It has been shown as proof positive that carefully prepared chocolate is as healthful a food as it is pleasant; that it is nourishing and easily digested... that it is above all helpful to people who must do a great deal of mental work. - Anthelme Brillat-Savarin An absolutely stunning recipe, my Baked Chocolate Tartlets begin with a ...
Mieux vaut déceler une faiblesse que se laisser soupçonner d'un vice. (Better to reveal a weakness than be suspected of a vice.) - Denis Diderot, Jacques le fataliste et son maître, 1765 – 1784 Macarons, that elegant cross between a confection and a pastry, that tiny, sweet specialty of France. Lovely, they are, yet fussy and temperamental ...
The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday - but never jam today. - Lewis Carroll Who says life doesn’t start at fifty? A couple of years ago, I transformed myself and began a career as a professional writer. Two or three years later, just a week ago, I became a hôtelière, a hotel owner, a ...
We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us. - Francois Rabelais A hotel with a soul. That’s what he said. “That’s what is missing these days, hotels with a soul, une âme, warm, welcoming places where one feels at home. That’s what you have here. The hotel, your neighborhood, your region, ...
Soul meets soul on lovers' lips.- Percy Bysshe Shelley Valentine’s Day approaches and we are in no short supply of sweets, of the perfect, most decadent, richest, sexiest dessert with which to woo and to wow our lover. But something must come before the dessert, a savory dish to ignite the senses, to titillate both the ...
Obsessed by a fairy tale, we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a lost kingdom of peace. - Eugene O'Neill A stroll through the beautiful city of Chinon, and the fairytale of living in France returned and ignited my esprit. Each afternoon ramble through the narrow medieval streets of this picturesque village with its swags of roses ...
I'm Jamie; welcome to the new Life's a Feast!
I run a hotel in Chinon, France, and write about life, culture, modern day living and food.
My passion is to create vibrant and unique experiences.
