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THE LITTLE PRINCE RETURNS TO NEW YORK
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THE LITTLE PRINCE RETURNS TO NEW YORK

Look up at the sky. Ask yourself, “Has the sheep eaten the flower or not?” And you’ll see how everything...
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NEW SHOW AT CARRIERES DE LUMIERES: BE ENVELOPED BY THE MUSIC, MOVEMENT, GLITTER, AND BRIGHT COLORS OF ARTIST GUSTAV KLIMT
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NEW SHOW AT CARRIERES DE LUMIERES: BE ENVELOPED BY THE MUSIC, MOVEMENT, GLITTER, AND BRIGHT COLORS OF ARTIST GUSTAV KLIMT

What does a town do with a vast web of stone quarries with a “Closed” sign on every door? The...
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AIGUES-MORTES: SEA SALT & SEE SALT
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AIGUES-MORTES: SEA SALT & SEE SALT

My dear friend and fellow blogger, David of Cocoa & Lavender, is a self-proclaimed salt-addict. When discussing his current post—in...
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LA CAMARGUE SAUVAGE
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LA CAMARGUE SAUVAGE

When you’ve tired of charming hilltop villages in the Luberon and swanky restaurants along the French Riviera, don your jeans...
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PROVENCE ROSÉ: TASTING AND TRAVEL NOTES FROM “PROVENCE IN THE CITY 2014”
Events Food The Modern Trobadors Wine

PROVENCE ROSÉ: TASTING AND TRAVEL NOTES FROM “PROVENCE IN THE CITY 2014”

Provence—today, the very word conjures up images of sipping rosé: on the beaches of the Côte d’Azur, by the pool of a handsome mas nestled into the garrigue-covered hills in the Luberon, in outdoor cafés along Cours Mirabeau in Aix-en-Provence, with bouillabaisse in Marseille’s vieux port, and, for some folks, in yachts docked at St. Tropez. Mon dieu, rosé was born in Provence and, well, bred there
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MARTIGUES—THE VENICE OF PROVENCE—IS A PICTURESQUE STOP FOR LUNCH & A STROLL
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MARTIGUES—THE VENICE OF PROVENCE—IS A PICTURESQUE STOP FOR LUNCH & A STROLL

Martigues was a magnet for painters in the 19th- and early 20th-century. Painters from the schools of French Romanticism, Barbizon,...
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ROUSSILLON:  BRING YOUR CAMERA, PAINTBRUSHES, AND BASKET FOR THE MARKET
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ROUSSILLON: BRING YOUR CAMERA, PAINTBRUSHES, AND BASKET FOR THE MARKET

Roussillon is designated as one of "Les Plus Beaux Villages de France," and with good reason. Its brilliant array of...
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SACHA LICHINE TALKS ABOUT MAKING ROSÉ IN PROVENCE AND WE TASTE HIS WINES…including the just released 2013 Whispering Angel
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SACHA LICHINE TALKS ABOUT MAKING ROSÉ IN PROVENCE AND WE TASTE HIS WINES…including the just released 2013 Whispering Angel

Sacha Lichine, the man behind the wine at Château d’Esclans, was in his old stomping grounds this week. In Boston for the city’s Wine Expo, I caught up with him at the Seaport Hotel where he was hosting a seminar on—guess what—the four tiers of luscious rosé
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AUPS TRUFFLE FESTIVAL:  MEET THE BEST TRUFFLE DOG AND THE CUTEST TRUFFLE PIG
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AUPS TRUFFLE FESTIVAL: MEET THE BEST TRUFFLE DOG AND THE CUTEST TRUFFLE PIG

I am immensely grateful to Pamela J. O'Neill for her reporting and photographs of this event. Aups, the small Provence...
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CORSICAN WINE: INFLUENCED BY PROVENCE AND ITALY, BUT DISTINCTLY ITS OWN
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CORSICAN WINE: INFLUENCED BY PROVENCE AND ITALY, BUT DISTINCTLY ITS OWN

Corsica is a gorgeous French island just 100 miles (170 km) off the southeast coast of Provence and a short flight (45 minutes) from Marseille. Its main draw has long been its striking beaches--some 200 of them totaling over 600 miles of the island's coastline--but did
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TEN GENDARMES IN THE MARKET OF A TINY VILLAGE IN PROVENCE IN JANUARY? MAIS OUI, IT’S TRUFFLE SEASON!
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TEN GENDARMES IN THE MARKET OF A TINY VILLAGE IN PROVENCE IN JANUARY? MAIS OUI, IT’S TRUFFLE SEASON!

Every Thursday morning from mid-November through February, truffle vendors file into Aups for the region’s most popular retail market for...
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NORTH AFRICAN COUSCOUS, PROVENCE ROSÉ, AND RHONE RED: A COSMOPOLITAN COMBINATION THAT WARMS BOTH BODY AND SOUL
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NORTH AFRICAN COUSCOUS, PROVENCE ROSÉ, AND RHONE RED: A COSMOPOLITAN COMBINATION THAT WARMS BOTH BODY AND SOUL

Provence is a melting pot of immigrants and nowhere is this more apparent than in Marseille where residents hail from...
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THE KERFUFFLE ABOUT SAYING ‘BON APPÉTIT’
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THE KERFUFFLE ABOUT SAYING ‘BON APPÉTIT’

At some point, midway through the procession of holiday dinners at our home this year, the subject of ‘bon appétit’...
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A CUP OF TEA FROM PALAIS DES THÉS
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A CUP OF TEA FROM PALAIS DES THÉS

Part three of a three-part series about what you may find in Provence after the “big supper” (otherwise known as...
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CROQUETTES, CROQUETS, OR CROQUANTS: A PROVENÇAL SPECIALTY BY ANY NAME
Food The Modern Trobadors Wine

CROQUETTES, CROQUETS, OR CROQUANTS: A PROVENÇAL SPECIALTY BY ANY NAME

My advice is to find some Muscat de Beaumes de Venise and forget the confusion of what to call them!...
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CALISSONS, CROQUETTES, BEAUMES DE VENISE, AND TEA FROM PALAIS DES THÉS: THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS IN PROVENCE AT CHRISTMAS
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CALISSONS, CROQUETTES, BEAUMES DE VENISE, AND TEA FROM PALAIS DES THÉS: THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS IN PROVENCE AT CHRISTMAS

 “Calissons” is the first of a three-part series that focuses on what you may find in Provence after the “big...
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TWO BOTTLES OF ROSÉ FROM PROVENCE’S CHÂTEAU PIGOUDET:  ONE FOR THANKSGIVING AND THE OTHER FOR LEFTOVERS (MY FAVORITE MEAL!)
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TWO BOTTLES OF ROSÉ FROM PROVENCE’S CHÂTEAU PIGOUDET: ONE FOR THANKSGIVING AND THE OTHER FOR LEFTOVERS (MY FAVORITE MEAL!)

From The Modern Trobadors Rosé can be the perfect match for your turkey and its varied trimmings, especially when it...
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NO ENCORE FOR FRANCE’S PLEYEL PIANO
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NO ENCORE FOR FRANCE’S PLEYEL PIANO

 I read with some sadness that Ateliers Pleyel—the last remaining piano maker in France and one of the world’s oldest...
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PROVENCE CHRISTMAS MARKETS: LOURMARIN’S MARCHÉ DE NOËL IS DELIGHTFUL
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PROVENCE CHRISTMAS MARKETS: LOURMARIN’S MARCHÉ DE NOËL IS DELIGHTFUL

Although lavender, poppies, and leisurely lunches with rosé at poolside tables are the typical draw to Provence, Christmas Markets—Les Marchés...
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FAIRE LA BISE
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FAIRE LA BISE

“Ah, the stress of meeting a French person,” an American friend once said to me. Remembering fondly her first trip...
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