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There has been what I can only describe as a considerable choux madness on the food blogging scene lately, all due to the Daring Bakers’ enthusiasm in attempting, successfully on the whole, éclairs au chocolat. I do not consider myself (yet) daring enough, but I’ll grow out of it some day (ça va me passer). That was inspiration enough. So off we go, choux pastry+ vanilla ice cream + hot chocolate More claptrap! (Plus de sornettes!)Read Profiteroles It's in season, it's gorgeously golden and sweet, it's the Mirabelle plum! It's likely to be unknown to most of you who live outside France - it grows in the Lorraine and Vosges region, as the clever pictogram on my map shows: It's the princess of plums and the plum of princesses. Yes. You'll enjoy it as such, or cut in quarters (painstakingly), and artistically arranged on a More claptrap! (Plus de sornettes!)Read Mirabelle plum tart Until the end of the school year, I was teaching part time in a very posh school, the name of which I will keep to myself. The scandal is really too great. Excommunication is in the air, no less.
It is very religious school. The chapel, of vast proportions, is nested inside the building. Biblical quotes are copied on the walls for personal edification. About 60% of the students More claptrap! (Plus de sornettes!)Read Vanilla panna cotta with raspberry coulis  |
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