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It looks like an early winter for the daring bakers – Ultimate cinnamon buns

Cinnamon buns are an autumn favourite in my house. Come by, around the end of September, and a wonderfully rich cinnamon aroma will invariably hit you. A lovely family tradition, kept alive by my sister’s unconditional love for cinnamon buns.
On my side, the least I can say, is that I’m definitely not fighting against this […]

Réussir la pâte sucrée, pas à pas - Mastering pâte sucrée, step by step

I’m not sure I should tell you this, but there are many things I take for granted; at least in the pastry realm.
Indeed, I tend to think that every single person on earth knows how to make a Forêt Noire from scratch or that Ispahans are referred to as easy-peasy. It seems I’m that much […]

Deux grains de sucres pour les deux ans de foodbeam - Sablés au thé matcha et cupcakes à la vanille, aux perles du Japon et au thé vert

[Two sugar grains for foodbeam’s second birthday - Matcha shortbread and green tea bubble filled vanilla cupcakes]

Exactly two years ago, something got me totally over-excited. Over the fact that I had just finished my exams, discovered I wasn’t the only person in the world thinking mostly about food and created foodbeam – enough reasons to […]

Adventures of the sweetest Italian food lover: my great grand-dad Tranquillo – Pesche al vino con vanilla, panna and sablé breton

[Peach with wine, vanilla and crème fraiche]

Saying that my dad talks a lot would be an understatement; he always has something to say. Whether it’s about our new neighbour or a beautiful bug he saw earlier in our garden. Always. A lot.
If you can’t tell straight away that he has some Italian roots you can […]

Mastering the art of perfection – Riz au lait parfumé à la vanille

I am a real perfectionist; the kind that would throw away a sheet of paper whenever something looks wrong: either the writing, the colours… just about anything in fact.
I’ve been known to remake things entirely for un petit rien [barely anything] from school notebooks to cakes; from paintings to recipes.
Indeed when it comes to recipes […]