We’d share each other like an island – Homemade vanilla extract, day one

I hope I’m not wrong when I think that we all have this embarassing story.
Two people. You and me.
A few drinks at the pub.
A late night pizza eaten with our fingers, and a side made of beer – preferably still in its ice-cold bottle.

And then, the drama happens, no more booze in the fridge. [...]

You’re my favourite flavour – Culinary obsessions

When it comes to food (and many other matters: hello knitting, long bike rides, and papermater felt-tip pens collection), I’m a terribly boring person.
I can eat the same thing everyday: breakfast, lunch and dinner; and still feel happy about what I eat. Obviously, those things will change every now and then.
This habit must come from [...]

A pastry stall and other stories

Sometimes, it all gets down the simplest things. A few words exchanged with a new friend, an idea that as has been kept asleep for too long, a birthday cake assembled and eaten.
And suddenly, it makes sense.
I have decided to launch my own business. Possibly a small pastry stall. Possibly at Borough Market. Possibly [...]

Maintenant ou jamais – Mousse à la vanille et rhubarbe pochée à la grenadine

[Now or never - Vanilla mousse and grenadine-poached rhubarb]

I was in love with someone. Or, as I recently realised after some happy times we spent together again, I was just loving some parts of this someone. Very much.
In fact, I was so smitten with the idea of him, that I would live in the illusion [...]

Comme un lait fraise – Cheesecake à la vanille at aux fraises

[Like a strawberry milk - Vanilla cheesecake with strawberries]

As a child, I thought my dad was the coolest person to hang out with. And since he was – and still is – a work at home dad, I did get to spend a lot of time with him.
He would take me to his tennis tournaments, [...]