I had promised you a post with the yummy addresses of Val d’Isère, so here we are! Vacations in the mountains are inevitably linked to good food, and what follows proves my point! MAISON CHEVALLOT (Avenue Olympique) Before we left for Val D’Isère, I did a little “must-eat” research, and I found this bakery/pastry shop: … Read more
A week ago, I had the privilege of being invited to Val d’Isère with my S.O. to celebrate Valentine’s Day. You can say what you want about that day, and act jaded : “It’s too commercial”, “Pff, it’s worthless, I celebrate Valentine’s Day everyday” (Yeah yeah, right, I’d like to see proof of that!), it’s … Read more
So there you go, the two recipes that I was lucky to make with the talented chef Alain Lamaison, the one and only that fed me so well during my stay at the hotel Les Barmes de l’Ours. I hope that you understand it all and that you will be able to reproduce it all … Read more
Like I was telling you, these last few days in Val d’Isère not only meant a lot of cocooning in our magnificent hotel but a little sport too…so we can equilibrate the scales, after our many gourmet binges! Last year I strapped on my skis to glide down the slopes (or more like tumble down). … Read more
A couple days ago I escaped to Val d’Isère, where I had been so charmingly welcomed last year for Valentine’s Day… remember? This time, the luxurious Hotel Spa “Les Barmes de l’Ours” invited me to rediscover Val d’Isère from a new angle. Which is how I ended up spending a couple of wonderful days in … Read more