From the publisher of Under the Tuscan Sun comes another extraordinary memoir of a woman embarking on a new life — this time in the South of France. Thirty years ago, James Beard Award-winning author Georgeanne Brennan set out to realize the dream of a peaceful, rural existence en Provence. She and her husband, with their young daughter in tow, bought a small farmhouse with a little land, and a … a few goats and pigs and so began a life-affirming journey. Filled with delicious recipes and local color, this evocative and passionate memoir describes her life cooking and living in the Provenal tradition.
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Currently enjoying any of the ‘Moving to live in Provence’ type of books!
This author writes about the decision to move to a rural area of France, and experience a more peaceful daily pace. She, her husband, and their small daughter make the move. This book chronicles meeting people, getting settled, making friends and acquaintances, and …
A little slow but very interesting if you keep with it.
Just a “diary” of how wonderful the author’s life was. Had no connection to the story and couldn’t finish it. A person’s life is not always that interesting to someone else.
I enjoyed the homey way the book is written but I wondered what happened to the first husband…I wanted more about the family dynamics.
I love the cooking in a foreign country genre but this book failed to interest me … I skimmed through it hoping to find a page that would draw me in which , in the end, it failed to do.
These are the types of books I really enjoy. I studied one year in Poitiers, France and wrote a thesis on Jean Giono. The author and her husband moved to a small village in the Provence area where she starts making goat cheese the way they used to do it. Later they come during their summer vacations. While it is true that maybe at first it is …
I’ve been cooking ever since!
Her descriptions of food are mouth-watering..
Lived in France in the Languedoc Roussillon from 1970-1989 and experienced a lot of the same traditions. Collecting crepes in the Dordogne much the same as discribed in the book. Loved the discriptions, brought back so many memories.
Food lovers would enjoy this, but I found it too detailed and I didn’t really want to know what would happen next.
Not a story as such, Mostly about the French food.
After reading a year in Provence I was disappointed
A fun summer read with great recipes to try. Felt like I was back in Provence.
This was pretty good. I was more interested in the descriptions of the neighbors, their homes, the landscape, their food culture more than the recipes. I love the South of France, especially Gascony. Fly into Toulouse, rent a car and drive Southwest about 45 minutes. You’ll love it as well.
Historical perspective of how seasons and location defined the foods eaten in Provence. A way of life no longer existing for the most part today.
A fascinating memoir of her many years in rural France as a farmer, cook, hostess, guest and cheese maker.
It makes me want to go to Provence, drink wine, bread, the gardens, fresh vegetables. Lovely
This book, written by the woman who wrote “Under the Tuscan Sun” is a great view of Provence of a period which is past. It is insight into the way people lived and worked that no longer exists to a large extent. There is a lot of cooking information.
Not quite Under a Tuscan Sun, but along the same lines. Makes me want to upstakes and move to Provence! Author was one of the first, now this is quite common, so interesting picture of early days of expats in the south of France.