I'll never forget my first taste of oysters in France. I had eaten oysters a few times in Canada, but they had always travelled too far ...

Students in my cooking classes are often surprised to hear me say that it's hard to find fresh local fish in Nice. Surrounded as we are ...

It's easy to take salt for granted. That is, until you've discovered coarse gray sea salt and fleur de sel from France's Atlant...

Like the Auvergne, the Ile de Ré has a potato fetish. But here what they celebrate is the spring potato, the sweet and dainty pomme de terre...