The French Riviera is ideally located between the sea and the mountains: it thus offers magnificent beaches that border the Mediterranean from Menton to Cassis, while the Esterel massif and the Mercantour allow you to make very beautiful hikes. It also has cities known throughout the world such as Nice and its Carnival, Cannes and its film festival, Grasse, capital of perfumery, as well as many villages in the hinterland which inspired the painters Cézanne and Matisse, between other artists.
The light, the climate and the beauty of the coastlines and landscapes are not the only assets of the Côte d’Azur. It is also a region with famous products such as Menton lemonand many culinary specialties, such asaiolithe focacciathe soccathe tapenadethe pan bagnatthe Ratatouillethe lemon piewithout forgetting the essential Nicoise salad. There is no shortage of good addresses to discover or rediscover!
For this “gourmet stopover” full of sunshine on the Côte d’Azur, Loic Ballet receives Eric Kayserbakery Kayser House, which has just opened a “bakery, pastry shop, contemporary restaurant and tapas bar” in Antibes, with a magnificent view of Port Vauban. He also receives Laurent Gannaccitrus grower and founder of the Menton Lemon Housespecializing in the production of organic citrus fruits, in particular the Lemon of Menton IGP.
Sophie Mekaerti of At Theresa’slocated in Old Nice, presents the recipe for socca and Virginia Acchiardoof the restaurant At Acchiardo in Nice, makes us discover the authentic cuisine of Nice.
Nathalie Helalhistorian of gastronomy, presents “The gourmet stage on the road to the Tour”: on the menu, Champagne and pink biscuit from Reims.