Yes, it’s true. Fall 2025 will be our last season of the 6-7 person Courageous Cooking School experience at La Pitchoune. It’s the experience that made us famous. And it’s time to let it go.

The Courageous Cooking School experience is so vastly different in so many ways from other programs you may come across. Our agenda is to immerse you in a world where you trust your own intuition and taste.

If you are familiar with Julia Child and her world-famous Provencal kitchen, then you are probably well aware of the pegboard wall that is proudly displayed in the space. Let’s talk about it.

Re-packaging (or re-potting) your spices and loose-leaf herbs into matching jars is a process called “decanting.”

Let’s talk cardamom. Full, sweet yet sultry, and enigmatic. I cannot stress enough that it is the holy grail for roasted veggies.

A museum now rests where Escoffier was born, in that quaint, Provencal, 18th century home in Villeneuve-Loubet. Managed by the Auguste Escoffier Foundation the Escoffier Museum of Culinary Art is the only Museum of Culinary Art in France.

The Promenade des Anglais - or “The Prom” as Niçoises refer to it - is one of Nice’s most sought-after leisure attractions. Here’s why.

Chef greats like Emeril, Rachel Ray, Paula Dean - and even La Pitchoune’s visionary icon Julia Child - have always kept butter close by. Here’s why.

What exactly is mise en place, and should you use this technique in kitchens even when you aren’t in the south of France? (Yes! Here are some tips.)

Copper cookware is the premiere choice by chefs worldwide. Here’s why.

The world is exactly that. It’s full of hopes and dreams, personalities driven by ideas of luck, and charms that are believed to bring that luck to us. Here are a few we keep handy.

The Courageous Cooking School is back… but now you can keep those comfy clothes on in an environment you love and develop your cooking skills in your own kitchen!

The Mouans Sartoux Market is already quite a fun place to explore. But this Confiture Shop… run by an incredible woman… is our absolute favorite.

Here are three simple sustainability tricks we use on the property that you may be able to adapt in your own home or commercial kitchen.

In 2015, when I found La Pitchoune on the market in the New York Times, I wasn’t sure what I was thinking when I chose to pursue it as a new venture. But recipe-free has really worked for us!

Mushrooms are packed with health benefits, which is why they are absolutely delightful to work with in the kitchen!

Oregano is an easy, flavorful, and fun herb to grow and cook with!

A chef’s dream. A member of the mint family, oregano is a woody perennial plant that multiplies like crazy as ground cover, or in a potted environment.

Makenna masterfully mixes convention with the unconventional. (A guest post by Jackie Falla.)

Bastille Day – widely celebrated on its anniversary, July 14th – marked the overturn of the government in the favor of its people. In fact, it is very similar to a country’s independence day.

Red, white, and rosé. Did you know that Provence is the largest producer of rosé wines in the world?