Comments on: A Sense of History And A Du Barry Chocolate Cake — Un brin d’histoire et un gâteau au chocolat Du Barry

By: jacqualine

jacqualine — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:48:51 +0000

Love this chocolate! Photos exquisite! Miss the gentle moments.
Busy life in the States..NJAZ

By: Megh

Megh — Sat, 24 May 2008 05:46:16 +0000

I have tried this same recipe.. but it gets stuck to the sides.. I should cook it in butter paper I guess

By: Amaranth, Quinoa and Dark Chocolate Cake — Gâteau à l’amaranth, quinoa et chocolat noir by La Tartine Gourmande

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:03:39 +0000

[...] from eating chocolate by the piece, I am also very fond of making chocolate cakes. You probably know this by [...]

By: I Grew up in this France — J’ai grandi dans cette France-là by La Tartine Gourmande

Mon, 14 May 2007 12:14:36 +0000

[...] was going to take a long walk by the village, so as to feel the space of the place once again. My ritual. And you know, it did not fail. I am predictable [...]

By: Desayuno » Louis XV Chocolate Cakes

Desayuno » Louis XV Chocolate Cakes — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:56:43 +0000

[...] I spent December at home, between jobs, and devoted the whole month to concocting new plans to fatten up my parents and sisters. This recipe for chocolate cakes from Louis�XV’s pastry chef Becary,�posted at La Tartine Gourmande, seemed to work best.�My family is always glad to have me back at home for a while, but I get the feeling their stomaches are a bit relieved when I leave. [...]

By: La Tartine Gourmande » Blog Archive » A Walnut Obsession in a Flourless Cake - Une obsession pour les noix dans un gâteau sans farine

Wed, 01 Nov 2006 14:14:58 +0000

[...] I could simply not avoid it, even if I wanted to. Because I had such a nice experience picking walnuts at my uncle’s only a few weeks ago, and because they are so seasonal — no surprise then that every cooking magazine I read talks about them — , I started to make a fixation on walnuts. Taking it a step further, I started to obsess about baking walnut cakes. Flipping through the pages of the pile of monthly cooking magazines accumulated by my chair, I found a few recipes that I marked. Initially thrilled to find a good number, many of them unfortunately gave results far from equalling my initial anticipation. The first recipe I tried was just blend in taste, the second one turned into a disaster with an unappealling what-is-supposed-to-look-like-a-cake flat mass. Almost discouraged, I caught a glimpse of Philippe Conticini’s cookbook, Tentations, and decided to look inside. My lucky day! I extracted a wonderful walnut cake recipe. [...]

By: Béa

Béa — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 14:45:12 +0000

Merci Mitsuko.

Mae, I saw them, they look gorgeous!

Bron, I am going to kidnap Boon then!

Ces, yes a nice place to be in for sure. Thank you!

Ellie, yes I would love my brother to sell his furniture. He is so talented. Thank you, once more, for stopping by.

By: Ellie

Ellie — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 21:48:11 +0000

Absolutely amazing. Your brother’s furniture should definetely be sold, such beautiful unique pieces would be loved by many. Thank you for sharing this trip through your home town with us, it looks like a marvellous place

By: ces

ces — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 15:36:24 +0000

hi bea,
life is good where you lived! wish i can have the chance to visit France one day!

By: Bron

Bron — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 19:29:42 +0000

Gorgeous! Gorgeous! post Bea, makes me wish I was there too, collecting walnuts.
And Ortie looks just like my Boon, yes, too adorable!!