Sharing Food, Wine, Recipes and Tales from French Chateau Country
Join us for a gourmet extravaganza
Where the best local produce can be sourced
From herbs to leaves and more
learn new recipes, ideas and techniques
One of the pillars of life in France
We are just two hours from the Atlantic Ocean
When food teases our eyes, it is already delicious
Culinary Holidays Escape from it all and soak up the fun and charm of French chateau country through the amazing fresh food and wine of the Loire Valley. We will spend time in the kitchen cooking and preparing, but, if you stay a few […]
All the things that make us the perfect culinary holiday destination also make us the perfect base for all or some of your Loire Valley holiday. Please take a look at our rooms and amenities and what our location has to offer. Then please get […]
For three months of each year we make our home available for holiday rentals. The Loire Kitchen house isn’t your average holiday rental, it’s more like having the run of a small boutique hotel. The house with its cook’s kitchen/dining room, salon, library and lots […]
An opportunity to see some of the dishes that we have been preparing and sharing at Loire Kitchen in Missé over the past year.
Our goal is to produce a clear, clean liquid which will enrich and enhance anything that it is added to, without imposing a flavour of its own.
I have or thought I had a ‘Zucca piena di Napoli’ squash growing, a rare Italian variety with a beautiful blue-ish green hue. While I was away last week it turned a pale tan colour because it is actually butternut squash. No complaints butternut has […]
At the end of our summer squash season we ended up, as you often do, with a couple of giant zucchini\courgettes. They are best eaten when smaller, but were perfect for these loaves. To readers outside the U.S. think cake rather than bread, this is not savoury. The nearest things I can compare it to are a carrot cake and the Jamaican Ginger cakes that were popular when I was growing up in the UK.
