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Using Bloglines or Another Reader?
Claude-Olivier pointed out to me about a weird bloglines behavior, whereby it looked as if I had updated 200 posts or so. Well, this is a weird thing happening, I can tell you. I have not touched anything, especially as it occurred while I was asleep.
What seems to have happened [...]

Rhubarb and Raspberry Yogurt Pops
Do you remember sucking on ice pops when you were a kid, keeping the stick in your mouth for hours afterwards? I do. In France, my favorites were simple: Miko bâtonnet vanille or chocolat — the ice cream stick being le bâtonnet de glace. My mum always made sure to [...]

Strawberry and Raspberry Charlotte
I know, I know, there seems to be a lot of pink or red desserts on my blog these days. Desserts generally speaking! But I can assure you that this is not all we eat. In fact, there are always more savory things to eat than sweet. I simply cannot keep up [...]

“Oh, you look so French,” the woman told me when she reached the page where one of my photos showed on my blog. “Really?” I replied hesitantly. I hardly knew her and did not want to sound too curious and intrigued. But truth being said, inside, I was dying to ask her: “But WHAT do [...]

Well, I wish I could say that I will still get a taste of the summer that France witnessed over the past few weeks. I have just arrived — and I am writing now from the airport because I am killing time, waiting for a connection ahaha. But it is raining in Paris! Bummer! Not [...]

Mum and her Gariguette Strawberries
Do you know what was the first thing I did when we finally arrived late last night in my home village? (the short story is that I waited at the airport to meet my parents who were themselves just back from ten days visiting l’Ouest américain (the American West Coast and [...]

Rhubarb, Ginger and Vanilla Tartlets
Every Sunday, my parents used to follow a ritual. Hearing them say “on va au café” one hour or so after lunch only made sense for a few families in our small rural village. Indeed, it was not said in the usual meaning of the words. They actually did not intent [...]

Red Currants Cakes

Red Currants in my Mum’s Garden

It sounds easy for me to talk about of my parents’ rituals, as if I was foreign to them. Because truth being said, you will guess that I am not better than anyone else. I also have my own, well-anchored as it turns out whenever I come back [...]

A few weeks ago, P. and I had an unusually quiet Sunday at home, of the kind that made us search for activities in the afternoon. Des trucs à faire ! Despite the fact that we had had a hearty breakfast — as we always do — followed quite soon by a more than satisfying [...]

Broccoli Soup and Salmon Eggs

Eight hours later and I was back at Logan Airport, in Boston. For the first time, I thought that I was really going to miss my flight, even if I made sure to arrive at the airport early. Flying stand-by, I had to. When we pulled in front of terminal A [...]

Staying at Friends’, dans le 6ème
“Tu es venue un mois trop tôt,” (You came one month too early) my mum said when I told her about my plan to take the train from Saint-Avold to Paris. Something I do often when I come back home.
“Pourquoi ?” I asked.
“La ligne TGV Est sera mise en service [...]

Cherries
Oh, aren’t they the best fruit when they turn red on the tree? Cherries are full of memories for me. I am so happy that they are here again that I wanted to show the world — well, you in fact — how beautifully tempting they are. Be careful, they are looking at us!
To my [...]

Cherries
“Les étourneaux ont tout bouffé !” my mum exclaimed when she told me what had happened to their cherries last year. The cherry trees were so full that they even thought that the branches would give in under the weight. Then, the weather came into the way, preventing them from picking the ripe juicy fruit [...]

Quinoa Beet Verrine
When I read about the chaîne rose (pink chain) event launched by Requia, in order to introduce the French blog Femmes avant tout, I knew I had to participate. Femmes avant tout is a blog featuring discussions about women unfortunately affected by breast cancer. Like me, I am sure you all know one, [...]

Vanilla and Ginger-Flavored Cherries on a Tartine
You can easily guess it. I would not have called my blog La Tartine Gourmande if I did not like to prepare tartines of all sorts. While in Paris ten days ago, I was in fact reminded of how much I enjoyed to eat these open-faced sandwiches for lunch [...]

Styling Food
How lucky am I?
Not only there is an International Conference on Food Styling and Photography held this weekend in Boston, from Friday June 1st to Monday June 4th, but I will be attending this fabulous four-day event — oh, I just cannot wait! Then, I will also be able to catch up with [...]