My Twenty-Five Years in Provence

The beloved author of A Year in Provence reflects on the lessons learned, culinary delights enjoyed, and changes observed during his quarter century in the South of France.

Twenty-five years ago, Peter Mayle and his wife, Jennie, were rained out of a planned two weeks on the Côte d''Azur. In search of sunlight, they set off for Aix-en-Provence; enchanted by the world and life they found there, they...