Most of Europe basked in sunshine throughout April which got the rhubarb growing much earlier than usual. 6 days after I spotted the first growth we had usable stems! Following on from my goal last summer not to waste a stick of rhubarb, here is the first rhubarb recipe of the season. What is a …
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A slice of cake is not my favourite naughty nibble but offer me a freshly baked, warm Madeleine with my cuppa and you won’t hear me say no. Perhaps it’s because they were first baked in the region of Lorraine! Really, they are a small cake but there is something about the light, warm centre …
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It’s cold here, really cold. I haven’t seen the outdoor thermometer go over -2 in over a week. The mornings are absolutely beautiful; the frost freezes all the bare branches of the trees turning them white so the whole valley looks like a winter wonderland. There is fresh snow on the ground from yesterday and …
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Neither of us are really jam eaters. In fact, the only time either of us eat jam is when we are staying at a hotel! We started making jam for the breakfast we serve at Chalet Cannelle in the first summer we lived in Chatel. It was July, and I remember it well as I …
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