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Brioche Do you remember my challah from 2 weeks or so ago? When I had decided to make that particular challah, I truly was trying to get a shortcut for brioche. In fact, I was craving brioche but I thought “Phh, too long, cannot wait, never mind.” That is, as much as I like challah, [...]

Bye bye snow, in a few days, hello summer, this is what we will see! Shots taken from our last trip to New Zealand in Feb 2003. In preparation for our long long long flight in a few days, I started to bake comfort/airport food. Convenient and homemade (super important to me! ), it is [...]

Green is fresh, green is hope, green is a color I love (in case you did not notice). Enough to convince me! (Can you really answer this question: what is your favorite color?) A few days ago, I came across a funny post on Gerald’s blog (from Foodite ). Gerald comes up with these funny [...]

Off we go! See you in 3 weeks! I wanted to take advantage of this blogging break to thank you all for being faithful readers of my little cooking stories! Without your comments and feedback, the journey would be way different for me! I would still cook and talk of course, nothing can stop the [...]

View from our cottage A car on Ninety Mile Beach I suppose time flies by when one is having fun! I was delighted to find New Zealand as beautiful as I remembered it, even better. It tasted just like a fruit which one has not eaten for a while. I know it might sound cliché [...]

Francesca from Spoonandstem tagged me for this 4×8 Meme. I slightly modified it as, cough cough, excuse, excuse, I just could not answer all questions. Bad me! An easy post to get slowly back in the swing of things. C’est bien, non?

Ratatouille Tatin Tartlets Wow, the food blogging event that follows is just too overwhelming for my little self. There are *so* many dishes I could, would want to make really to participate! Well, being French surely helps for once, so I am fully taking advantage of it and I am *not* going to complain. La [...]

This is the first of a few posts I will write about New Zealand. There will be recipes, places to visit and pictures. In the hope to convince you to go! Upon our arrival in Wellington to meet our great friends Sandra and Keith (we seem to see them more often than local friends as [...]

There are times when without knowing why, some foods just sound the right choice in order to make you feel better. For example, for no apparent reason I sometimes develop a craving for greens, like asparagus, basil, peas or spinach. It just has to be green! Sometimes it is just anything red or yellow. Cold [...]

Red Trout and Vegetable Peels with Garlic Cream “Comfort food my friend, please give me all the nutrients and the warmth I need to stay warm today. It is cold outside and I need the necessary fuel to fight Mother Nature. Merci!” I was heard, many thanks. Ah maybe it is the cast-iron dish that [...]