Adventures on Land and Sea: Searching for Culinary Pleasures in Provence and Along the Cote d'Azur by Carole Bumpus ~ a Review

by MK French

Carole Bumpus and her husband Winston are now following the excursions of Peter Mayle hoping to find the real Provençe. They travel from Nice to Nîmes, Moustiers to Marseilles, and San Tropez to San Remy while sailing along the Côte d’Azur. Provençe had its own myths, festivals, and traditions, as well as historic ways of cooking and winemaking.

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A September to Remember by Carole Bumpus ~ a Review

by MK French

Carole Bumpus continues her series of travelogue/culinary memoir series. In this volume, she and her husband now travel through Italy for the first time, focusing on Lombardy, Tuscany, Compania, Apulia and Lazio.

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Searching for Family and Traditions at the French Table, Book Two, by Carole Bumpus ~ a Review

by MK French

Carole and her guide Josiane continue their culinary tour of France in this second volume. Going north from Paris, they explore different regions of France. Collecting tales from the people as well as recipes along the way, Carole describes local festivals, the towns, and the legacy of World War I and World War II on the regions, even seventy-five years later.

Searching for Family and Traditions at the French Table by Carole Bumpus ~ a Review

by MK French

A retired family therapist, Carole and her husband traveled to France with P, a friend and translator. They went through the countryside with the intention of learning about cuisine pauvre, the everyday peasant-style cooking that the people use, as well as the stories and traditions of the families there.