Category: Off The Beaten Track
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The Wild Side Of The Cote d’Azur, France
Hiking Up The Haut Montet I’ve been looking at this huge ball perched on top of a mountain behind our village in France for years, and wondering about it. We affectionately started to call the mountain “Football Mountain”, which I think should be its official name instead of Le Haut Montet. Finally,…
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The Cows Of Cannes
The Cow Parade! Cows, cows everywhere, and not a drop of milk to drink! They’re not the average cow-on-the-street you see munching their way through lush grass and mooing at each other. These are very special, very colourful cows, who have been let loose in the streets of Cannes, in the South of…
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The Hidden Side Of The Cote d’Azur
Hiking Up The Pic Des Courmettes If you are ever staying on the Cote d’Azur in the South of France and want to get away from the crowds and bling of the coast for a while, the Pic des Courmettes is the answer to your need for a little peace. You can look down on…
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Browsing Spitalfields Market In London
Visiting Spitalfields Market in London A few months ago, I was lucky enough to spend the weekend in London with some friends. We saw a show (Bollywood!), ate at a few fabulous restaurants and visited a couple of markets. You may remember the walk I took you on, back in July, through the incredible Borough…
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Getting Lost in The Valley of Allos
Discovering the french alps with wine and without a bicycle I’m actually working my way backward through our trip to the area of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence that we did a few weeks ago before the Summer holidays finished and things got crazy again. If you click on the link above, you can see exactly…
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Le Col De La Bonette: Crossing The Highest Paved Road In Europe
The highest paved road in Europe Welcome back from Summer everyone! I hope that you’re not suffering too much from being back at work/school and knowing that the Summer’s over for another year (except you guys down in the Southern part of the world……you’ve got it all to look forward to very soon!).…
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The Day I Took A Hike In The Mercantour
Here’s something a little different for this week. I would like to write about a stunning National Park in France, near where we live called the Mercantour. The park straddles the range of mountains that divide France and Italy down near the coast. We decided that we needed some fresh air (the…
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Spanish Tapas: Bean Salad With Red Peppers
It’s all about the tapas So, here we are in the last week of Spanish Tapas Month on Italian Kiwi, with Part IV! I hope you’ve been enjoying the change of scenery for a month and had a look at the salmorejo soup , the tiny fried fish and the roasted peppers. This bean salad is the…
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Jumping the St Jean Bonfire in Valbonne
St Jean: a not-to-be-missed festival in the South of France This week, it’s all about the festival of St Jean: one of the most spectacular festivals of the year in Valbonne, where I live. All around France around this time of the year there are festivals celebrating St Jean, or as the saint…
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London: Biting Off a Piece of Borough Market
Visiting Borough Food Market in London I had the huge pleasure last week to spend the weekend in London with a group of very good friends. We caught a musical (a Bollywood extravaganza in which the audience was just as spectacular as the show!), we rummaged through the stalls at Spitalfields Market, we…
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The Buzz About The Mouans-Sartoux Honey Festival
All about the medieval village of Mouans-Sartoux This week is not about a recipe, but about a local festival the kids and I visited recently in a neighbouring village, which celebrates bees and the honey they busily produce. I have to say that I have never seen so many different types of honey,…
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Salone Del Gusto 2014, Turin, Italy
This post is a little different from my regular ones. It’s not about cooking and doesn’t have a recipe, but it IS still about food! So, bear with me. I want to tell you all about it as it’s such an important event in the food world. The Salone del Gusto (“Tasting Fair”in English: sounds…
