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Butternut squash and sweet potato soup with mace They finally came. Ten years later. Admittedly, it took time. But it does no longer matter now. The important thing is that it really happened. For real. I am talking about my brother Benoit. And my sister-in-law Geneviève. We like to call her Ginou. Lulu prefers to [...]

Far breton You learn about far breton when you travel to Brittany, on the west coast of France. This traditional French dessert is similar to clafoutis in texture, expect denser, with prunes (Pruneaux d’Agen) replacing cherries. When we traveled to Belle-Ile en mer this past summer, you will have guessed what we ate there too. [...]

“Tu fais des crêpes aujourd’hui ?” (Are you making crêpes?) my mum asked when she called to ask how we were handling the snow? The snow storm we’ve had on the east coast had made the news on the other side of the Atlantic, she added. “Pourquoi ?” (Why?) I said. “C’est la chandeleur aujourd’hui.” [...]

We had five days to embrace it all. I suppose that many would have thought that traveling to Ireland in early February was insane and crazy. At this point in time. And for such a short stay. Especially with, as it turned out, Lulu who happened to suffer a nasty cold as soon as we [...]

Vitamin-boosted black quinoa salad That’s a solo salad. One that I ate by myself today at lunch. One that followed a craving that started when I woke up this morning and that never ended until my imaginary salad landed on our table. In fact, I created the salad, lunch, while running this morning. It resonated [...]