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The Bike Ride
The road leading to the nearby bird reserve can be busy during rush hour, but that does not stop me on my bike. P. insists that I wear a helmet, but I am still being a bad sports about it. The afternoon feels windy and warm when I leave the house, and I [...]

Block Island
“Which way is it?” P. shouted as he was cycling a few meters ahead of me.
“It’s the next right!”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes, I remember the path!”
The path was rugged and dusty, with many puddles filled with the rain from the previous days. On each side, lines of black berry bushes were loaded with tempting fruit [...]

Les fruits rouges : Sour Cherries, Red and White Currants
For some reason, since I was a kid, the days after August 15th always felt like already the end of summer — after my grand-mother’s regular family reunion meal of August 15th, date of her fête since her first name was Marie. She always started the [...]

Red Currant & Apricot Clafoutis
Call me addicted. I think I really am. Another clafoutis? Well, yes it is indeed. It’s been the clafoutis summer. My clafoutis summer. My friends must grow tired of them.
But I don’t. And P. neither. A good thing, and why not?
Well think about it. In my dessert répertoire, clafoutis ranks amongst [...]

Moi in New Zealand
Not the usual kind of post since I am not even talking about food. But wait, don’t go as of yet. I had so much fun that I had to share.
Vraiment !
Most of you who have read previous stories about my travels know that I’ve lived in New Zealand for a while, [...]

La Bohémienne
I can still remember the first time when my mother explained to me how to prepare a bohémienne; I was excited at the thought that I was going to be able to reproduce the dish myself. In summer, when we had more eggplants than we knew what to do with, this dish from the [...]

Summer is far from being over in Boston, on the contrary. We’ve had the best weather, the one that makes New England a wonderful place to live in. That special Indian summer is already starting to take shape, and settle. It almost makes me regret that we are taking a vacation at this time of [...]