So happy you enjoyed it, Theresa! Look for an email in your inbox (or other folders) to confirm that you want to receive the newsletter. Thank you!

We both agree the ride was absolutely worth it! The traffic was actually the worst on the drive home, but that was somewhat our fault – it was the end of summer holidays, so everyone was on the road returning from their vacations before back-to-school.

Driving within the cities/town in the area was actually not terrible (though finding parking wasn’t the simplest), but absolutely worth it! Bordeaix alone would have been nice as well though, I can’t lie!

Hello Sharon, and thank you so much for reaching out! I actually had to look back at my recipe, because I thought I had advised readers that the size of the rice had to be 2 inches, and I thought “oh no, what a mistake!” 🙂

Now that I’m clear that you meant about 2 inches of rice as the “bedding” for the tomatoes, I just find that this is the correct amount to adequately soak up the juices that run off the tomatoes, without burning or turning to mush. You could surely use less, and of course depends on the size of your pan.

So glad you enjoyed them, and please feel free to reach out with any ohter questions/concerns.

Thank you so much, Sally!

Yes, we do live really far up in the northwest corner of france, and travelled down to the very southwest, basically into spain. In total around 7+hrs without traffic. Typically, a roadtrip is 2-3-4 hours and oyu get pretty well into France, so this was definitely one of the longer trips, no doubt!

A 7hr roadtrip for my husband was a typical cottage getaway for him, as a Canadian. He tells me stories of nearly weeklong treks across his country just to get from one end to the other, so it isn’t a big deal for him, but definitely a longer voyage for me 🙂

Thank you, Kay! So glad to hear and I hope you’re able to try out some recipes, I’d love to know what you think. Any questions/concerns, drop a comment and I try to get back to you asap 🙂