Complex sentence: "La Pitchoune" was often lovingly shortened to "La Peetch" and the Childs visited the property yearly and entertained the culinary likes of Jim Beard and M. F. K. Fisher.
Split into simpler sentences: La Pitchoune was often lovingly shortened to "La Peetch", and the Childs visited the property yearly. They entertained the culinary likes of Jim Beard and M. F. K. Fisher.