In 2024, the fashion and design sectors draw their inspiration from the far west. In terms of looks, this spring, the countryside and cities are taken over by neo-western girls who put on their cowboy boots, adorn themselves with denim and tie their bandanas around their necks. Shop the look Head to the American West! The western girl of 2024 strolls with her jeans tucked into her Shiloh Heritage and an 80's Isabel Marant-inspired wool jacket, holding her Vanessa Bruno denim bag slung over her shoulder with her fingers adorned with Native American rings. Bandana Cashmere bandana Western, Kujten 245,00€ Jacket Wool jacket Drogo, Isabel Marant 550,00€ Denim Barney, Soeur 145,00€ Boots Midnight black leather boots, Shiloh Heritage 850,00€ Hand bag Rabat leather and denim bag, Vanessa Bruno 350,00€ Ring Native American coral ring, Harpo 350,00€

A classic recipe of French gastronomy, simple to make and inexpensive, to enjoy on winter evenings or during your holidays in the mountains. Recipe for 4 people Prep time 45 minutes Ingredients* 5 large yellow onions 1 chicken stock cube 2 tbsp flour 20 cl of dry white wine 1 bouquet garni 4 slices of bread grated comté cheese butter salt & ground pepper Prep Bring 1 liter of water to the boil with the stock cube Peel and slice the onions into strips (Use a casserole dish that can go in the oven at the end of the recipe). Melt butter in a casserole dish over medium heat. Place your onions. Stir until the onions become transparent then golden Sprinkle the flour over the onions. Stir Cover with white wine and broth. Stir, add the bouquet garni. cover the casserole and let simmer for 25 minutes Preheat your oven to 240° (thermostat 8) Put out the fire. Remove the bouquet garni. Place your slices of bread directly in the casserole dish and cover them generously with grated cheese. Option: you can divide your soup into individual casserole dishes and cover each casserole dish with toast Place your casserole(s) in the oven for 5/6 minutes while the cheese melts Serve hot Bon appétit! * all our ingredients are organic

Interior designer Dorothée Meilichzon has carried out the facelift of a historic Bubble House by Jean-Benjamin Maneval, which has become a new family country house in the heart of the Vexin countryside. In 2014, a collector bought at auction an authentic Bulle 6 Coques nomadic house designed by the French architect Jean-Benjamin Maneval in 1968. The originality of the project lies in the ovoid design of a small prefabricated building with an area of ​​36 m2 made six polyester shells pierced with large Plexiglas openings. At the time of acquisition, the house was an empty shell. The new owner entrusts the artistic direction of the renovation project to the KIF design studio, which calls on Dorothée Meilichzon for the architecture and interior decoration. The concept is simple: the capsule house must become a bubble of comfort and conviviality for 4 people. The interior architecture of Maison Bulle includes all the rooms and functions of a standard home but on a scale model. The rooms are distributed in alcoves which have been optimized to their maximum. Thus, the house includes an entrance hall, a bed, a shower, a toilet, a cloakroom, a kitchen counter, a sofa and a dining area with a table convertible into a coffee table to provide a small living room. The interior design takes up the concept of Maneval and the pop audacity of the 60s, mixing curved shapes and bright colors: a cozy orange carpet, a geometric Edinburgh Weavers fabric, round mosaic tiling, a stainless steel fixture, a Chimera lamp by Vico Magistretti, the Mushroom ottoman by Pierre Paulin and graphic decorative objects. The House retains its original function, intended by Maneval for resort use. Today it offers its occupants a breathtaking view of the nature of Vexin. picture credit © karel balas

To the north, south, east, west and center, discover five gourmet and virtuous Ecotable-certified restaurants to enjoy with complete conscience. NORTH_ BAIE DE SOMME BAIE A guest table of 14 seats where dishes can be enjoyed in 6 courses or around a shared piece. So no menu but 2 starters, 1 fish, 1 meat and 2 desserts to discover on the day of your visit. To whet your appetite, the Instagram account reveals some dishes: On the menu: fresh goat’s cheese and raspberries (photo below) mackerel, sorrel & pickles rhubarb and rosemary or green vegetable dessert 30, rue de la Ferté 80230 Saint-Valery-sur-Somme restaurantbaie I @restaurantbaie SOUTH_AVEYRON Hervé Busset Chef Hervé Busset's specialty is foraging. He draws his inspiration from the garden of his castle or during his walks. Michelin-starred in 2007, its gourmet restaurant offers creative dishes that draw their flavors from local products, plants and freshly picked wild flowers. On the menu: Aubrac trout soufflé, saffron cream, yarrow, sage flowers Free-range guinea fowl at low temperature, Wild Fox juice, sweet potato concentrate Lucifèves d’Aubrac Chocolate in variation, ground ivy milk 24 place du Bourg 12000 Rodez hervebusset EAST_LORRAINE Toya Plates like paintings that you would hardly dare touch because the presentation is so beautiful. Loïc Villemin's Michelin-starred restaurant offers a new menu every week based on local products sourced within 40 km of the surrounding area. Flavors that combine French gastronomy and Japanese influences from which the restaurant takes its name. On the menu: Beef from the Dahu Barbu farm, puffed hay bread, hay-smoked egg yolk, beef heart like charcuterie, mountain hay cream and truffle (photo below) Kohlrabi ribbon, strips of arctic char, smoked pike roe, caviar, dill oil Creamy with beeswax, mead reduction of wild blueberries and mirabelle plums, redcurrant jelly, pollen sabayon, almond pollen crumble, ice cream with honey from our hives av Jean Monnet 57380 Faulquemont toyarestaurant I @toyarestaurant WEST_LES ALPES MANCELLES La Maison du Gasseau Victoire and Dorine concoct organic recipes sourced in a short circuit where plants are in the spotlight. More than a restaurant, the two friends offer a real place to live where everything is designed to respect the environment, from the dishes to the decoration. La Maison du Gasseau is located two hours from Paris, in the heart of the green Alpes Mancelles region in Sarthe. On the menu: Small spelled risotto, zucchini cream with black curry & star anise, glazed carrots, fresh rhubarb, virgin sauce, pickles (photo) Escabèche onions, lovage pesto, burnt onion oil, smoked bacon chips, colored radishes Colored radishes, radish top pesto, garden grapes, dukkah, fresh thyme, tomatillo & cucumber pickles Domaine du Gasseau 72130 Saint-Léonard-des-Bois lamaisondugasseau I @lamaisondugasseau CENTER_TOURAINE ARBORE & SENS Chef Clément Dumont and his partner Océane Guillot are at the helm of this starred restaurant in the Loire Valley. They highlight the riches of the Touraine region in delicate dishes composed of products from their vegetable garden, markets or local producers. On the menu: Cucumber, vanilla and agastache parfait, apple gel, yogurt sorbet and Grand Cru Vigean olive oil, celery granita Sardine from Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie lightly cooked in a flame, smoked creamy potatoes and black radish, broad beans, crunchy radish and herbaceous vinaigrette, maritime ice cream (photo) Apricot, hazelnut and savory Breton shortbread, millet in milk emulsion, praline, apricot and hyssop sorbet, apricot juice 22, rue Balzac 37600 Loches arboreetsens I @restaurant_arbore.et.sens

A Way of Life - Notes on Ballenberg is a book of photographs which immerses readers in the rural life of Switzerland in the past and which pays homage to the beauty of architecture and everyday peasant objects. Beyond contemplation, the book invites reflection on the usefulness of simplicity of design and production in our world of overconsumption. Rolf Fehlbaum, former president of the Swiss furniture manufacturer Vitra, invited famous designer Jasper Morrison and architects, David Saik, Tsuyoshi Tane and Federica Zanco to look at everyday objects and rustic buildings dating from the 14th to 19th centuries. The project took place at Ballenberg, an open-air museum which bears witness to daily life in the Swiss rural and artisanal world of yesteryear. The museum has various functional buildings (alpine chalets, barns, stables, laundry rooms, drying rooms, smokehouses or milk cellars) and around a hundred objects, all coming from almost every region of Switzerland. Through the 168 photos and observations of the four creators, the reader is invited to admire and reflect on the functional beauty of rustic craftsmanship, each tool, each object and each building responding to a primary and essential need of a remote population superfluous. A very beautiful book intended for aesthetes and countryside lovers. A Way of Life, J.Morrison - D.Saik - T.Tane - F.Zanco Lars Müller Publishers 32,00€ picture cover - narrow staircase © federica zanco / toutes les photos - courtesy of lars müller publishers

We are opening a new Fooding section with the presentation of legendary dishes or products that are part of the French or global gastronomic heritage. We start gently with a treat, Le Négus, created in Nevers during the Belle-Epoque. Maison Grelier & Lyron, a candy maker established in Nevers (Burgundy) in 1893, had a tradition of creating a new candy each end of the year to which it gave the name of a significant event that took place during the past year. In 1900, the official visit to France of the Emperor of Abyssinia Menelik II, nicknamed the Negus, on the occasion of the Universal Exhibition, inspired the artisan confectioners who created a soft chocolate caramel coated in cooked sugar, and whose brown color referred to the matte complexion of the sovereign. There is also a coffee version which bears the name Abyssin. Maison Grelier & Lyron was bought by one of its workers in 1909 who renamed the confectionery La Maison Au Négus. Four generations succeeded one another and the House was bought in 2013 by the Ménard group, owner of the famous brand À La Mère de Famille. More than a century after its creation, the buyers strive to perpetuate the tradition and still make the little candy by hand in their workshops. This little national treasure is exported as far as Japan. You can get the small green metal boxes in the remarkable original boutique with its neo-Moorish inspired decor, on La Mère de Famille e-shop or in their Parisian boutiques. The Négus is also distributed exclusively at Témoins in Caen, Au Duc de Morny in Deauville, Maison Pillon in Toulouse, Henriet on the Basque coast, Auzou in Normandy, Buissière in Limoges, Les Palets d'Or in Moulins and La Chocolatière in Tours. Au Négus 96, rue François Mitterrand 58000 Nevers aunegus picture credit © au négus de nevers

The exhibition Anna Boch, un voyage impressionniste paints a multifaceted portrait of the Belgian artist Anna Boch, a free and avant-garde woman of her time. A rich personality to discover at the Pont-Aven Museum from February 3 to May 26, 2024. The Pont-Aven Museum in Brittany, in partnership with the Mu.ZEE of Ostend in Belgium, pays tribute to Anna Boch (1848 - 1936), a major female figure in Belgian art from the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Impressionist painter, music lover, collector, patron, traveler and architecture enthusiast, Anna Boch stands out with her wealth, dynamism and open-mindedness. Older sister of Eugène Boch, and heiress to the Boch earthenware factories, Anna Boch was able to lead a free and vibrant life thanks to her social origins and family benevolence. The only woman to have joined the artistic circles Les XX and La Libre Esthétique, founded by her cousin Octave Maus, she positioned herself there as an equal with her peers. Together, they embarked on the adventure of neo-impressionism, then embodied by Théo van Rysselberghe, Paul Signac and Georges Seurat. 1 - Vincent Van Gogh - Eugène Boch 1888, Huile sur toile - Legs Eugène Boch par l’intermédiaire de la Société des Amis du Musée du Louvre, 1941, musée d’Orsay © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée d’Orsay) / Hervé LewandowskI 2 - Anna Boch, Femme écrivant, vers 1888 Huile sur toile104 x 83 cm Collection particulière © Art-Photo/PHIA cv Her passion for nature took her to remote corners, dreaming of living in a cabin, to capture the beauty of bucolic landscapes. A lover of seascapes, she captured the light and reflections of the Brittany coasts in particular, to integrate them into vibrant artistic compositions. Apart from her own works, Anna Boch had one of the most important collections of impressionist paintings of her time. She promoted young artists, including Vincent van Gogh, whom she admired for his talent and who was a friend of her brother Eugène Boch. She bought La Vigne Rouge from him for 400 French francs, the only work that Van Gogh managed to sell during his life! The Pont-Aven Museum has been engaged for several years in a process of promoting the place of women in the history of art. This exhibition on Anna Boch is part of their reflection on the place of women in art. Exhibition Anne Bloch, un voyage impressionniste From February 3 to May 26 2024 Musée de Pont-Aven Place Julia 29930 Pont-Aven museepontaven cover picture - Anna Boch, Cueillette, 1890 Huile sur toile, 74 x 107 cm, Collection particulière © vincent everarts

The Union Øye Hotel is a luxury setting nestled at the bottom of a Norwegian fjord. This hotel gem offers a classic and elegant break to its visitors who come to savor the sweetness of life and its grandiose setting since 1891. Escape to the ends of the world to enjoy a grandiose spectacle in a unique scenery. It is at the bottom of the Norangsford fjord, in the northwest of Norway, that the Union Øye hotel has welcomed visitors since the 19th century. The establishment has managed to preserve its historical character and its warm Scandinavian decor, whose charm operates in all seasons. We drink tea in the winter lounge, we read by the fire in the library, we savor the menus of the chef who celebrates the culinary traditions of the region and around the world, or we walk in the magnificent garden which plunges into the emerald waters of the fjord. " Follow in the footsteps of travelers who have visited the Union Øye Hotel for 130 years: adventurers, royals, artists and newlyweds ." The establishment has 22 suites and 15 ultra-comfortable rooms with classic or more contemporary decor. Some are adorned with stretched fabrics, baroque patterns and shapes, and stylish furniture, others are dressed in paneling, modernist furniture and fabrics available in a palette of neutral shades. All open onto panoramic landscapes which will delight lovers of wide open spaces and unique landscapes. The hotel is the ideal place to explore the sublime Norwegian fjords, hike through green pastures, rivers and waterfalls or dive into the cool waters from the hotel pontoon. Union Øye Norangsdal 41 Norangsfjorden, Norvège unionoye I @unionoye Fares room from 264,00$ per night picture credit © hôtel union - front cover picture © marov & klouda

Belgian designer Anne-Sophie Rosseel has launched a fun, multi-functional and scalable children's furniture brand. House of RoRo stands out for its clean and elegant line which draws its inspiration from the mid-century modernism. House of Roro's first collection - Interlockables - consists of a range of basic furniture necessary for children's learning: a desk, a pedestal, a bookcase, tables, chairs and a stool. The set is made of birch plywood from FSC and TSCA forests and available in non-toxic natural varnish, or colored in a very pretty palette of colors obtained from vegetable dyes: white, duck yellow, dolphin pink, tomato red , ocean green or indigo blue. For environmental concerns, production is carried out in small batches and locally near New York where the designer has set up her studio. Furniture is designed to ship flat, to reduce both packaging and carbon footprint. Also, scrap wood is transformed into small pull toys or puzzles. houseofroro I @house.of.roro picture credit © houseofroro

It is in the adorable Little Mill cottage in Abergavenny, in Wales, that Zara Home presented its second collection of objects and furniture editions. The sweet and cozy Little Mill Cottage in Abergavenny welcomes the second Zara Home Editions collection. Pieces of furniture and rustic objects, simple materials and patterns inspired by nature available in a comforting palette make up the collection. The rural setting of this old Welsh mill perfectly highlights the patchwork blankets, the embroidered linen throws, the papier-mâché table lamp, the small colored glasses or the scalloped stoneware plates. zarahome littlemillabergavenny picture credit © andrew jacobs