Lemon verrines I wish I had the time to share the recipe of the lemon verrines I made for us tonight, but unfortunately, I can’t–I have pages of drafts almost ready. I thought I’d s...
Petits pots de crème au chocolat Lulu pressed the shutter. Which technically means that she is the one who took this photograph. “Je peux toucher maman ?” (Can I touch mummy ?) she asked,...
This coming week is an important one for me. February 7th. The day when my cookbook is officially released. Finally! I couldn’t be happier. My cookbook, entitled La Tartine Gourmande: Recipes f...
Update: The workshop is now full, but we are taking names for the waiting list, if you are still interested. Hello everyone, Thank you for your interest in our Food Photography & Styling Worksho...
Beet chips This weekend, I wanted to prepare something fun for Lulu. She’s been sick with a cold. She’s rarely sick. But she’s been a real trooper. And so despite her fever and runn...
Bonjour à tous, Cela fait déjà un certain temps que mon amie Lara et moi parlons d’organiser un atelier de stylisme et de photographie culinaire ensemble. Alors voilà ! Ca y est. On se jette à ...
Hello everyone, It’s been a while now since my friend Lara and I started talking about running a food styling and photography workshop together. Yes! It took us some time to find a time when it...
Cauliflower I forgot to tell you on thing. Back in early December, I wrote a cauliflower recipe for the Boston Globe. I had found beautifully colored varieties of cauliflower at the market and I fell...
The chicken barn “I am completely mesmerized by the color of the grass,” I tell Dan who is sitting next to me in his red Chevrolet pickup. The road is fairly bumpy and dusty but I donR...
A picnic at the beach – Crane Beach, Ma; January 1st, 2012 I wanted to start the new year with delicious salads. Made with légumes secs (legumes), vegetables, and fruit. Offering zest and crunc...
Raspberry charlotte, a recipe from my cookbook I’m holding this moment close to my heart. On Christmas day, we celebrated Lulu’s birthday. She turned three. I am amazed we are already the...
Back in October, when there were still gorgeous looking homegrown apples around us, we could leave the kitchen windows open and walk outside bare legged, I met Margaret and Max for the first time. To...
Scene inside a café in the Blue Mountains I should have known that when visiting Jamaica, I would love the island. I knew it when, for the first time, I saw Jamaicans’ faces. When I caught sigh...
Mashed Celeriac and Potato Recipe Hello everyone, I wish I could be here more often these days but it’s just not happening right now. We have renovation going on upstairs in our house, side pro...
Sample from La Tartine Gourmande: Recipes for an Inspired Life If you have been a regular reader of this blog, you know that, about one month and a half ago, I launched the presale of my cookbook, La...
Apple galette with Chia seeds and flax A few months ago, I met Mika, a Japanese cookbook author who had flown from Paris to work with me. Together, we were going to create the photographs for her upc...
Celeriac, red cabbage and apple tabbouleh with grapes and hazelnuts I know that I am lucky to live in New England. I am lucky because we have gorgeous distinct seasons, and most particularly, we have...
Snapshots of Block Island in October It’s the story of a soup that connected us to a place and a moment. Between earth and sea. About a month ago, Lulu, P. and his parents and I traveled to Blo...
Linguine with Romanesco and scampi recipe The snow melted within two days, leaving room to fall again. A gorgeously sunny one on top. We were glad that we’d only had a tease of winter. We were ...
Roasted Root Vegetables Recipe I took these pictures right before it snowed. Yes. Not only a little touch of snow. But enough to cover hills and gardens and roofs and roads and make us imagine we wer...
Millet with steamed spring greens and its lemon vinaigrette recipe Often, things in life seem to happen in a series. Don’t you agree? Good or bad. It’s part of the cycle of life, and it...
Feature of La Tartine Gourmande inside Where Women Cook Celebrate! Back in summer last year, Jo Packham emailed me to ask whether I’d be willing to be featured inside a book she wanted to desig...
La Tartine Gourmande: Recipes for an Inspired Life I have been waiting for this moment for quite a while, and today is a big day for me. I am now holding a cookbook in my hands. My own cookbook. In f...
Portland’s Farmer’s Market On the third and last day of our stay in Portland, we are promised a visit to the Saturday farmer’s market. I am glowing with excitement. I’ve heard...
When I get up on Friday morning, I know the day will be busy. I am excited because that morning, we are meant to go foraging, have lunch at Timberline lodge near Mt Hood National Forest, after which ...
Mt Hood, Oregon I wanted to love Oregon. And Portland too. I came back with more than expected. I now have new friends to visit–always lovely. Hikes to take. Road trips through the countryside ...
Why can I have neglected to visit Cape Cod more often? I wondered. I didn’t expect that Cape Cod, the Cape as we Bostonians call it, would look so beautiful with its near-to empty beaches and w...
Peach Orchard in Camargue The memories I keep from Camargue are faint, I kept thinking as P., Lulu and I were silently driving on the highway that connects Marseilles to Arles. I found the air blowin...
Outside Marsal “Cet endroit est tout simplement incroyable !” (This is just an incredible spot!) I tell my brother Benoit as we put our picnic basket on the black iron table near the pond...
Les premiers radis du jardin These were the first radishes I grew in my garden this year. I loved how small and delicate they looked. How peppery they felt in the mouth. Crunchy and light. I kept the...
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