Back to work Bento box at Jo Evens Showroom in Paris on the 5th October 2008. Wacky manga characters, blue rice, lots of veg…everyone got their hands sticky making their yummy bento boxes.

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Le dimanche 5 Octobre au Showroom JO EVENS à Paris “Spécial Fashion – L’atelier de boite à Bento”.

Télécharger la recette de l’atelier Bento box ici

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Right now I’m busy prepping for my first cookery class @ La Cocotte this Thursday. I’ve been busy researching, testing, tasting, doing all things muffiny…so much so I think I’m actually becoming a muffin. I found out the word muffin comes from the old french term “moufflet” (=soft). And that the American muffins did originate from the English ones but quickly developed their own style.

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Hate to blow my trumpet, but who cares I’m so excited about being on the cover (with my cake) of this month’s Elle à table I just had to share it with you. There’s an 8 page article inside “Christmas dinner with the 4 girls from la Cocotte“. Andrea and I wrote the recipes and made the food (and some food styling). Nathalie did the beautiful interior and prop styling…well worth rushing to your local newsagent and getting a copy now, while there are still some left

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Things have been a bit hectic recently (well they still are, doing lots of this and that) so here’s a cute illustration from the booklaunch we did at La Cocotte last Saturday. Really cool book with quirky illustrations and recipes (Cowabunga pizza anyone?)

Check out Daniel Egnéus, the illustrator’s website for more genius drawings.

I took a leaf out of Bob’s smoothie book (excellent recipes, very original, think hot surfer meets Palm springs party style, unfortunately only in French at the mo) and came up with my own creation. Still going with the dulce de leche theme I found a tin of chestnuts knocking around in my cupboard. Chestnuts & dulce de leche? Pourquoi not (sorry I couldn’t resist a bit of franglais, homage to a chef at Le Cordon Bleu). And I must say they do go very well together.

Lie back in your deck chair, soak up the sun rays with a chilled glass of this in your hand. Purrrrrrrrfect!

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