The Queen of Wildflowers

Oh goodness, August already? We are still crazy busy with Steve’s book launch events. Last night and tonight we are playing hosts at a local restaurant (Bûcheron) to 180 guests for a 5-course tasting menu special event in celebration of Steve’s new book about our families time in southern France*. As part of turning the restaurant into in celebration of all things Mediterranean, we have filled every nook and cranny with bouquets of flowers typical to southern France like sunflowers, herbs, fennel flowers, and wild carrot (Queen Anne’s Lace). Naturally, I was called in to do some of the foraging. Which mean more Carotte Sauvage for you as well :-)

Queen Anne’s Lace (Daucus carota)

*Steve’s book is called: A Season for That: Lost  and Found in the Other Southern France and is available in bookstores and on Amazon worldwide