10/04/2011
Rubarb tart

Spring is finally here, cherry trees opening their blossoms, and rubarb’s season begins for our biggest pleasure. There there, a little tart!

The Ingredients

For the pastry:
– 250g flour
– 100g butter
– 1 egg
– 100 g sugar
– 1 pinch of salt
– 1 organic lemon

For the garnishing:
– 4 long pieces of rubarb
– 1 egg
– 15 cl liquid cream
– 40g of almond powder
– 50 g sugar

The Recipe

Cut the rubarb into cubes, place it in a bowl and sprinkle sugar on it.
Put the flour in a salad bowl and make a sort of hole in it. In another bowl, mix the sugar, salt and egg.
Pour this mixture into the flour with the lemon zest, and mix.
Add the butter (soft not melted) into little pieces, and knead firmly with your hands.
Make a ball and spread it with a rolling pin. Put it into a buttered tart mold.
In a bowl, mix the sugar, cream, almond powder and cream. Mix it with the rubarb and place everything onto the pastry.
Bake for about 45 minutes at 200°C (T 7).

06/04/2011
It Bag.

Le nouveau shopping bag rosé de la maison de champagne Veuve Cliquot, frais et coloré, annonce le printemps. Il peut garder la bouteille au frais pendant 2 heures.
41,90€
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The new Veuve Clicquot shopping bag, fresh and colorful, is perfect for spring. It can hold the bottle cold for about 2 hours. 41,90€

04/04/2011
Colored kitchens

A selection of pretty and colorful kitchens!

Via Kitchenisms.

03/04/2011
Heart pasta with ricotta and sundried tomatoes

Yes, I know, Valentine’s Day was in February, but I had this stock of colorful heart pasta in my drawers and decided to make this very simple and delicious recipe from a friend of mine.

The Ingredients (for 2)

– 300g of ricotta

– 4 tbs olive oil

– 4 tbs liquid cream
– 1 garlic clove

– sundried tomatoes

– 1 handful of rucola

– heart pasta

The Recipe

Brown the garlic with olive oil and tomatoes. Turn off the heat.
Add the ricotta, oil and cream. Mix.
Add the pasta in and mix again. Serve with the rucola on top and parmesan.

01/04/2011
Poisson d’avril / April’s fool

Oh ben oui! Un article spécial pour le 1er avril tiens, plein de petits poissons pour toi.
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There is a tradition in France called “Poisson d’avril” which corresponds to April’s fool, except it is called “April’s fish”, where people make jokes and often stick a paper fish on your back. So there you go, a special fish article for you!

1. Sac poubelle / Garbage bag ➥ Suck Uk
2. Petit poisson pour la baignoire / Bath goldfish ➥ Bonton
3. Gant en silicone / Silicone glove ➥ Habitat
4. Assiette / Plate ➥ Anthropologie
5. Dessous de plat pour ton chat / Mat for your cat ➥ MoMa

30/03/2011
Sushi Folies

Voici un article spécial sushis, par lequel j’en profite pour évoquer la terrible situation du Japon. Voici quelques manières de faire des dons (la suite à lire sur le site du 20 minutes) :
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Here’s a special article about sushis. Of course it is also a way to talk about the terrible situation in Japan. Here are a few ways you can help with donations (you can read the full article on 20 minutes‘website):

Le secours populaire récolte les dons via son site internet ou par courrier à l’adresse Secours populaire français, Urgence tsunami, 9/11, rue Froissart BP 3303, 75123 Paris Cedex 03.

La fondation de France collecte des fonds destinés aux associations Japonaises qui viendront en aide aux plus sinistrés, sur son site Internet ou à l’adresse suivante : Fondation de France – Solidarité Japon, BP22, 75008.

La Croix-Rouge lance une campagne d’appel aux dons par l’intermédiaire du réseau social Facebook. L’association a également réactivé le service SMS qui avait permis de récolter 14.3 millions d’euros pour Haïti: Envoyer REDCROSS au 90 999. Pour chaque message envoyé, sept euros seront reversés aux équipes humanitaires. La Croix-Rouge offre enfin la possibilité d’envoyer un don par voie postale à l’adresse Croix-Rouge française «Catastrophe Japon 2011», 75678 Paris Cedex 14.

Ci-dessus / on top:

1. La clé usb sushi / usb sushi key
2. Le bracelet sushi / sushi bracelet
3. Le coussin nigiri sushi / nigiri sushi pillow
4. Les boîtes de sushis sucrés aux chocolat et fruits chez Globus / sweet fruit and chocolate sushis at Globus
5. une vidéo sur un set de sushi do it yourself entièrement comestible! / a video about a do it yourself sushi set entirely edible!