The best place to get your tourte aux blettes in Nice is La Fougasserie (5 Rue de la Poisonnerie, Vieux Nice, 06300). This bakery is just behind Cours Saleya. But if you fancy making your own, the recipe for savoury tourte aux blettes is below: INGREDIENTS THE PASTRY: 2 cups unbleached flour ½ teaspoon salt […]
Corsica sits off the coast of Nice and is well worth visiting. Like the Scots, the Corsicans consider themselves Corsican before French and the tiny island has only been part of France for a little over 200 years. Part of the Republic of Geneo, briefly independent and even more briefly British, the question of […]
Whites ‘Jurançon Sec,’ Chateau Jolys 2012 This wine won a gold medal in December’s International Challenge Award. It is a wine that is really only consumed in the South of France. The grape is Roussane. It is often used for blending. These grapes are in the main used to make dessert wines and it bears […]
1. Eat breakfast at Le Coin Quotidien – this gem at the end of Cours Saleya has the best breakfast menu by far in the old town. Hungry early risers sit at long wooden tables laden with goodies. Just be careful you don’t get so comfortable that you stay all day. 2. Soak up the atmosphere in […]
