There’s nothing as fresh and healthy as a nice homemade meal that uses local products and specialties. Living in Nice, France, we are very close to our Italian neighbours. So close that one third of what we eat on a daily basis is similar to the food in Italy. Only we don’t have the exact…
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Asian-style Beef & Citrus Salad over Niçoise Socca
This one definitely is the pure expression of Staycation-on-a-plate. Fusion food being the ultimate trend for the past 15 years, it goes without saying that the various influences of my travels push me every now and then onto mixing cultures in the kitchen and combining ingredients from different parts of the world for the sake…
Delicious & Pillowy Gnocchi
While writing this post, I meant to look online for an anecdote or two about gnocchi. I told myself something like “today is Sunday, Sophie, don’t keep so serious, adopt a laid-back attitude and look for fun facts instead of going through the traditional and way too serious history of gnocchi”. Well, as surprising as…
Socca
Simply the best and most delicious local snack you could possibly find in Nice, South of France. Wanna experience the most typical Niçoise way of life? Munch on Socca. Period. With your fingers of course, just tear large yummy pieces apart, no fork allowed. Socca is the basic combination of chickpea flour, olive oil, water…
Daube Niçoise
Niçoise Beef Stew. That’s the best translation I can come up with, even though Daube Niçoise, our special local regional dish name, is nowadays making its way through the world. Slightly exaggerating, but this is what we do around here, for fun. I read that the dish is actually more frequently acknowledged as Daube Provençale…
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France.
I live in a magnificent region. The French Riviera really has something unique, especially on wonderful days such as today. Just when I thought Autumn was kicking in (way too) early in September, well it actually didn’t, and now in mid-October we are back on having bright and warm sunny days as if we were…
Tomato Mozzarella
Back to Basics. Olive Oil from the region of Nice is the only ingredient that matters to me when Summer comes and when all I feel like is having a light and fresh lunch on my terrace during the weekend. Or the weeknights. Or all the time. I have no story to tell, and there…
Pan Bagnat and the Celebration of May. Nice, France.
In Nice, France, when the weather is sunny during the month of May, eating a Pan Bagnat on a bright Sunday really kick-starts Summertime, French Riviera style. A few posts back, I have mentioned “la Fête des Mai”, literally the Celebration of May, a sort of local food and culture Festival.This event that takes place…
Pissaladière Niçoise
There is no Southern French bakery that I know of that does not make and offer Pissaladière in Nice and its extended area. Moreover, everyone should note that there could not be a complete experience when visiting Nice without trying Pissaladiere at least once. One could say Pissaladiere is our local pizza, which technically wouldn’t be…
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