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While Waiting for More on Paris….
We all know ice-cream under the terms of sweet and smooth , all that is required to please and fulfill the sugar cravings we can all have at times. What about the full opposite? If a few years ago, I had been asked to try wasabi ice-cream, I would probably [...]

Paris and the Best Japanese Pastries or the Beautiful Art of Sadaharu Aoki
May 31st, Tuesday night in Paris.
Why did I feel so high and hyper that night? I think I ate too much sugar. From noon until later in the night after dinner, sweets and more sweets. The culprit is called Japanese Pastries and [...]

The end of the Macarons Quest – to be followed
Ou suite et fin de la recherche de macarons – à suivre
Not yet ready for my next Parisian Pastry story but for this sunny Sunday, here is another picture of the next box of macarons I had. They look very similar to Pierre Hermé’s but they [...]

Who Makes The Best Parisian Macarons?

You know what is good about getting bad weather in June in Paris? You can eat more to keep you warm. In other words, I cannot say that it is the French weather that I will remember from my trip this time. But I am not complaining: I was [...]

I am about to pack my bags and drive back to Paris for a last stop, before returning to Boston. And guess what, the sun is back. Spring is finally here and the sun feels really good.
While in the French capital, I walked around pastry stores and gorgeous pâtisserie windows that were beauty on their [...]

Back To Cooking!

Still jet lagged of course but back. And you surely know what a jet lag means. There are only 6 hours between Boston and Paris but nonetheless. I wake up every day at 3 am starved and want to go to bed at 8 pm. Not to mention that I want lunch at [...]

Ben j’ai le droit quoi!
(So what, I am allowed!)
Just because I never get tired of strawberries! And I think I am not alone! See what Fanny did here. If you will excuse me, I have something to do!

L’histoire des fraises – Partie 2 / The Story of the Strawberries – Part 2
I think that noticing differences can be very intriguing. Take two people that are close to me. P. my hubbie loves coconut. My brother Benoit hates coconut (noix de coco (n.f.) in French) And I really mean love on one [...]

C’est quoi ces boulettes ? (What are these little balls?)
I think I am known to be stubborn, especially when it comes to something I really want. To think that only a week ago, my dad even told me “tu obtiens toujours ce que tu veux!” (You always get what you want). I will not unveil [...]

The Return of Cold Soups
When it is hot, we want to eat colder foods. This is quite normal, yet fascinating all the same as it is possible to witness how the flux between outside temperatures and our bodies works. Even if I laugh when asked the question by my parents “Et quel temps il fait [...]

Iced Beet and Green Apple Mise en Bouche
It looks the same, it has the same colour but it is different. I can reassure you as I add that I did not buy a full box of beets on sale. I just like them. And I believe that when one is in the mood of studying [...]

Quelle chaleur! (What heat!)
What do you do when it is scorching hot outside?
I do not think that I have been as challenged to take pictures as I have been today. What do you do when you want to take shots of sorbet and it is 90 F + outside? I acknowledge that as crazy as [...]

Blaze : – « Monseignor, il est l’or, l’or de se réveiller. »
Don Salluste : – « Il en manque une ! »
B. : – « Vous êtes sor ? »
D.S. : – « Tout à fait sor [...]

Du poisson, pour changer ?
(Fish, for a change?)
Different needs and different tastes. And a series to be followed.

Qu’est-ce que c’est ? (What is it?)

Facile, non ?
To be continued – à suivre…

While we wait for the results of your fish guess—you are pretty good—, here is the story of a few shrimps that took a bath!
Histoire à suivre, again!

Tout arrive à qui sait attendre !
(Good things come to those who wait)

You Rock!
Most of you scored perfectly right in guessing what this dish was all about. We will have to acknowledge that it was not that difficult, c’est vrai non ? Pas de question piège, non ! (No trick question!) You guessed le saumon (salmon) et le gingembre (ginger).
But!
Pas n’importe quel saumon !
Fresh Wild Caught [...]

Yesterday my brother called me and said :
« — Hier, on a mangé nos premières courgettes du jardin ! »�?
” — Yesterday, we ate the first zucchinis from the garden!”�?
Can I tell you how jealous I was? These are the kind of conversations I regularly have with my brother and my [...]

I love the way this word sounds in French: le fenouil.
My mum once told me that my dad ate fennel for the first time after they got married.

Ma mère : « —Ton père n’en avait jamais goûté avant. »�?�?
Moi : « —Vraiment? Pas avant que vous vous mariez ? »�?

My mum: “Your [...]

http://www.stylefeeder.com/
I do not even know where to start.
How to say it.
How to explain it.
Let’s say that we are all agreeing that most of us spend a lof of time surfing the web to find stuff. And a lot of stuff. Whether it is to find the newest cool lamp as seen in the latest copy [...]

Me: “— What am I going to do?
P.: — What do you mean?
M.: — Je ne les trouve pas ! Ils n’en ont pas !
P.: — They don’t have what?
M.: — Des biscuits à la cuillère !
P.: — What?
M.: — Ladyfingers! I need some to make my dessert!
P.: — Can’t you make some?
M.: — Ca [...]

Finally a nice break from the heat! What do I do when I get sick of the hot humidity? I go up! Up the mountains!
So what does this have to do with food you might wonder?
Our food pattern will change as we will be eating a lot of travel/hiking sandwiches over the coming days [...]