Is breaking your traditions a good thing or a bad? Does it show adaptation and a willingness to embrace change or do we miss it like a part of us that has been broken off? For most of the last 10 years on New Years Eve my husband and I have reveled in our hotel ...

I have wanted to make an entremet composé for so long – but I was chicken. I am not a good baker – not for lack of enthusiasm it just doesn’t come naturally to me like cooking does. But this year I decided I needed a Christmas dinner highlight – elegant, pretty and of course delicious! ...

The »plat de résistance« of French Christmas tradition with a yumandmore twist – spicy dark chocolate filling and vanilla white chocolate icing. This recipe is my holiday gift to you my readers and followers, thank you for being there and believing in my creativity. History: In France, as in most countries with a Celtic tradition, ...

2012. it is here. FINALLY!!!!!!! It has ended my winter of discontent, severed my endless contract with dark and dingey taking me on to light and newness. One last evening in our house alone with my beloved, cleaning out, reviewing and discarding the superfluous in the search for less.. my selfgiven motto: less is more.The ...