L’Art de Bien Manger

  • The Chandeleur

    The Chandeleur

    I took a little time off instagram in the month of January, it was really nice but now I feel glad and happy to pick up on posting and checking in with my favourite fellows, I’ve really missed it! Incidentally, the day of my instagram return also was the French chandeleur, the day we celebrate… Read more

  • The January Cake and The New Year is a Nine

    The January Cake and The New Year is a Nine

    The New Year is a nine, now I’m not overly relying on it but numerology is an interesting playground. Accordingly it means a lot and everything and commonly is referred to completion and fulfilment. Now did you know that any number multiplied by nine which then is reduced to a one-digit number will give a… Read more

  • #24 Les Poissonchats Wondrous Advent Calendar – Merry Christmas

    #24 Les Poissonchats Wondrous Advent Calendar – Merry Christmas

    Merry Christmas my friends! Read more

  • #23 Les Poissonchats Wondrous Advent Calendar – The Buche de Noel

    #23 Les Poissonchats Wondrous Advent Calendar – The Buche de Noel

    The forever Buche de Noel. It’s quite a French thing, the Buche de Noel. For all the time I’ve been in France we’re always having a Buche de Noel for Christmas dessert, I usually make it myself, exceptionally, if I’m really just too busy, I resort to the local bakery. The tradition isn’t super seasoned,… Read more

  • #22 Les Poissonchats Wondrous Advent Calendar – Angel’s Dreams

    #22 Les Poissonchats Wondrous Advent Calendar – Angel’s Dreams

    Today’s door is a very special door, as I’ve asked my friend Sarah if she wouldn’t prepare a guest entry for Les Poissonchats Wondrous Advent Calendar. Sarah is a textile artist, painting Angel’s Dreams on fabrics. No 22 is meant to be a gift for you, a little preview of her upcoming collection and art… Read more

  • #21 Les Poissonchats Wondrous Advent Calendar – The Phantom of the Opera

    #21 Les Poissonchats Wondrous Advent Calendar – The Phantom of the Opera

    I’ve never seen the film The Phantom of the Opera as we didn’t have television when I was little and also I would never ever have been allowed to watch such a film, such a crazy film as mother called this sort, but somehow I must have picked up scenes somewhere and they stuck!  In… Read more