Carolina Bon Vivant

Carolina Bon Vivant Regional Food and Lifestyle Blog Welcome to Carolina Bon Vivant! I am so glad that you are visiting my blog's page.

I'm Lynn, a single mom & professor blogging about enjoying the good life in the Carolinas. You'll find recipes and tips for easy family dinners and flawless entertaining as well as tales of my culinary adventures, restaurant reviews, weekend getaways, hiking trails, festivals, farmers markets and whatever else strikes my fancy!

After a 3 year absence, a new post!
07/03/2022

After a 3 year absence, a new post!

Wow. Those three years went by pretty fast! That was my first reaction to seeing that I had not posted anything since May 2019. Then it occurred to me what happened in May 2019… I took on an …

I haven't posted anything on here in forever, but this seemed appropriate.
12/19/2021

I haven't posted anything on here in forever, but this seemed appropriate.

Move over, gingerbread! Charcuterie houses are the festive holiday trend taking over the season!

08/21/2019

Mmm.

Dinner tonight for the Sprat and me. Really yummy, super quick, healthy dinner for a rainy summer night. He was especi...
07/23/2019

Dinner tonight for the Sprat and me. Really yummy, super quick, healthy dinner for a rainy summer night. He was especially impressed with the homemade hummus (which he's never before had). So much lighter and fluffier than store-bought!

Lots of toasted pita for scooping up everything is nonnegotiable.

I'm not eating a lot of sweets these days, but this Cherry Clafoutis sounds worthy of an exception!
06/18/2019

I'm not eating a lot of sweets these days, but this Cherry Clafoutis sounds worthy of an exception!

One of the first books that made me fall in love with France, and French cuisine, was Roger Vergé's Entertaining in the French Style. Vergé was the chef and owner of Moulin de Mougins, his world-famous restaurant on the Côte d'Azur, near Cannes. I never went, but used to page through the ...

I know some people who need this :-)
05/31/2019

I know some people who need this :-)

Mangle these food words no more with our guide on how to say the most commonly confused terms.

This is the bomb.
05/27/2019

This is the bomb.

Ripe raspberries get a jolt when blended with spicy red chili peppers. Another favorite paired with warm, baked Brie and toasted almonds.

What's on your menu for this week? I can't wait to try this lovely green salad!
05/12/2019

What's on your menu for this week? I can't wait to try this lovely green salad!

At Via Carota, the charming West Village restaurant run by the partners Jody Williams and Rita Sodi, the menu description for insalata verde does little to give away any details about what makes it so unbelievably, mouth-smackingly perfect A visual inspection of the dish reveals only leaves of endiv...

Are you sneezing your head off?
05/07/2019

Are you sneezing your head off?

Spring comes slowly to the mountains, but it is finally here – bringing with it a whirlwind of pollen. Word is that this allergy season is worse than usual and that people who don’t normally have …

So happy to be posting again! Check out my Instagram
05/07/2019

So happy to be posting again! Check out my Instagram

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