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I think the most common new year’s resolutions are “I need to quit smoking” and “I need to lose weight” .

Since the beginning of spring, I keep on being super tired. As we say in Italian: “April, sleeping is sweet” (which is

Two years ago I went to Saint Tropez, the famous chic town on the French Riviera where all the hip people

In the past, I wrote on the blog about Chiboust cream or mousseline cream, which are variations on pastry cream with the

You can’t go more classical than this! The mille-feuille is a traditional French pastry that can be found in any

Are you ready for a challenge? 🙂 After months of hesitation, I finally found the courage to face one of

In the romantic setting of 19th-century Paris, Monsieur Chiboust, a pastry chef with his own shop in Rue Saint-Honoré,

I had seen them in every single bakery, in all sizes and flavours, ever since I was born… and I

The queen of all creams is pastry cream. It is the first recipe I learnt in my 3-hour course at