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Strawberry fields forever - Perfect party cake à la vanille et aux fraises

This is all quite a surprise to me. I originally thought I would have to skip this month’s daring bakers challenge – again – because of my so-not-working internet connection. But what first appeared to be a never-ending story did find an end yesterday, as a France Telecom monsieur dropped by without warning and fixed […]

Hoping for happy accidents - Le clafoutis de ma grand-mère

[Hoping for happy accidents - My grand-mother’s clafoutis]

It all happens on purpose. A few months ago, I came across a couple of old notebooks. Notebooks I once valued as precious. Notebooks I wouldn’t go anywhere without. Notebooks I recorded my food-related ideas into. Notebooks that I thought would turn into a book.
Then, I suddenly realised […]

Fanny, ta tarte au citron meringuée est sublime, s’exclama Aïda – Meilleure tarte au citron meringuée du monde entier

[Fanny, your lemon meringue tart is sublime, Aïda said – Best lemon meringue tart in the entire world]

No need to be from France to know that, here, people rave about la tarte au citron meringuée. A sweet and crisp crust covered with the most luscious and so pleasantly tangy lemon cream, which is topped with […]

Un monde où tout était vert – Vacances dans les Alpilles et cake sucré et moelleux aux courgettes et au ras-el-hanout

[A world in which everything looks green – Holidays in the Alpilles and courgette loaf cake]

As I spent the last two days trying to survive without the internet, I discovered there were other many means to maintain my high-procrastination policy. The 614 tv-channels clearly weren’t enough and I found myself confronted with my laptop, finally […]

Just another perfect summer day in Paris

La coupe glacée: pétale de rose et lychee with gaspacho de framboises.
I could share with you my foolproof recipe for a perfect tarte au citron meringuée [lemon meringue tart], my new exciting idea, the lovely places I discovered during my one-week road trip around les Alpilles, the best risotto ever to be made or […]