ENJOYING THE PUNISHMENT
We have not quite yet survived the bureaucratic bungling of setting up a restaurant in France, as we have just submitted to the mairie ten copies of an enormous dossier that needs to be presented to a load of different committees. First a planning department to change the use of the building, (turns out that at some point after the restaurant last closed its doors in 1996, the building’s status was converted to domestic use, not commercial) then a department to make sure it i
SPRING - TIME TO CELEBRATE!
With the murky skies of January, and snowed-in days of February behind us, now Is the time to start thinking about your next fabulous get together – and I can’t emphasise enough that this lovely part of the world provides the perfect setting whatever you wish to celebrate. What’s more, I am a firm believer that it need not be stressful, nor cost you a fortune, to go all out and enjoy a memorable gathering, from a perfect intimate dinner party to a wedding or fête on a large s
