"Pane e Vino" - Authentic Italian food in Santa Barbara, CA. USA
Montecito (near Santa Barbara) restaurant Pane é Vino give us very authentic Italian country food.
Owner Pietro Bernardi is from Northern Italy and he says while his family and regional recipes feature strongly, he also has dishes from all over Italy even with their olive oil from Sicily. Here you can imagine you are in Italy for the duration of a meal even if you actually walk out into Southern California.
1482 E. Valley Road Montecito, CA 93108 ~ (805) 969-9274
Site: www.panevinosb.com
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Summer/autumn 2023
Chef Jacques Chibois is still at the top of his game
at his restaurant & hotel "Hotel La Bastide St. Antoine",
Nr Cannes, FR
A Tranquil and Charming 5 star upscale Country Provençal Hotel most famous for its restaurant "Jacques Chibois" of well known Chef Jacques Chibois, with two Michelin Stars, continues to maintain fabulous cuisine, magnificent gardens and rooms filled with the tastes, smells and ambiance of Provence, his adopted home. This romantic, thoroughly Provençal 5-star luxury hotel is really just an excuse to avoid driving after eating some of the best food in France at the restaurant of master chef M. Jacques Chibois either inside with a choice of lovely dining rooms or, weather permitting, outside on several terraces with views down to the sea and Cannes just hidden from view by the low hills.
click here for more on this fabulous place >>
La Ferme d'Augustin****, a true family holiday hotel.
979 Tahiti Road, Saint Tropez, Southern France
"La Ferme d'Augustin**** is a lovely hotel converted from an old family farm and, very recently, beautifully remodeled in great good taste with charming individually decorated rooms and suites and some of the nicest and well thought out functional bathrooms we have encountered. In addition, it is just a 5 minutes walk from the famousTahiti Beach and a short shuttle ride from the boat harbor and down town St. Tropez, Cote d'Azur, France. click here for more on this lovely hotel>>
Luxury Hotel La Bonne Etape ****
Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban, Haute-Provence, France
This is a very special and romantic hotel with its fabulous Michelin starred restaurant up and away from the maddening crowd at the coast. It is a luxury family hotel featuring the cuisine of owner and Executive Chef Jany Gleize that will make you never want to leave! Perfect as a stop over or destination in itself.
To read the full story, see the full video and other videos, watch the chef show you how to make his signature dish "Stuffed Zucchini Flowers" and download his recipe, even join us for dinner, click here >>
Editorial:
In today's world, travel is constantly fraught with changing rules and regulations for those wanting to travel to EU countries. Last year, we got in on the first day we were allowed to enter France and it was only just opening up from the stringent lock downs. It then opened up more and this last Spring it was very open. Today it is almost back to pre-pandemic levels. But you never know when another variant is going to sweep across the landscape, so we advise you to always check weeks before you plan to leave on your trip, no matter where, for the lastest on the local Covid situation, the country's vaccine and mask requirements as well as those of the airline you will be traveling on. Then again a week before you leave since all this can change so quickly.
So our advice is to mask up with N-95 (or equivalent like the NK-95) masks to protect yourselves and others and take along some of those medical masks too since some places require them. Check what kinds of Covid tests are acceptable. Make sure to take whatever kind of proof of vacciination you may have, a card like in the US, or a digital one as so many EU countries are now using that is an app on your cell phone/mobile.
So bon appétit and safe travels. The Editors.
Michelin Starred Restaurant "Jacques Chibois”, La Bastide Saint-Antoine, Grasse for Lunch or Dinner.
You must put this restaurant at Hotel La Bastide Saint-Antoine just up hill from the coast at Cannes with its Michelin starred chef Jacques Chibois on your gastronomic itinerary. It is outside of the famous perfume town of Grasse. Its a joy both inside and out.
So more on this lovely restaurant (see the "Join Us for Lunch" video at the top of this column) and its accompanying 5 star hotel. read more>>
The luxury five star Le Mas de Chastelas is located in a quiet backwater of Gassin, right on the route to St. Tropez.
Hotel le Mas de Chastelas is a celebrated and historic old mansion positioned on a low rise overlooking the neighboring vineyards just on the outskirts of St. Tropez in the Cote d'Azur. Over the last 50 years, it has played host to the intelligentsia of the literary world and stars of the cinema of both Europe and America. It was one of the first luxury hotels in the newly emerging mystic of St. Tropez.
Today, with new management, investment and a total remodeling, it has once again entering the club of luxury hotels on the peninsula with wonderful ambiance, peace and tranquility. It has also made its mark with its constantly changing and improving cuisine that rivals most other fine restaurants we have enjoyed. It now has a new chef in the kitchen.
"Stuffed Zucchini Flowers Tutorial- Part 1". Watch Chef Jany Gleize, of La Bonne Etape, showshow to make his signature dish "Stuffed Zucchini Flowers" and you will learn much more about his take on his region's food but about cooking in general and be entertained at the same time. (Part Two click here >>). 13 minutes.
Honorable Mentioned:
A marvelous high quality everyday restaurant near Saint-Tropez, France.
At the entrance to the hilltop village of Grimaud, there is a delightful, bright and cheery restaurant with a tree shaded big wood decked patio as well as a charming dining room space inside - all in white. It offers quality traditional dishes & daily suggestions with a dash of a modern approach in a welcoming setting every weekday lunchtime.
It is one of our favorite spots for everyday dining. The cuisine is generally light and tasty even during Covid when the supply chain is challenging for all restaurants.
Two brothers, Alexis and Thibaut own and run the place, each with a passion for sharing good food . They welcome you, noon and evening, so that you can discover refined cuisine in a calm and friendly setting. One welcomes everyone while the other holds down the kitchen.
The menu changes with the seasons to serve you quality dishes throughout the year!
18 Rond point de la Coopérative
83 310 Grimaud, France
+33(0)4.94.81.50.24 Website >>
Today, with new management, investment and a total remodeling, it has once again entering the club of luxury hotels on the peninsula with wonderful ambiance, peace and tranquility. It has also made its mark with its constantly changing and improving cuisine that rivals most other fine restaurants we have enjoyed. It now has a new chef in the kitchen.