Category: Food & Wine
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Why France Still Stops for Lunch Every Day
In France, every table is full at 1pm on a Tuesday. No special occasion — just lunch. Here’s why the French still stop for a proper midday meal, and what it means for visitors.
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Bordeaux Wine Region Guide: Everything You Need to Know Before You Visit
Plan your visit to the Bordeaux wine region with this complete guide. Discover Saint-Émilion, the Médoc, Sauternes, and the city of Bordeaux itself.
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The Love France Guide № 005: Café & Bistro Etiquette
Photo by Nikita Pishchugin on Unsplash Order a coffee at a Paris counter and you may pay one price; carry it to a terrace table and you can pay noticeably more for the exact same cup. This is not a tourist trap but a system written into French law: café menus are required to display…
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The Love France Guide № 004: French Wine & Terroir
Photo by Boudewijn Boer on Unsplash Pour two glasses of Chardonnay grown a few hundred metres apart on the slopes of Burgundy and they can taste noticeably different — one leaner and flinty, the other rounder and riper. That difference, and the French conviction that it matters enormously, is the whole idea behind terroir: the…
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The Love France Guide № 003: The Béret
Fantassin 72 via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) A proper béret starts life as an oversized knitted disc, sometimes a metre across, that is felted in hot water until the wool shrinks, thickens, and locks into a dense, weatherproof cloth. Only then is it blocked into shape, shorn of fuzz, and finished with a small stem…
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Why French Wine Tastes Different: The Story of Terroir
France makes the most talked-about wine in the world. The secret is not just the grapes. It is something older and harder to copy. The French call it terroir. Learning about French wine terroir reveals why a Burgundy Pinot Noir tastes nothing like a Rhône red. It explains why French wine has never been replaced,…
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The Love France Guide № 002: Bastille Day
Marie-Lan Nguyen via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.5) Bastille Day is the one French holiday most of the world has heard of — and most of what gets repeated about it is at least a little wrong. The building itself held almost nobody. The name isn’t even what the French call it. This is Guide…
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The Love France Guide № 001: The Croissant
The real Austrian origin, the butter-vs-margarine shape law, lamination explained, and how the French actually eat one — № 001 in The Love France Guide series.
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Bordeaux Travel Guide: What to See, Do and Drink in France’s Wine Capital
A complete Bordeaux France travel guide covering the UNESCO city centre, wine tours, Saint-Émilion, the Dune du Pilat and practical tips for visiting.
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French Cheese: A Complete Guide to France’s Most Sacred Food
France produces more than 1,200 types of cheese. From runny Camembert to crumbling Roquefort, each one tells a story of a region, a season, and a people. No visit to France feels complete without exploring this extraordinary world. This guide walks you through the basics — what the main families are, which cheeses to try…
