Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Pâté dinde et poulet
Wednesday, 12 March 2025
La pie chagrine
Sunday, 2 February 2025
Pâté à la truite
Friday, 22 November 2024
Mince Pies (an anniversary)
Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Gâteau Faumage à la citrouille
Wednesday, 25 September 2024
Five Magpies for Silver
Last Monday, while we were on our way to pick up Wolfie from school, we saw magpies. Nothing special about it, the neighbourhood is full of them. But it is rare we see so many in one go. I love magpies, as you may know if you have read this blog. When I first came to this country to study, they struck me as exotic birds, since we don't have any where I am from.Or at least I never saw any before I came here. Anyway, first we saw four, then a single mapgie. I don't know if it means we saw a mischief of magpies, but according to the nursery rhyme, it is five for silver. Make of it what you will. Maybe we'll get rich, or richer. Or something else.
Thursday, 15 August 2024
Tarte aux bleuets (authentique)
Wednesday, 28 February 2024
Pumpkin Pie's Chocolate
Monday, 19 February 2024
Pâté à la truite et tarte aux bleuets
Saturday, 13 January 2024
Pâté à la truite
Wednesday, 13 September 2023
Pointe de Bourdaloue
Wednesday, 6 September 2023
24 pâtés à la viande
Monday, 21 August 2023
Tarte Bourdaloue modifiée
Friday, 11 August 2023
Magpies and penguins (a Wolfism)
Wolfie said another Wolfism a little while ago which I have been wanting to share since. Today is as good as any. So anyway, there were some magpies in the garden and he said: "Magpies look like penguins." It is funny, because I never noticed and it is kind of true. Anyway, I love magpies, so there you go, now I will never be able to look at them the same way.
Saturday, 17 June 2023
Tarte aux bleuets
Monday, 29 May 2023
A mischief of magpies
We went to a wedding two days ago, spent the night on the venue, a hotel which impressed Wolfie a lot, because we told him it was a mansion. But I digress. Leaving the place yesterday morning after breakfast, we saw lots and lots of magpies on the way to the main road. One for sorrow, two four joy, three for a girl, four for a boy... Then some more. A group of magpies is called among other things, a mischief of magpies. It can have other names, but I think I prefer to call it a mischief of magpies, because I do find magpies somewhat mischievous. Or at least they always look like they are up to something. We see plenty of magpies round here, but I don't think I ever saw so many together before. I thinkif I was superstitious, I would say it was a good omen for the newlywed couple. In any case, we saw a mischief of magpies.