Annabel Langbein on life in France, wildfires and Sir Sam Neill
Celebrity cook Annabel Langbein discusses her transition to life in a 17th-century French farmhouse with her husband. She also reflects on her career, environmentalism, and the loss of her friend, Sir Sam Neill.
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This feature provides a human-interest look at the lifestyle of a prominent public figure and the challenges of maintaining historic properties.
Wānaka food writer and celebrity cook Annabel Langbein is enjoying her first summer in France with her husband Ted.
It’s been more than a year since a 17th-century stone house near Bordeaux became home for celebrity cook and food writer Annabel Langbein – a journey she has shared with her 300,000 Facebook and Instagram followers. She talked to Carolyne Meng-Yee about life in France, the recent wildfire near her slice of French paradise and grief over the loss of close friend and fellow environmentalist Sir Sam Neill.
“My mother used to say I came out of the womb with a wooden spoon.”
With Annabel Langbein, you suspect the wooden spoon story might be partially true.
Long before television cameras or bestselling cookbooks, there was a little girl pressing mud into muffin tins, decorating her pies with flowers and berries picked from the garden.
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