Check out this fabulous recipe we gleaned in a cooking class in Ojai, California, a few months ago. Our home-away-from-home, the lovely and intimate Lavender Inn, secured personal chef Patrice Cuenot-Dube to walk us through the delicate process of crepe making (who better than a Frenchwoman to lead this class?). Crepes with Scallops was my absolute favorite. I hope you enjoy it too.

And be sure to look in the coming weeks for our travel article on Ojai. Did you know this was the setting for the 1930’s blockbuster film Lost Horizon? Director Frank Capra used an aerial shot of the town to establish the spectacular utopian village Shangri-la. Yes, it’s true. Ojai is that beautiful.