Stephane Gabart of My French Heaven
As many of you know several weeks ago hubby and I went on vacation. We spent two glorious although busy weeks in four various locations in France. The second place we stayed was Saint Emilion right in the heart of the wine region. What an incredibly beautiful area (future posts will cover this). When I planned our trip it was with full intention to stay with my blogger friend Stephane Gabart at his families B&B with Stephane as our host. I learned of his wonderful B&B through his blog My French Heaven. Let me just say that the B&B most definitely is a French heaven (again there will be posts specific to that).
While we were visiting, Stephane an amazing cook treated my husband Michael and I to an amazing home cooked dinner which was incredible. At one point he showed and let us taste fresh walnuts which neither my hubby or I had ever had before. Then he delighted us with Goose pate as an appetizer. I had never tried Goose before and this too was delicious. The main course was steak in a green peppercorn sauce with a side of potatoes. Let me just say that the peppercorn sauce was to absolutely die for! To end it all we had some scrumptious pastries from one of his acquaintances Patisserie and they were amazing. All in all it was one of the best meals we had our entire visit to France. Cooking may be one of Stephane’s passions and he has elevated it to an art form.
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Glorious…..and such a great time seems to be had by all. Friends are so important.
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It was such a great experience.
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How lovely that you got to spend time with your blogging friend Stephane. That had to make the trip all the more special.
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It absolutely did!
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This must have been absolutely wonderful, Liz.
And that dessert? Oh my!
Wishing you a wonderful weekend!
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It was an amazing meal! So delicious! You enjoy too, Lisa.
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Fantastic Elizabeth – wonderful meals and great friendships what more could anyone need. The food looks delicious!
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Stephane is truly an accomplished cook/chef! The peppercorn sauce was to die for!
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Great shots. It sounds like you had a marvellous time there. The meal sounds divine.
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When I heard you were going to France, I knew exactly where you would head!!! What a dream this would be….and to think you just lived it. Congrats to you and look forward to seeing the images of the rest of your vacation.
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Vacation of a lifetime!
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Oh my dear friend… What a beautiful present this is! I even like the pictures of me. You truy are an amazing artist!!! Your visit truly was the highlight of this late summer. I hope you and Michael do come back one of these days. Here is to Jack Daniels and green peppercorn 😉
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Huh you flatter me! Your photos are far superior. Thank you so much for making a wonderful trip even more fantastic!
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I’m going to skip the entire meal and just go straight to dessert..there is nothing better than French pastry…
Your vacation just sounds and looks so wonderful…your photo’s are beautiful and really tell the story…love the flaming pan..I would have set the house on fire…and how nice for you that you knew these people from a blog and then got invited…life is so strange and beautiful at the same time…
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Cheryl I agree with you about dessert but I must say the peppercorn sauce was to die for. And yes it is amazing that blogging brought us together.
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Oh my, seems you were in French heaven! 🙂 Fantastic images, love all the little details…and Stephane’s smiling face! Now I’m hungry.
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The meal was to die for Susan! 🙂 Stephane is an incredible chef!
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