“Nine out of ten love chocolate, the tenth lies”. John G. Tullius.             Hello, young Padawan     Today, we will end the year on a high note with a treat for young and old.   Indeed, after a year full of pitfalls of all kinds, ups, and downs, we all deserve a reward: a lovely recipe of delicacies to celebrate…

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        “Music brings the soul into harmony with all that exists”. Oscar Wilde.             Hello, young Padawan     I don’t know what is going on for your family, but here, this year, we struggled to get into the Christmas atmosphere. Indeed, I told myself that some Christmas decorations would boost the troops even if I were a little sad because of…

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          Hello, young Padawan     Because there is nothing better than a good soup to warm up after a long winter day spent crawling outside, today we are going to treat ourselves to a caliente recipe, in every sense of the word.   Chili, ginger, Madagascar pepper, turmeric… should I draw you a picture? No worries, thanks to this recipe you’ll have a great evening.…

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        “We see the bee land on all the plants and get the best out of each one.” Isocrate.             Hello, young Padawan,     It had been a long time since you had dealt with one of my awful puns in the title; it was time to reconnect with the tradition. Here it is, lol!   If there is an ancestral…

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        « A sweet memory is still a happiness». Louis-Philippe de Ségur, Le temps, 1816.         Paris will always be Paris.   Hello, young Padawan from Paname* and elsewhere,     The ex-bobo Parisian who left Paris to go green, what a cliché. Here we are, right in there. It is not easy for me to assume, but we are deep down into it.…

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