Skip to content
La Joie de Vivre

La Joie de Vivre

Celebrating the art of living well ~ as the French do, with such joy

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • About Kate Dickerson
  • Contact

Tag: French food

October 23, 2018October 24, 2018cestsibonlajoiedevivre

Aligot ~ one of my favorite comfort foods

Aligot. Just hearing the name gets my mouth watering and starts me thinking of cooler Fall days when heavier comfort foods come back into season, after a Summer of eating more lightly. I am in love with l’aligot and often order it in restaurants, but we also make it at home, from time to time. […]

Continue Reading "Aligot ~ one of my favorite comfort foods"
October 22, 2018October 22, 2018cestsibonlajoiedevivre

When lunch is a spectacle

Yesterday, on the recommendation of a friend, we went to a restaurant in Les Halles (the indoor marketplace) in Narbonne. It was quite an event! Sizeable French cities usually have a large indoor “covered” marketplace where locals go to buy fresh and prepared foods. These buildings, called halles, house many vendors’ stalls – mostly permanent […]

Continue Reading "When lunch is a spectacle"
October 15, 2018October 15, 2018cestsibonlajoiedevivre

A gourmet’s dream come true

While in Perpignan, a few days ago, we happened upon the shops of Hélène Colls. Situated on either side of a small street, at a corner of La Place de la République, these two little boutiques display and sell the stuff that gourmets’ dreams are made of. Closest to the place is the original shop […]

Continue Reading "A gourmet’s dream come true"
October 14, 2018October 14, 2018cestsibonlajoiedevivre

Lovely Perpignan

Yesterday, we spent the day walking around Perpignan. Each time we go there, I am reminded of why I love it so much. The small city has such a vibrant esprit, and the old historic center, especially, is just loaded with charming buildings, shops, squares and places to eat, drink, or simply pass the time […]

Continue Reading "Lovely Perpignan"
August 12, 2018October 14, 2018cestsibonlajoiedevivre

Le marché de Montagnac

The town of Montagnac, like almost every other town in all of France, has a weekly, outdoor market. In any region, market days vary from town to town, so that they don’t overlap, meaning you can shop at a different one every day of the week, if you desire. The Montagnac market is held every […]

Continue Reading "Le marché de Montagnac"
October 22, 2017October 22, 2017cestsibonlajoiedevivre

Sunday lunch by the Canal du Midi

Sunday lunch is a big deal in France. Everyone stops what they are doing to eat a long, slow and relaxing meal – usually with family and/or friends. It is a time to kick back and concentrate on good food, in the company of all generations, from babies to great-grandparents. Whether at home (grand–mère‘s house […]

Continue Reading "Sunday lunch by the Canal du Midi"

Excerpt from my first very blog post

... Most memorable of those first French meals, though, was upstairs at a small and cozy restaurant in the 5th, called La Petite Hostellerie. I can still taste in my memory the French onion soup topped with thick, melted cheese, with its surprise slice of French bread floating in the soup beneath the cheese ...

Posts 2009-2016

To read older posts, click here: http://discoveryourjoiedevivre.blogspot.com/

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 42 other subscribers

Our house in France

Archives

Tags

Abbaye de Valmagne aligot Anduze pots Antiques architecture art Aveyron beaches bedroom Boularand Antiquités Braquenié Brocantes/antiquités Brunschwig & Fils Cantal cheese Catalan flag Catalan food china colorful architecture copper pots farm-to-table Faïence France French country cuisine French decorating French fabric French food French furnishings French furniture garlic Gimios herb garden herbs Jack Dickerson Art Kate Dickerson Art La Foire aux Tissues la garrigue Languedoc Languedoc-Roussillon Lavender Le Bijou Le Canal du Midi Le Domaine des Augustins le marché le pain Living in France lucques olives Luneville pottery market day Marye-Kelley Découpage master bedroom Mirepoix Montagnac Mourèze Moustiers-Sainte-Marie murals ochre pigments Oustau Le Bijou panetière provençale paëlla Perpignan Pierre Frey potatoes pottery Provence pétrin Pézenas restaurant Roussillon Saint-Jean-de-Minervois Santiago de Compostela saucisses sausage Scalamandre sculpture silverware small town life Souleiado The Mediterranean trompe-l'œil vineyards vintage linens wine winery
Website Built with WordPress.com.
  • Follow Following
    • La Joie de Vivre
    • Join 42 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • La Joie de Vivre
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...