Food & Friends

The tartiflette, s’il vous plait. It’s a delicious local specialty of potatoes scalloped in butter and cream with a thick layer of crispy/gooey cheese on the top, served with smoked ham and a good Bordeaux … perfect for a two hour lunch.

Then there was the foie gras and the 1979 Chateau Closiot Sauternes for aperitif. This could have been our dinner, but then came the confit de canard and sautéed potatoes with 1986 Chateau Haut-Marbuzet, followed by the warm apple tatin and cognac. Somewhere after Annecy we’d taken a right turn and ended up in heaven!

The kitchen where these miracles were created … and the inspirational view out the kitchen window

Jean-Pierre is standing beside their antique Man Chest. The idea is that a man could stand inside hiding, and no one would suspect his presence because of the middle drawer, which is really a fake.

“Oh! Wow! Six generations of computer cables. Now this is fun!”