Villa La Coste

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"Dining at Hélène Darroze’s restaurant at Villa La Coste is an eight-course revelation — from cucumber granita, caviar, and oysters to white peach with mackerel, a saffron risotto with thyme, dry-aged Hereford sirloin and tender lamb, and inventive desserts like strawberries with salty black-olive slivers and a baba au rhum bathed in Armagnac — and I talk with Darroze herself, who says simply, "I want to bring them happiness." - Rachel Donadio Rachel Donadio Rachel Donadio is a Paris-based writer and former European culture correspondent for The New York Times. Her work has been featured in The Atlantic, Vogue, and Travel + Leisure, and she’s made regular appearances on news programs like NPR. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines