The essence of happiness: a plate of cookies with a dash of spring 🙌 A new month has arrived and spring seems to be here to stay, at last :-) Continue Reading
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Is lilac edible? A few notes and uses
Spring baking featuring lilac treats? Yes, please! Happy month of May, dear friends :-) Spring seems to have arrived for good, and I have spent the Continue Reading
Lilac syrup and a mocktail: Summer’s here!
How are you welcoming summer? I am delving into the weekend with a scrumptious mocktail. Who's up for a sip? 🙌 Did you know you could make Continue Reading
Yogurt bark: another floral dessert!
I recently started making frozen yogurt bark (late to the trend, as always, lol), and now I am hooked! The frozen yogurt bark featured here includes Continue Reading
Magnolia vanilla ice cream recipe
Have you ever made magnolia syrup? As you know, I always try to find practical uses for the flowers in our garden - cue in my past culinary Continue Reading
Garden treasures: Sakata Sweet melon
October vibes can be felt all over our garden, now facing its first frost. Under these circumstances, I have been trying to use up or to preserve as Continue Reading
Lemon balm Bundt cake
A fragrant garden in a baked format: I'm saying yes to lemon balm cake :-)With fall in full swing, I have been looking for ways to use & to Continue Reading
My miracle ingredient: ricotta
"The crickets felt it was their duty to warn everybody that summertime cannot last forever. Even on the most beautiful days in the whole year - the Continue Reading
Wimbledon eats: the 2025 edition
The Wimbledon tennis tournament will start soon, and I thought now would be the perfect time for me to revisit treasured memories from the years I Continue Reading
Spring salad (2025 edition)
"The world’s favorite season is the spring. All things seem possible in May" - Edwin Way TealeMay 1st is tomorrow, and the garden is in bloom :-) It Continue Reading
My 2024 holiday gift guide
It's that time of the year again: time to shop 'til you drop, to enjoy all the hot drinks you can handle, and to cherish the moments spent with your Continue Reading
Naked Strawberry Cream Protein Oats
What is your favorite comfort food in the fall? Mine is oatmeal, followed closely by casseroles. There is nothing quote as delicious and satisfying as Continue Reading
My Piña Colada-inspired mocktail
Mocktail time is here: Cheers to summer! Are you a fan of Puerto Rico's national drink, Piña Colada? Then, you must be super excited because Piña Continue Reading
Blackcurrants: healthy and delicious!
Nothing better than ice cream in the summer - especially if it involves a story of forbidden fruits :-) Three years ago, when I was searching for Continue Reading
Don’t forget the violets!
I have been writing about dandelion and lilac, but there is another widely overlooked edible flower which pops up in the spring: violet. I remember Continue Reading
Exciting spring baking with Ann Clark
I'm saying yes to the above plate of delicious spring-shaped cookies - because spring baking is the best (and fall baking, and winter baking, and... Continue Reading
June roundup post: eating light *and* decadent
Summer days are all about eating light *and* decadent, in my case. Ever so focused on extremes, I can't escape the duality of my foodie heart: One day Continue Reading
Summer product roundup post: ice cream and beyond!
Did you know July is National Ice Cream Month? I am finishing it on a strong note, with this caramel and blueberry ice cream, with a secret Continue Reading