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One day, one thing, one happy me

Hello my friends. Today, I won’t be talking about food - or just very slightly. I’m here to tell you about a new project of mine, which I already love.

The project is called onecube. From today and for as long as I can, I’ll be creating something new everyday - whether it is a drawing, […]

Tu me manques - Calissons maison comme des vrais

calissons.jpgLet me tell you something guys. You are so sweet. I mean, I don’t post for a few days and instead of the hatred words I was expecting, all I get are sweet notes and emails. One of you even sent the comforting recipe for his favourite cookies – thank you Chris.

You – or more exactly some of you – are obviously concerned; and well, you’re just damn right. I first did not intend to share the following story with you; it just felt a little too personal. But since my closest friends know – and more importantly, since I consider you as friends; special friends that is, but friends nonetheless –, I thought I would let you know.

Recipe: Calissons

Des recettes en français sur foodbeam - Recipes now in French on foodbeam

As you might have noticed, I’m now giving recipes in both French and English. This is due to my helplessness – and to be honest, dullness – in handling the eighteen-plus daily emails I receive, which talk about this very exact topic.
So basically to please everyone, French or not, I decided after many months of […]

My favourite places: pâtisseries, boulangeries, chocolatiers and food shops around Paris

paris.jpgOkay, I know I live in France – and am French (see, this is how I answer two questions in une pierre deux coups) – but come on guys, France is not Paris

There are other cities. And I was even gifted with the right to live in some of them. Ask me about Antibes, Cannes, Nice or Monaco; even Toulouse.

But Paris? I go there a couple of times a year, generally for no more than a few days spent doing the compulsory shopping, dining out and partying, with very little time left for pâtisserie-scouting. What about the time when I actually lived in Paris for ten whole weeks. Now you bring this, I must say, that back then, I was in a pâtisserie, not visiting pâtisseries, and that well, thank you for reminding me I didn’t have enough time to complete the pastry-tasting I had initially planned […]

No recipe, a list of treasured places!

On happiness, CAP pâtissier and a tart - Tarte chocolat au lait et fruit de la passion, ananas rôti

tart-passion-fruit-chocolate-pineapple-front.jpgThis past Monday. Yesterday, in fact. I made a choice. One of the most critical choices I’ve ever been confronted to. The kind of choices that leaves you in an uncanny state of uncertainty; but definitely one that makes you happy, one that you can’t help but think about – days and nights and every second in between -, one that comes with a CAP (Certificat d’Aptitude Professionelle) pâtissier, chocolatier et glacier.

The tart. What can I say? An insanely delicious passion fruit ganache encased in a crisp pâte sucrée shell and topped with syrupy pineapple dices […]