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Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir, says the bitter orange – Sexiest marmalade

Sometimes seducing a guy is a very easy task: you think, you wink, you double blink - dans la poche [easy peasy].
And other times it just isn’t; no matter how hard a girl tries, nothing happens.Back in 1998, I remember this boy in my class whose hair definitely recalled Son Gohan’s (as a Super Saiyan […]

Un trésor de pâtisserie - La Bonbonnière by Enri Lopez

[A treasured pâtisserie - La Bonbonnière by Enri Lopez]

Corsica
Toulouse is a lovely city with hundreds of tiny streets you discover one day after another.
It’s like walking in a labyrinthe [labyrinth].
Last year, as I was discovering the hidden treasures my new student hometown, I spotted a lovely boutique which had the most beautiful and attractive front-window […]

Fernand et le potimarron magique - Pumpkin pie et autres délices d’automne

[Fernand and the magic potimarron - Pumpkin pie and other autumn treats]
 

It happens once a week, sometimes even twice.
While I’m drinking my ever-favourite matcha soy latte on the stairs just in front of the main door of my house, I spot a paper bag, hanging on the gate.I remember the first time; me, leaving the […]

Un diner à la Colombe d’Or

[A dinner at la Colombe d’Or]

When I was offered a dinner at La Colombe d’Or I could help but accept. I mean, who would have preferred to stay at home with a bowl of pasta when you can visit one of the most beautiful restaurants of the French Riviera.
La Colombe d’Or is an auberge created […]

Le temps des abricots

[Apricots’ time]

Apricots… What to say about apricots?
A golden velvety skin.
A sweet tender flesh.
Really you must love them!
I’m lucky to have an apricot tree in the back of my garden and though the tree is really old, it still produces the best apricots one can have. Juicy, sweet and soft… In one word: the perfect apricot.

It […]