Great farmers, highly skilled chefs, a long tradition of country cooking, a brilliant Mediterranean fishing coastline in the South of France, the world’s greatest farmland and the double influences of French cooking specifically, and Mediterranean cooking generally. And truffles!
Provence is also one of the world’s great wine countries.
Like Italian and Greek food culture, Provençal gastronomy is a “cuisine du soleil,” a profoundly Mediterranean cuisine based on seafood, olive oil, beans, herbs and plenty of vegetables.
Provence dishes favor the world’s tastiest lamb; most amazing produce like tomatoes, cherries, berries and more; a delicious salmon-looking trout called the Sorgue trout; and many other incredible ingredients.
But it’s also specifically French, with the world’s greatest cheese, wine and bread.
Happily, cherry season overlaps with lavender season, and so during a few weeks of the year these exquisite flavors appear on Provençal plates (and, uncoincidentally, that’s when our Summer Provence Rosé Experience takes place!).
Many of the world’s favorite French dishes are specifically Provençal. Bouillabaisse, ratatouille, tapenade and niçoise salad all come from Provence.
Other classic and tasty dishes include:
Soupe au Pistou, a vegetable and bean soup.
Tarte Tropézienne, which is a brioche cake filled with sweet cream, was actually named by actress Brigitte Bardot.
Daube, a beef stew, flavored with onions, carrots, mushrooms, olives, garlic, herbes de Provence and a red wine sauce.
Pissaladière, which is Provençal pizza served as an appetizer, made with caramelized onions, black olives, and pissalat — a salty sardine and anchovy paste.
And many other dishes.
Provençal cuisine is bright, colorful, beautiful and tasty beyond belief — especially as prepared by our friends — Provence’s most visionary and talented chefs, including some of France’s most beloved Michelin Star chefs.
If you want to taste the greatest food Provence has to offer — truly some of the best food in the world — sign up now for The Provence Rosé Experience!
The cuisine of Provence is the result of all the stars lining up to create the world’s most sumptuous food — farming, history, climate, geography and unbelievable culinary skill. That’s why Provençal cuisine is so irresistible!
