Georgeanne Brennan’s Provence: On Garlic, Gardening, Cuisine & Creative Living (She had me at garlic!)
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Georgeanne Brennan’s Provence: On Garlic, Gardening, Cuisine & Creative Living (She had me at garlic!)

ByStefanie Bielekova

For years now I’ve been bullying myself into reading things I β€œought to” — regardless of whether the words were compelling.Β But this summerΒ I swallowed two of Georgeanne Brennan’s books whole and enjoyed that novel feeling of indulging myself. Not only in words so lovingly crafted to convey all that is ProvenΓ§al, but in the accompanying…

Stef’s Five Faves: Florence Edition
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Stef’s Five Faves: Florence Edition

ByStefanie Bielekova

I recently published my top-ten travel highlights of 2017, and in the numero-uno spot is a thing I’m going to tell you more about RIGHT IN THIS VERY BLOG POST! It’s the most exciting thing to do in Florence (IMO), it requires two wheels, and — to give you another clue — it starts with…

Gluten-Free Travel Tips for Europe and Beyond
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Gluten-Free Travel Tips for Europe and Beyond

ByStefanie Bielekova

When people would ask me what happens when I eat gluten, I used to joke: “You really don’t want to know!” Wink wink, nudge nudge! But when a coworker (on whom I’d already used my little line) asked me yet again to clarify, I realized that my polite reply was more evasive than explanatory. People…