L’Art de Bien Manger

  • Classic French Cheese Soufflé

    Classic French Cheese Soufflé

    Quick hello from me with another save the date! I’ll be signing your copy of my book on Tuesday 13 December 2022 from 16.30 to 18.30 in Irenes super cute Bakery Kitchen shop in Berne, Spitalgasse 26, can’t wait to see you there!  Aaaand Shine magazine has an interview with me in their online edition,… Read more

  • 2023 Culinary Retreats at the Chateau

    2023 Culinary Retreats at the Chateau

    And here we go! One-day Retreat on Saturday 9 September 2023 Four-days retreat from Thursday afternoon 14 September to Sunday morning 17 September 2023 It is a long story. Full of anticipation. Of heartbreak and the “coup de foudre”. Of going forward because forward usually is the only direction left. It’s a long story for… Read more

  • Tiramisu Pick-Me-Up

    Tiramisu Pick-Me-Up

    Beginning the weekend with a tiramisu pick-me-up and champagne. And plenty of coffee. I made the tiramisu with griottes, a local specialty from where I live, which is cherries soaked in cherry eau de vie, honestly to die for. You can also make them yourself, the recipe is in my cookbook. Tiramisu actually is such… Read more

  • Apple Season in the Domfrontais

    Apple Season in the Domfrontais

    I have been tidying up some photographs lately and stumbled across these and realised I never really shared them here. I took them during a long ago road trip through France, and as this year is sort of zilch traveling I thought why not write some armchair travel story picture book. We discovered the Domfrontais… Read more

  • Et Voilà a Glimpse of our Home-to-be

    Et Voilà a Glimpse of our Home-to-be

    There’s these moments in life, when you just know, when you just know exactly that this is it, without any reasoning and rumination at 3 am, beyond any doubt. So, driving up to the hamlet for the first time, in a way, I joked we just did the site visit with the real estate out… Read more

  • Croute aux Champignons

    Croute aux Champignons

    What I like about autumn: soaking up the last of the days sun rays with my back against the warm wall of the house; listening to the wind howling outside while I’m writing; first fondue of the season; afternoon walks through the meadows and being home just in time before the rain; candlelight; moving the… Read more