All about Provence
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Join Carole Bumpus, her husband, Winston, and their friends in Book Four of Savoring the Olde Ways, her culinary-travel series. Following in the footsteps of writer Peter Mayle, Bumpus is on a quest to find the real Provençe. On three separate excursions—from Nice to Nîmes, Moustiers to Marseilles, and San Tropez to San Remy.
It sparkles with Carole's effervescent personality. –Terrance
Here is a clip from my cruise down the Seine
New Years Eve on the River
A memorable cruise through Bordeaux and its region and celebrate a unique New Year's Eve! Explore the Grands Crus Wine Route of the Medoc as well as Blaye and its citadel, proudly dominating the estuary.
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Cruise around Corsica, the Granite Island
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Aug 29, Sep 19, Oct 3 & 10
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Julia's Slow-cooked Middle Eastern Lamb
Since you are unlikely to get hold of a salt marsh lamb, this recipe will make the most of a common supermarket leg or shoulder. (The latter has more flavour, in my view. Buy either one with the bone in for even more.) While you can serve it with great joy with roasted potatoes, continue the Middle East theme with a scattering of pomegranate seeds, drizzles of loosened humous, couscous, and sides of fried aubergine chunks turned in a sauce of pomegranate molasses, rose harissa and vinegar then sprinkled with scallions and cilantro, plus a citrus salad of thinly shaved endive, fennel and orange which I of course forgot in the fridge, and you will have a feast for any spring occasion.
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