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Eternal Provence : must read classics and Provençal traditions

Bienvenue en Provence ! Welcome friends, to my travel and reading log of this summer’s escape to the South of France, in what was for me, a dream come true. After 20 years of building the picture of this world…

  • Alexandra Poppy
  • 25 August 2024
  • Main Courses, Reader's Table

Pagnol’s Mountain Memories: Daube Provençale Inspired by My Father’s Glory

In the sun-drenched hills above Aubagne, where young Marcel Pagnol first discovered the wild magic of Provence, the air shimmers with more than just heat—it carries the promise of adventure, the scent of wild herbs crushed underfoot, and the deep…

  • Alexandra Poppy
  • 6 August 2024
  • Books & Rituals, Latest Articles, Literary Travels, Memoirs & Biographies

All aboard ! Travel memoirs to prepare for my next adventure

Hello friends, and welcome to my latest travel from home ritual. It’s almost summer holiday season, and as always, I’m starting to feel impatient. The adventure calls, the poolside cocktails await, that is… not just yet. So while I wait…

  • Alexandra Poppy
  • 23 June 2024
  • Books & Rituals, Latest Articles, Literary Travels, Seasonal Reading

English Spring Reading: Books, Tea, and Garden Inspiration

A Literary and Culinary Ritual inspired by English Gardens

  • Alexandra Poppy
  • 19 May 2024
  • Books & Rituals, Latest Articles, Literary Travels, Seasonal Reading

Saint Patrick celebrates Nowruz : an unexpected Spring feast

Hello friends, and welcome to a March celebration that connects people, continents and cultures ! If you’ve been here for a while, you know that I love a good excuse to celebrate and discover, and thankfully, there are feasts around…

  • Alexandra Poppy
  • 17 March 2024
  • Books & Rituals, Latest Articles, Memoirs & Biographies, Seasonal Reading

Reading my way back home

Hello friends ! I’m very happy to be back in 2024 for our next chapter of cosy reading together ! My little break from filming, right after the adventures of my yearly Advent Calendar series, has meant time to reflect.…

  • Alexandra Poppy
  • 18 February 2024
  • Main Courses, Reader's Table

The Major’s Melancholy: Austrian Saftgulasch Inspired by Adalbert Stifter

In the vast, windswept steppes of Hungary where Adalbert Stifter sets his haunting tale of love lost and found, the landscape itself seems to breathe with a quiet, persistent longing. This Austrian Saftgulasch—robust, unadorned, built on the patient marriage of…

  • Alexandra Poppy
  • 6 January 2024
  • Advent Calendars, Books & Rituals

Vienna Christkindlmarkt: Austria’s Historic Christmas Market at Rathausplatz

Austrian Advent Calendar Day 24 Hello, dear friends, and Merry Christmas Eve! Welcome to the heart of Christmas in Vienna: the Christkindlmarkt, where centuries of tradition meet contemporary celebration in one of Europe’s most beautiful settings. The name translates literally…

  • Alexandra Poppy
  • 24 December 2023
  • Advent Calendars, Books & Rituals

The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig: Memoirs of Habsburg Vienna

Austrian Advent Calendar Day 23 Hello, dear friends, and welcome to the final book review of our Austrian Advent Calendar. For the past twenty-two days, I’ve shared with you novels and histories, essays and art books—pieces that have composed a…

  • Alexandra Poppy
  • 23 December 2023
  • Advent Calendars, Books & Rituals

The Imperial Style: Exploring Habsburg Fashion and Court Dress in Vienna

Austrian Advent Calendar Day 22 Hello, dear friends, and welcome to one of our final Advent reflections. Time has flown, hasn’t it? These twenty-two days have passed like pages turning in a beloved book—each one rich, each one gone too…

  • Alexandra Poppy
  • 22 December 2023
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