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The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style

310: Murder in Provence, M.L. Longworth Talks about Her Series Coming to BritBox

The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style

Shannon Ables

Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education

4.7 • 944 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Provencal mystery writer M.L. Longworth joins me on the podcast for this year's French Week to share some exciting news about her series.

I invited Mary Lou back to the show (see our previous conversations here - ep. #268 - and here - ep. #203) as I recently learned her novels had been optioned for a television series to air on BritBox. Longworth shares many details about the cast, when it will premiere, which books will be included in season one and much more. Be sure to take the tour of Aix-en-Provence she gave me in this post to enjoy a taste of the world of Antoine Verlaque and Marine Bonnet, and tune in to today's episode as she talks about food, shares a delicious recipe AND shares the synopsis for her upcoming 10th mystery and when to expect it to be released.

Links mentioned during our conversation:


M.L. Longworth's Lentil & Duck Breast Salad

As shared during episode #310 of The Simple Sophisticate podcast, Provençal mystery writer M.L. Longworth shared a recipe during our conversation that offers a quintessential taste of summer in Provence.

  • 1/2 cup French lentils (cooked) (follow the directions on the package or simply boil in water for about 10-15 minutes, then drain. )
  • 6 Tbsp walnut oil or vinagriette
  • 2 Tbsp sherry vinegar or red-wine vinegar
  • 1/2 tsp Dijon mustard
  • freshly ground pepper
  • 1-2 cups mache (lamb's tongue lettuce) or watercress (washed and roughly chopped)
  • 1-2 ounces thin slices of cooked duck breast (substitute - prosciutto)

  1. Prepare the lentils: add the lentils to water and bring to a boil, simmer for 10-15 minutes until to desired tenderness. Drain out excess water.

  2. Prepare the vinegriette: in a small bowl add the vinegar, dijon and then slowly add and whisk in the walnut oil. Finish with freshly ground pepper to taste.

  3. If you are unable to find duck and cook yourself (often you can find cooked duck breast in the markets in France), a great substitute is ham or prosciutto - thinly sliced.

  4. Divide the vinegriette. Dress the salad with half and then add the lentils to the salad and add gradually the remaining vinegriette to dress the rest of the salad (you may not need to use all of the vinegriette or you may need to make more - just keep the proportions the same). Plate the lentils and lettuce and top with the duck breast. Enjoy with a glass of rosé - bien sûr!


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Thank you for tuning in to the Simple Sophisticate Podcast, the show that is part of the Simply Luxurious Life online destination.

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Visit the blog The Simply Luxurious Life.com to find the show notes for each podcast episode as well as much more weekly content

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to elevate your everyday and deepen your contentment from recipes motivational

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posts videos of a cooking show, style and decor inspiration, French and British inspired

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content, and the reader's favorite regular weekly post, This and That, which goes live on the blog every

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Friday. Now to today's episode. Welcome to the Simple Sophisticate Podcast, where intelligent living is paired with

0:49.6

signature style. I'm your host Shannon Ables and whether you're listening on your commute

0:55.1

exercising working in the garden or sitting down with a hot cup of tea or a cafe

1:00.4

LA thank you for tuning in. Let's get started. Welcome to the 310th episode of the simple Sophisticate and welcome to a brand new conversation

1:26.3

with provincial mystery writer living in Provence, Emma Longworth. She joins us

1:32.0

during French week to share some very exciting news that you may

1:36.0

know a little bit about, but I guarantee you don't know everything that she's going to share

1:39.4

with this today. And I cannot wait to, well, I'm going to give it away if I talk too much.

1:45.8

I also just want to let you know that the previous episode that just aired on Monday,

1:50.8

the 9th of August, I called in the episode that episode 310. It was 309. This is

1:58.0

episode 310, the most recent episode and I think you will enjoy it. Mary Lou is going to first share the

2:07.2

exciting news with us, take us behind the scenes, give us some insider

2:11.5

updates, and she's also going to tell scenes.

2:13.0

And she's also going to tell us when her next book is released.

2:19.0

So her ninth book is currently out.

2:20.0

We talked about it on a recent

2:22.5

Q&A this last April on the blog.

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