India was wonderful this year as usual - hosted two big trips in October around the colourful gastronomic and shopping temples of Jaipur, Goa, Kolkata and Darjeeling. This is a ten day adventure so quite exhausting as we travel from destination to destination by plane. Of course an airport is a great place to stare at people and catch up on your writing, reading and messaging so we are at one with the universe during these enforced periods of waiting.
Read MoreHere’s the word on Marrakech: it’s lush, affluent, ultra chic, has outrageously exotic restaurants and nightclubs, designer kaftans and sharp suits, funky jewelry and textiles, tagines, crab sushi, sexy North African cool and drop dead stylish accommodation. It’s one of the leading style capitals of the world. Forget hashish, back-packs, dodgy carpets and 3000 ways to do couscous – although they still exist in quaint time warp pockets – Marrakech has become a highly sophisticated and cosmopolitan Eurafrican lifestyle destination.
Read MoreI have, for seemingly ever, wanted to add a gastronomic tour of somewhere in Italy to our list of destinations, but never seem to have had the time to do all the hard work. It had to be really special, different, and also fit in with our ethos and way of doing things.
Read MoreThe Basque Country is soon to be in its third year and is proving very popular - it is partially on the northern coast of Spain, where the Navarre hills sweep down to the Cantabrian Sea; and partially on the southern coast of France where the Pyrenees mountains sweep down to the Atlantic Ocean. The fact that it is half Spanish and half French only adds to its enigmatic and dramatic air. For years foodie friends had been telling me to go there for the extraordinarily good food and I and the gastronomads were not disappointed.
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The May 2013 Uzès culinary week went off like a bomb with a particularly lively and hilarious group of dedicated gastronomads, eating and drinking their way through the South of France. The Mas where we hole up has new owners - Michael and Emma from London and they have done a beautiful refurbishment.
Read MoreUzès trip - July 12th - 19th 2014
After we leave crowded, colourful Marrakech, I jump on a plane, fly to Marseilles and from there drive to Uzès in the South of France, half an hour from Avignon. My culinary tours business started in Uzès in 2006 and it is still our most chic destination. Uzès is one of the most beautiful towns in France and is famous for its outrageous Saturday market bursting with fresh produce - local Pelardon goat cheeses, tellines (baby pippies), Cevennes mountain lamb, olive oil, vegetables, wine - musicians, clothes, jewelry, pottery. Everyone seems to be in a good mood, the weather is warm and the mushrooms are wild.
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