6.14.2015

La Bastide du Calalou in Moissac Bellevue ( 83 ) : Mother-daughter's WE ****


 Our beautiful hotel (Four Stars )
This is the second time I come in this hotel 
and I continue to love this place...

For this week-end, my eldest daughter was with me 
(not sure she liked the menu with truffle).
Personally, I loved...
It's my favorite adress in the Var.
All staff are very kind.









*** Menu à la Truffe ( Bianchetti )***


 Mise en bouche


Marinated salmon with dill and truffle slices / saumon mariné à l'aneth et ses pétales de truffe

Whole Lobster with truffle slices / Homard entier aux écailles de truffe


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 Veal mignon with truffle crust in a puff pastry / Mignon de veau en croûte de truffe dans son feuilleté


 Fresh goat cheese with truffle / Chèvre frais à la truffe


Chocolate and Truffle crunchy / Croquant de chocolat truffé

No wine to accompany this delicious dinner, just a bottle of San Pellegrino !!!



 

IN STYLE : Princess Sofia in Ida Sjöstedt


DR

6.12.2015

The Royal Wedding : Sofia and Carl Philip of Sweden

Carl Philip and Sofia of Sweden for their engagement

Like many girls, I love weddings, and especially the dress !
And because, one of my favorite country in the world is Sweden,
I wanted to write a post on Carl and Sofia's royal wedding.
It will be celebrated tomorrow at 4.30 pm in Stockholm.
Carl Philip is third in line to the throne, behind his elder sister Crown Princess Victoria and her three-year-old daughter Princess Estelle.

The Swedish Royal Family : Carl's sisters wedding

Princess Victoria, Future Queen of Sweden.
The dress was designed by Par Engsheden.

Princess Madeleine of Sweden.

The dress was designed by Valentino.

 

More Famous Royal Wedding

 

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge in 2011 / The dress was designed by Sarah Burton for Alexander Mac Queen.
Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth II in 1947 / The Dress was designed by Norman Hartnell.
Princess Diana of Wales, in 1981 / The dress was designed by David and Elizabeth Emanuel.

Charlene de Monaco
Princess Charlène of Monaco in 2011 / The dress was designed by Armani Privé.

Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco in 1956 / The dress wa designed by Helen Rose, Costume designer.


Queen Letizia of Spain in 2004 / The dress wa designed by Manuel Pertegaz.
Mariages royaux: les robes qui ont marqué l’histoire
Clotilde Courau in 2003, French actress and Princess of Italia / the dress was designed by Valentino.


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Marie-Antoinette's wedding in Sofia Coppola Film



Can't wait until tomorrow afternoon to see Sofia's wedding gown !!!!!

 

 HAPPY FRIDAY

 

 

6.10.2015

100 YEARS OF AMERICAN FASHION in less than 3 minutes

 I found this clip on Madame Figaro ( http://madame.lefigaro.fr ) about American fashion ( 1915-2015 )


I would like to be in 1975 ( i also love 2015 )

And you ?

6.09.2015

Cooking with Julia Child : le Clafoutis aux cerises ( Cherry flan )****

THE CLAFOUTIS IS A FRENCH CLASSIC CAKE 
The Julia Child's recipe is the best one in the world !! 

***** 
 from Mastering the art of French Cooking / Volume One 

For 6 or 8 people / 6 à 8 personnes


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3/4 lb stoned black cherries / 450 gr de cerises noires 

1/2 pt. milk / 284 ml de lait
2 oz. granulated sugar / 50 gr de sucre
3 eggs / 3 oeufs
1 tbl vanilla extract / 1 cc de vanille liquide
1/8 tsp salt / 1 pincée de sel
2 and 1/2 oz. sifted flour / 55 gr de farine tamisée
An electric liquidizer / un batteur électrique


Preheat oven to 350°F / Préchauffez le four à 180°C
 Use fresh, black, sweet cherries in season. Otherwise use drained, tinned, stoned cherries.
Utilisez des fruits frais non abîmés, dans la saison
Place the ingredients alongside in the liquidizer jar in the order in which they are listed.
Placez les ingrédients dans un bol en respectant l'ordre ci-dessus 
 ( excepté les cerises, bien sûr )
Cover and blend at top speed for 1 minute.
Battre à vitesse rapide pendant 1 minute.

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A 3- to 4 lightly buttered, fireproof baking dish 
or ovenglass pie plate about 1 1/2 ins. deep
Beurrez légèrement un plat à gratin 
An asbestos mat, if necessary
 2 oz. granulated sugar / 50 gr de sucre

 Pour a 1/4-inch layer of batter in the baking dish or pie plate
Mettez 1/4 de la pâte dans le plat à gratin ou à tarte
Place over a moderate heat for a minute or two until a film of batter has set in the bottom of the dish
Mettez dans le four à température modérée pendant 1 ou 2 minutes jusqu'à l'apparition
d'un film de pâte sur le dessus
Remove from heat
Retirez du four 
Spread the cherries over the batter and sprinkle on the sugar
Déposez les cerises sur la pâte et saupoudrez de sucre
Pour on the rest of the batter and smooth the surface with the back of a spoon.
Recourez du reste de pâte et lissez avec le dos de la cuillère.
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Icing sugar in a shaker / sucre glace tamisé

Place in the middle of preheated oven and bake for about an hour. The clafoutis is done when it has puffed and browned, and a needle or knife plunged into its centre comes out clean.
Enfournez le plat dans le four à mi-hauteur pendant 1 heure.( la pointe du couteau doit ressortir sèche )
Sprinkle top of Clafoutis with icing sugar just before bringing it to the table.
( The clafouti need not be served hot, but should still be warn. It will sink down slightly as it cools. )
Saupoudrez le clafoutis de sucre glace avant de le servir ( de préférence froid )


My Julia Child's Clafoutis
Variantes  : You can make it with plum, pear, blackberry, apple...
Served with a "Rosé" wine

BON APPETIT

6.05.2015

A new wine !!!


 

The "Maison CHAPOUTIER"
Famous in the world of wine, 
is a great producer ( located in the North of my region ).

 Today, he has launched a new wine : a "Rosé" from Australia

M. Chapoutier
@chapoutier.com

His french Wines

Côte-Rôtie - Côte-Rôtie
@chapoutier.com

Côtes-du-Rhône - Côtes-du-Rhône
@chapoutier.com

The oldest wines in Rhône Valley

Saint-Joseph - Saint-Joseph
@chapoutier.com

was on the Tsar's dining table

Crozes-Hermitage bio - Crozes-Hermitage
@chapoutier.com
Condrieu - Condrieu
@chapoutier.com
Châteauneuf du pape  - Châteauneuf-du-Pape
@chapoutier.com

 

His American Wine

"Michel CHAPOUTIER seen by our American friends"

Rhone wines, seen by our American friends
@chapoutier.com
@chapoutier.com

And Now, A new-born from Australia  

@chapoutier.com
 The "Rosé" is not "a real wine" but it's very good in summer when it's hot outside.

Happy Friday

6.04.2015

Why I love Michelle Obama ?

Honestly, I don't really know.
But since the election of her husband in 2008, 
I became a fan of FLOTUS ( I never do it before !!! )
 At first, I followed this blog : MRS O ( I even bought Mary's Tomer book !! )
Now, I prefer OBAMADIARY or PINTEREST 
( only for the photos  >> I'm not interested by politics )
I think she has her own style,
she doesn't care what about people think of her,
after all, she is "mom in chief"
and the First Lady of the United States...
So, even if you are not democrat,
Enjoy this photos 


2008, In MARIA PINTO
DR
2012, in TRACY REESE
DR
Her style has evolved since the first presidential term of her husband.

 2009, In ISABEL TOLEDO ( I love this outfit )
DR
 2013, In THOM BROWNE
DR
2009 and 2013, In JASON WU ( I love the white dress )
DR

And you, do you like FLOTUS style ?