Cooking in the South of France: An Elegant View on Classic French Dishes

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Marcia Öchsner is a Le Cordon Bleu (Paris) alumna with experience in various restaurants and teaching.

During the past twenty years, together with her family, she has travelled around the world and lived in many countries, such as Brazil, Germany, Portugal, Malaysia and Australia, but it is with France that she identifies herself.

Cooking in her kitchen in the South of France is her passion, which she often does between long walks.

Marcia Öchsner has always been interested in cuisine. Introduced to the culinary arts at a young
age, she spent her school holidays working part-time in a family run restaurant in Italy. Talented
and extremely passionate about cooking, Marcia decided to learn more. In 2010, she enrolled on a one-week Mediterranean cuisine course at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. She was so impressed by the skills learnt, and the quality of the teaching at the school, that she vowed to return and learn more about French techniques. However, the course of life took Marcia to another part of the world. A frequent traveller, Marcia was raised in Brazil and has lived in Europe, Asia and Australia for many years. Eventually, the urge to learn more from talented Le Cordon Bleu Chefs became a must and Marcia decided to take the intensive Cuisine Diploma programme over a period of three years. Top of her class in 2015, Marcia completed Le Cordon Bleu Cuisine Diploma with honours the following year.
Marcia has worked in restaurants, taught private classes and along the way learnt how to produce beautiful photos of food as she travelled the globe. The recipes in this book reflect her wide range of cultural references. The majority are classic French (as she is passionate about France and French cuisine), some of which are given a modern twist, but she also includes a selection with world cuisine influences. Marcia is inspired by the ingredients found near her home in the south of France.