Great news! The food/travel blog of our dear Paris-based photographer, foodie, and OC blog correspondent DANIELLE RUBI is up for Saveur magazine's Best Food Blog Award! Vote for Trail of Crumbs here (voting ends 4/26), and check out her latest adventure in the French countryside with her sister and her friend Leslie Feist.
During one of her longer Paris visits, dear pal Leslie Feist miraculously had a few days off. My twin sister, Simone, and I proposed that we all meet up at the train station and hop on the next train to the enchanted village of Noyers. Off we went, on a giddy adventure to the countryside where our friends have a house with an open door, a full cellar, and good vibes.
While we were there, the local potters of POTERIE SQUIRE had an open house. We went on a tour of the house and pottery studio where you could feel creativity in the air: lots of twisting wooden staircases and crumbly stone, overgrown sweet smelling gardens, rooms full of personality and vibrant colors. The kitchen looked like the kind I would want to cook a farmhouse dinner in, with lots of good friends and perfect tunes playing on a record player. My imagination was going full speed.
Back at the house, our host Rod greeted us with a lavish Burgundian snack spread. Escargot, local Chablis wine, cheeses, saucisson, artichokes, and black truffle potato chips. On a sunny day with tight buds in Burgundy, this is IT. Shoes came off, pronto. After a long apéro sesh, it was time to hit the cobblestones and eventually head up to the hills for a hike before the sun went down. We did some medieval house peeking on the way and walked along the Serein river that hugs the entire village in a U-shaped oxbow. We were even invited inside local actor Daniel Tarrare's house, which had another charming kitchen that featured an amazing massive old farm sink.
En route to the hills, we took a detour and snuck around the construction site of another friend's old house. Leslie was immediately drawn to the old peeling wallpaper and ripped off a large piece to use for letter-writing back home. Let this be an inspiration; it's never too late to bring back the tradition of taking the time to write a real letter! One that counts and will be treasured forever, especially during a time of all the fleeting hi-tech, fragmented, and abbreviated communication styles out there.
I highly recommend her latest album, Metals, which will haunt you with beauty and depth.![]()
Leslie next to the Serein river
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Arm in arm in the courtyard of Rod and Marco's medieval home in Noyers
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Leslie gives buttery, garlicky escargot (a Burgundy specialty) a try
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The spread of Burgundy snacks we were welcomed with. So delicious!
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The kitchen of Poterie Squire, a pottery studio in the center of the village
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During one of her longer Paris visits, dear pal Leslie Feist miraculously had a few days off. My twin sister, Simone, and I proposed that we all meet up at the train station and hop on the next train to the enchanted village of Noyers. Off we went, on a giddy adventure to the countryside where our friends have a house with an open door, a full cellar, and good vibes.
While we were there, the local potters of POTERIE SQUIRE had an open house. We went on a tour of the house and pottery studio where you could feel creativity in the air: lots of twisting wooden staircases and crumbly stone, overgrown sweet smelling gardens, rooms full of personality and vibrant colors. The kitchen looked like the kind I would want to cook a farmhouse dinner in, with lots of good friends and perfect tunes playing on a record player. My imagination was going full speed.
Back at the house, our host Rod greeted us with a lavish Burgundian snack spread. Escargot, local Chablis wine, cheeses, saucisson, artichokes, and black truffle potato chips. On a sunny day with tight buds in Burgundy, this is IT. Shoes came off, pronto. After a long apéro sesh, it was time to hit the cobblestones and eventually head up to the hills for a hike before the sun went down. We did some medieval house peeking on the way and walked along the Serein river that hugs the entire village in a U-shaped oxbow. We were even invited inside local actor Daniel Tarrare's house, which had another charming kitchen that featured an amazing massive old farm sink.
En route to the hills, we took a detour and snuck around the construction site of another friend's old house. Leslie was immediately drawn to the old peeling wallpaper and ripped off a large piece to use for letter-writing back home. Let this be an inspiration; it's never too late to bring back the tradition of taking the time to write a real letter! One that counts and will be treasured forever, especially during a time of all the fleeting hi-tech, fragmented, and abbreviated communication styles out there.
I highly recommend her latest album, Metals, which will haunt you with beauty and depth.
Leslie next to the Serein river
Arm in arm in the courtyard of Rod and Marco's medieval home in Noyers
Leslie gives buttery, garlicky escargot (a Burgundy specialty) a try
The spread of Burgundy snacks we were welcomed with. So delicious!
The kitchen of Poterie Squire, a pottery studio in the center of the village
