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Menu for Hope IV. Calling all foodbloggers from Europe - Appel à tous les blogueurs culinaires d’Europe

Foodbeam. Just in a glance, you’re likely to think ‘wow that girl loves her cake’. Well, I have to admit I do. To me, nothing feels as great as making pâtisserie. Call it an addiction, a passion or whatever, that’s the way it is.
However, as it may not look like, my meals aren’t made of […]

Don’t cry because it’s over; smile because it happened - Gelée au caramel au beurre salé comme dans un rêve

[Dreamy salted butter caramel jelly]

Sometimes, things don’t turn out the way you expect them to.
It can be either sad.
One day you know you’re in love - you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams*; and the second after, you learn he’s leaving for another country.
Or happy.
One day, you’re making what you […]

Lundi. Des patates - Pain moelleux aux pommes de terre

[Potatoes on Monday* - Tender potato bread]

Ever since those two weeks, which I restlessly spent mostly mixing flour, butter and yeast or shaping croissants and brioches, I’ve been a bread-making addict.
It seems to have that double-effect-factor. The act of making the dough come together in a nice smooth ball certainly is relaxing, but the greatest […]

Harder better faster stronger - Une mousse aux chataîgnes to die for

[A to-die-for chestnut mousse]

Before I can start with this, I need you to complete a little homework. Basically, I want you to rush to the nearest French supermarket (never told you it was going to be easy) with a spoon in your hand and a thick scarf in your bag. Once you’ve arrived, try to […]

On missing Pierre Hermé Paris

Shortly after I received an email from Anna - the girl who used to bake all the viennoiseries, tart crusts and cannelés, and turned out to be a lovely friend -, I couldn’t help but feel nostalgic about the overwhelming ten weeks I spent at Pierre Hermé Paris.
This is the place I want to […]