January is for Soups
…And all kinds of other sweet vegetables. What is January without a piping hot roasted butternut squash soup? First, its color is gorgeous, and the smell, ah the smell! This soup is sweet without any added sugar and creamy without any added cream. It is like...
Back Into The Cold
First frost, first snow, first ice. My last flowers: black-eyed Susan, mums, roses, and my insanely fragrant sweet alyssum, which had valiantly resisted up to now, finally gave up
Cookery Classes in Provence with Jackdaw Journeys
Ever wondered what a Jackdaw Journeys French cooking class is like? We’re sharing some insight on the process and would love for you to come along!
Upon arrival in Provence, we are picked up by our driver and whisked off to the location of our hilltop hotel and cookery school. Two of the next four days of our tour will be spent in the kitchen (fully updated, of course) of a 19th century Provencal country house set in the middle of an edible garden full of herbs, vegetables, medicinal plants, and fruits. It is here where the magic of French cooking will take place!