years old and in my last year of business school I went on a study exchange to a university in Nice, France. I had visited Nice while backpacking through Europe with a friend of mine and had immediately known that I wanted to go back. Only a few weeks into my exchange, the professor…
