Provence is a land of warm-hearted people, delicious cuisine, and spectacular structures built over its 2500 year history as one of the major centers of trade on the Mediterranean. It is our home, and we love to share it.

Every year we begin anew with fresh ideas and deepening relationships with the local artisans to share with you, our guests. In sync with our allegiance to the SlowFood movement, we are working almost exclusively with organic produce, organic vineyards and organic supplyers of all sorts. Food is our life, and the best quality we are able to obtain means -- for us -- organic and locally cultivated.

We have programs all year-long, so please, take a look at our schedule.

In our culinary tours, we begin each week with a visit to the outdoor market of Arles, the largest in France with over 1300 merchants. There we choose our fresh ingredients for our first cooking classes. As the week progresses we visit local artisans such as the chocolate maker, or the potter, go wine-tasting at local wineries and learn from the men and women who have wine in their veins.

As we drive and walk through Provence, we will pass through orchards of olive trees and fruit, vine-covered hill sides and plateaus, rows of vegetables that will show up at the market stalls in Arles every Wednesday and Saturday. You can see a preview of what will be in season during your visit on our gourmand's calendar to Provence.

We'll bring you to intimate lunches at the home of the bee-keeper, back of the store visits to the baker and pastry-maker, and on guided truffle tours. Through stories, history and daily cooking classes we will share the traditional foods of Provence, the warmth of sharing time over Mediterranean food and Rhone wines, the pleasures of the table. A sampling of our favorite recipes are here for you to enjoy at home.

Surrounded by such bounty, the urge to share it comes naturally in this sun-drenched country. The many varieties of fish at the market come straight from the Mediterranean Sea just a half an hour away -- leading every market day to be fish day in our house. The olives are pressed nearby and give us smooth and fruity golden green oil to drizzle over vegetables, bread, pasta.. The wines in our "backyard" are amongst the most distinguished, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Gigondas, Vacqueyras, Lirac, Tavel, and more. And to our great pleasure, the wineries are small and welcoming and the wine-makers eager to convey their passion and knowledge. Mushrooms grow in the the hills, tomatoes are sold ripe from the field July through October, and fresh cheese from goats and sheep raised and tended locally is ours for the asking.

In putting together this website, we've tried to anticipate most every need with directions, descriptions of each workshop, an easy to fill out reservation form, links to colleagues and friends, ... If we've missed something, do let us know or simply send an email and we'll answer right away.

Should you want to learn how others' trips with us have been, check out our Clients' Comments page. We've also been written up quite often in the press. Here we put excerpts from some of our favorite articles.