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Kaa, c’est moi – Artichauts confits au citron et à l’ail
[I'm Kaa – Braised artichokes with lemon and garlic] Trust in me, just in me Shut your eyes and trust in me You can sleep safe and sound Knowing I am around Slip into silent slumber Sail on a silver...
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Un petit papier et des muffins – Jamie Oliver’s butternut squash muffins with...
[On a small paper bit and muffins] I don’t know about you, but in my book, nothing’s worse than Monday mornings. Wait. There is: autumn Monday mornings. I mean, how would you expect me to be happy on a...
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The ballad of an easy rider – Petits pains aux échalottes et au persil
[Shallots and parsley small breads] As you might have not guessed from yesterday non-post, I’m not ill anymore. I did spend most of the day sleeping, but the evening was put to use for some beaujolais...
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Lundi. Des patates – Pain moelleux aux pommes de terre
[Potatoes on Monday* - Tender potato bread] Ever since those two weeks, which I restlessly spent mostly mixing flour, butter and yeast or shaping croissants and brioches, I’ve been a bread-making...
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Comme si tu m’aimais plus qu’un gâteau au chocolat – Choux croustimoelleux au...
[Like you loved me more than chocolate cake - Fromage blanc and chives crispysoft choux buns] Believe it or not, but I’ve made pâte à choux twice in the past couple of days; and nope, no flat little...
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We’d lie around in bed all day – Tarte à la citrouille
I won’t lie. There are many advantages to having a boyfriend who’s a pâtissier. First, he loves 6pm slumbers parties à deux since he – like me – knows how a 3am wake-up feels like. Second, he whips...
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You’re my favourite flavour – Culinary obsessions
When it comes to food (and many other matters: hello knitting, long bike rides, and papermater felt-tip pens collection), I’m a terribly boring person. I can eat the same thing everyday: breakfast,...
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Le jour le plus froid du monde – Pop corn panna cotta
[The coldest day in history - Pop corn panna cotta] Some people might tell you that all you need in a kitchen are a good knife, a pan, and a wooden spoon. Although I do love the concept of minimalism –...
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An everyday-kind of happiness – Spinach and cheddar muffins
There are things you can never ignore. At times, you wish you’d forgotten; crab hunting, kissing in the wind, eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, drinking beer by the bottle, killing flies,...
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Le seize – Des betteraves et un gâteau
[The sixteenth - Beets and a cake] Two days, four bowls of Thai chicken soup, twenty hours of sleep, and a singing cab driver later, I’m finally emerging from the nightmare that flu is. Only to let you...
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