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Albestroff, my home village, viewed from a regular walk I enjoy taking

On the way, an old friend

I had forgotten how green the grass is here in early fall. I am told it rained a lot over the last few days.
I am well arrived in France, with much to tell you already. But today, I only [...]

Amongst a décor like this…

You can enjoy dishes like this…sorry, it is gone!

I had forgotten a few things about France.
7:15 AM Paris, France. Mardi, 3 octobre 2006.
I forget that the day rises much later here in Paris.

The village
I wish I could have seen what happened here many many years ago.

“Elle est belle la campagne à cette heure du matin,” I tell my dad as he drives me to the train station in Saint-Avold (Nice countryside at this time of the day). “Oh tu sais, nous, on ne remarque même plus !”, [...]

What do you do with so many beautiful apples? You cannot only think about apple pies and cakes. There is more to it!
The Apple Story — L’histoire des pommes
G.: — On doit se dépêcher, on va être en retard !
(We should hurry up, we are going to be late!)
Me: — Je ne suis pas [...]

While living and growing up in France, I never visited Paris. Rarely, I should say. The 450 kms separating the big city to my tiny village were not even the excuse to explain it. Monter à Paris? (Go to Paris?) Mais pour quoi faire ? (to do what?) The French train network making it easy [...]

L’automne
You like it or you hate it. Are you more Spring or Fall?
For some, it becomes a time of year when snuggling in remains a favorite activity and good energy is lifted, and for others, like my brother B., everything becomes gloomy and dark, with Nature elements gradually fading away before coming to a slow [...]

Morning Treat or Indulging in Croissants

Le bonheur est dans la feuille et pas dans le pré !
Makes the day brighter, right away!
I Am No Longer Scared of Croissants
Whenever we travel to France, P.’s love for boulangeries grows bigger and bigger. I thought that the phenomenon would start to fade away with the years, but non, [...]

The simplest things make the best moments.
I always believed that I could only invite friends over for dinner only if I cooked everything, de A à Z!
I am fairly new to the concept, but instead of the whole dinner, I simply invited our friends J. and L. over for dessert last night!
A great way to [...]

“Ne joue pas avec la nourriture !” (Don’t play with your food) my mum used to tell me while I was quietly sitting in front of a plate that was probably bigger than my entire face. “Mais je ne joue pas ! (I am not playing!)
I was thinking, already. Making food plans.

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Petits Fours with Lime Cream and Dark Chocolate
A world offered on a plate, made of sweet one-bite delicacies, little nibbles of pleasure delicately prepared.
Preparing these little treats allowed me to revisit the memory and experience of the kid playing with some pâte à modeler (modeling paste), or feel like a painter playfully chosing colors [...]

“Do you think that pumpkins are really an American thing?” P. asked me at the dinner table as we ate the squash soup I had made from the leftovers of a large squash used the day before. “Ah mais que oui! Absolument”, I answered.
Of course, I had seen and eaten squashes before I moved [...]

No no, this is not a repeat of the summer, and I know it is October, but….
The results for the September’s Does My Blog Look Good in This have been announced by Katherine of Toast Point . Anita from the deliciously sweet food blog, Dessert First – you all know Anita’s wonderful pastry skills, [...]