From Michelin-recommended gourmet experiences to the down-home, authentic locations steeped in local history, Cassandra recounts her gastronomic voyage through Normandy, France.
Explore the world of French nursery rhymes through the eyes of Tess Roche, a young French woman, as she uncovers the unexpected historical and cultural layers hidden within these timeless verses.
Wedding Cake - a 12-metre-high sculptural pavilion in the form of a three-tiered wedding cake, clad entirely in ceramic tiles - is a major new work by celebrated Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos (b 1971) opening at Waddesdon this summer.
Curated together with Tess Alas Luquetas, a design student in Paris who has been helping her with the research for her La Belle France Collection for some years. Tess's grandmother Eva taught Cassandra gemmology in Paris when she lived and worked in France and has been involved in the suggestions too!
One of their favourites is 'Roule Galette' about a fox and an Epiphany Galette - a kind of French version of 'The Gingerbread Man'.
Ahead of launching La Belle France I caught up with my great friend Lilian Barton Sartorius of Château Léoville Barton, unearthing the secrets to what makes French wine so special and what it took to turn a derelict vineyard in Moulis-en-Médoc into Château Mauvesin Barton, carrying on the renowned family legacy of wine making.
SaQuaNa: standing for Saveur, Qualite et Nature has gained the coveted Michelin two rosette status.
