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Plage de Donnant in Belle-Ile en mer We returned from France yesterday night. It’s been a month away. And my head and heart are still full of thousands of images of the past weeks. There were scenes of Lorraine, home, family, Brittany, the ocean, French food, us, Lulu playing at the beach, plums, apples, cows, [...]

Time. It’s an amazing thing. You think that you have all the time ahead of you and before you realize it, it’s gone and you find yourself in fall. A year later. I remember last fall. That fall was special. We had taken Lulu apple picking for her first time. She was only ten months [...]

“Belle-Île en mer, la Bien Nommée. Je rêvais de te visiter depuis déjà tant d’années…alors voilà, c’est maintenant chose fait. Je peux te le dire par avance, c’est sûr, on reviendra. Même dès l’année prochaine, si on a de la chance…” “Belle-Île en mer, the Well Named. I had been dreaming of visiting you for [...]

Vanilla-flavored panna cotta and sauteed apples Don’t ask why. When I feel nervous, overwhelmed, too busy. When I want to be able to put closure to a long project, I run back into the kitchen. And I bake. These desserts. All happened between Sunday and yesterday. Every one of them. I know. Only within four [...]