picnic in provence a memoir with recipes

I love a good rare hamburger with fried onions, my mother’s noodle pudding and the apple cider donuts from the farm stand. But my palate has changed so much that this kind sugar now gives me a migraine. KS: What foods do you long for when you come back to America?ĮB: Crap – Twizzlers, Dots, Hershey’s Kisses. KS: What was the moment when you thought to yourself, I’ve gone native?ĮB: There was the almost tribal satisfaction of gutting by first whole fish… KS: What ingredients and tricks have you picked up since moving to France?ĮB: Don’t judge a book by its cover – my friend the hairy celery root is a case in point. KS: Your favorite places to eat in Paris?ĮB: Honestly, now that we live in the countryside, where there is no ethnic cuisine of any kind, when I go back to Paris all I want to eat is Thai and Vietnamese food in Belleville… Whenever we need a two hour vacation – that’s where we go. The terrace is sunny and protected from the wind even in Feb, you can eat in a tee-shirt.

Just outside Cereste is the hilltop village of Montjustin they have a tiny Bistro de Pays that serves a “menu unique” – you eat whatever they are making that day. A visit to the Monday morning market in Forcalquier is a real treat. KS: What are the best towns and restaurants to visit in Provence?ĮB: We live in the Alpes de Haute-Provence, which is the less developed, some might say more authentic, part of Provence. Interview with Writer and Entrepreneur Elizabeth Bard So leave your questions in the comments section of this post, or on Facebook (#PicnicInProvence) or Twitter #PicnicInProvence) or Instagram #PicnicInProvence).

In celebration of the new book, Elizabeth has agreed to answer a question submitted by readers! And one lucky reader will win a copy of Picnic in Provence. I will be excerpting two of the recipes from Elizabeth’s Picnic in Provence over the coming days. Here, a few of her thoughts about France, food, Twizzlers, and asparagus tongs. She has chronicled it all in Lunch in Paris and her latest memoir with recipes, Picnic in Provence. Any woman who grows up near New York, moves to France, marries a Frenchman, then moves to Provence, opens an ice cream store, and spends every spare minute writing about what she eats in her fabulous life is welcome to take over these pages. I am honored to have kindred spirit Elizabeth Bard on French Revolution.

Picnic in provence a memoir with recipes