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Welcome to On Food and France, where you’ll find life-enhancing food essays, travel insights, and the occasional recipe.

For those of you who don’t know me: While working as a food and wine writer for the past 30 years, I’ve spent more than 25 summers in France—experiences that led me to write my cookbook, The Bonne Femme Cookbook: Simple, Splendid Food That French Women Cook Every Day. That book was later revised and updated (with photos!) for my more recent tome, Everyday French Cooking: Modern Cuisine Made Simple.

Yes, I love French recipes. But you know what I love even more? Stories — and specifically, stories about food and France and other great places in the world.

That’s what I’m up to here. My stories offer insights on food, often culled from my vast experiences in France, but also from elsewhere in the world—from a 60-acre family farm in Greene County Iowa, to far-flung places like Chile, Argentina, Portugal, and other places I’ve been in the course of my food and travel life. Along the way, I’ll offer travel tips on some of my favorite destinations. And of course, I’ll publish recipes—but only if I have an all-new find or a unique take that you won’t already find elsewhere on the Internet.

The goal? To bring bring you information and insights that will enhance your daily life.

And one more thing: My France is “everyday France,” and wherever else I go, it’s the same. What I seek in the world is not the three-star Michelin restaurants and five-star hotels and private luxury barges; for me, it’s the daily life—the off-the-beaten-path, unexpected finds just around the corner that always bring the most delight. I’ll key you into those … as well as the occasional infuriating (but kind of funny) things that can happen when you dine and travel (especially in La Belle France).

It’s all simply meant to bring joy to your days.

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A bientôt,

Wini

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À bientôt!

Wini

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