Provence flavors and friendship in Sanary

Weather was pretty bad in Paris beginning of June; gray skies and chilly days were the daily fare. So when my friend Michelle invited us for a long weekend in her beautiful house in Provence, by the Mediterranean, I promptly said yes!
Her husband is an excellent chef and a fine gourmet, and when he asked me what he had cooked the year before, when he had visited in January, I said it did not mind since I was ready to have encores! He found in the local market the freshest red mullets from the Mediterranean .... as well as other sea delicacies such as squid .. and more. The days was so great that he decided to prepare the whole meal on a very hot "plancha". We started with fresh tiny squids. You get a glance of the plancha in this picture. Then came the shrimps also done in the plancha and we ate them simply with sea salt. The main course was a plateful of red mullets that he had floured lightly. They were so fresh and delicious! Michele had prepared some fresh salads with local produce. And we had the sweetest cherries and apricots for desert.

As we do not see each other as often as we used to when they lived in Paris .. or in Baghada, where we actually met (we were neighbors), we chatted in the verandah while the meal was being prepared by our 5-star chef!