by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jul 7, 2011 | En français, Food | Cooking, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
The Night Sky by Barbara Flemming It all began Sunday afternoon when “he that should be obeyed” (Yves), walked us to the lavender field near the lodge to observe the landscape about us. A photograph was taken of our chosen scene which was to be sketched later and...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jul 3, 2011 | Art History, Food | Cooking, General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
Getting Ready for Atelier Provence After a night in Milan and train trip to Marseille where we picked up our van, we are finally in our lodge in the middle of the Valensole plateau. The beauty of the juxtaposition of the lavender and the blond wheat fields is...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jul 2, 2011 | Food | Cooking, General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
Arrival to beautiful Provence After bringing all of our Studio Italia happy participants to the Arezzo train station, and a long train ride from Florence and a night stop in Milano, we finally arrived to our lodge in Provence, located on the Plateau de Valensole....
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jun 20, 2011 | Food | Cooking, General, Painting
Organising our kitchen A few days ago we arrived at our lodge in Tuscany where our group of painters are painting the beautiful landscapes of the Val di Chiana. Before their arrival, lots of organisation had to be done. Especially in the kitchen since food is a...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jun 19, 2011 | Food | Cooking
La Toraia Finally a new restaurant on the block in Sinalunga where the New York look is at the rendez-vous! La Toraia, which means “bull stable” offers an innovative menu in a Tuscany where Artusi is still venerated. Arrivederci cucina tipica Toscana; buongiorno to a...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | May 6, 2011 | Art History, Food | Cooking, Painting
On May 3 we presented A Taste of Italian Art, our first cooking class at the LCBO Rideau! We enjoyed enormously the experience and fortunately everything went smooth! The timing was perfect, the dishes were “au point”, the stove, the oven and the projector worked well...
