tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72222624096544284442024-03-10T10:18:15.103+01:00CollegeBakerGirlthe misadventures of a college girl and her ovenCollegeBakerGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14689535020288568694noreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7222262409654428444.post-77949731368153823592011-11-29T06:44:00.000+01:002011-11-29T06:44:34.878+01:00CBG has moved!I wanted to say thank you.<br />
Thank you for everything.<br />
Thank you for reading my ramblings on baking successes and lessons learned.<br />
My ramblings on arugula, sunflower seed butter and the like.<br />
Even my ramblings on ramblings.<br />
Thank you for all your thoughtful comments.<br />
Thank you. For being here.<br />
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But now it's time for me to move.<br />
To a new blog!!<br />
Why a new blog you ask?<br />
A few reasons actually.<br />
Because I wanted something more encompassing, a platform with more wiggle room.<br />
Even a new name maybe? After all, I'm not really a college student anymore.<br />
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So, without further adieu.<br />
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VivianCollegeBakerGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14689535020288568694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7222262409654428444.post-16319528959197390002011-08-28T20:03:00.006+02:002011-08-28T20:11:20.905+02:00France day 26: Au revoir<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">I can't believe it's over. It feels just like yesterday that I arrived at the train station fumbling with French I learned in high school. I've met so many great people this month and have made so many great memories. I just don't want to leave, why does it have to be Friday already?</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">The good-byes started in class while our teacher handed out our certificates, report card and also the class project we did this month, a class newspaper. After class we head out into the courtyard as always. Everyone's saying goodbye to their new best friends, some people are even tearing up because they can't bear the thought of leaving. We need more time!</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Since I really wasn't ready to say good bye for the last time at school, I invited everyone to the French coffee shop at 4pm so that I could get some eating, packing and napping done beforehand. I was getting ready to go out the weather changed for the worst as if it was matching our moods. The sky was grey except for occasional flashes of light and it was raining so hard I thought the streets would flood. But it was worth it to see my friends one more time. Not mention that this coffee shop is more than generous with <span style="font-style: italic;">chantilly.</span> Mmm</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">As always, dinner was fabulous and I thankfully wasn't late since our meal wasn't ready yet. We had <span style="font-style: italic;">quiche sans pâte</span> (quiche without pastry) that puffed up like a soufflé and had a crunchy crust. Dessert was waffles with different types of spread and also a Tours specialty: Raspberry cream. <span style="font-style: italic;">Mme. </span>says that she thinks she almost figured out the secret recipe and even the lady at the bakery says she's pretty close. It's made with a meringue base with raspberries but apparently there's a secret ingredient she hasn't thought of yet.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">I decided to go on a walk after dinner and bumped into a friend from class who convinced me to go out to <span style="font-style: italic;">la ginguette</span> one last time and over wine and candy we said good bye for the very very last time.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Early wake-up tomorrow to pack :(</div>CollegeBakerGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14689535020288568694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7222262409654428444.post-902104336678920772011-08-28T19:17:00.000+02:002011-08-28T19:17:20.730+02:00France day 25: Survey says. . .Eat<br />
<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">I went to class this morning to find our desks all pushed together and a board game in the middle. Today's lesson was to play the French equivalent <span style="font-style: italic;">to Family Feud.</span> We had a great time yelling out<span style="font-style: italic;"> Things couples fight over</span> and<span style="font-style: italic;"> Things that make you blush </span>while<span style="font-style: italic;"> Rivers in France </span>has most of us stumped. After an hour of intense play, both teams tied. Once we finished our morning classes we headed to the garden behind our school.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><span> </span>There's this grand staircase up the main building that was a perfect spot in the sun for us to celebrate the end of our month-long class. We quickly put our team work skills<span> </span>together and cut, slice, spread and layer to create the wonderful ham and <span style="font-style: italic;">chevre </span>sandwiches.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><span> </span>I think what I'll miss most about France is the bread. It's so wonderfully crusty on the outside while the inside is delicately soft. Also, because it's the staple food here like rice in Asia and Pasta in Italy, it's extremely <span style="font-style: italic;">bon marche </span>(well priced) and is baked constantly throughout the day. I really need to find myself a good French bakery in Vancouver but the fact that I've never seen anyone carry unwrapped bread under their arm probably means that there are none.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">To wash down our fabulous sandwiches, we share several bottles of the <span style="font-style: italic;">Loire</span> valley's greatest. During school. On school property. In case you have realised yet, this country is really awesome. </div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Another plus was that everyone seemed to enjoy the fruit tarts I made yesterday and I went home with two empty platters.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Many people are leaving tomorrow or early Saturday morning (like me!) so tonight was kind of our last night to enjoy Tours. As always, <span style="font-style: italic;">La ginguette</span> is our hangout of choice. Who wouldn't want to dance under twinkling lights and willow branches?</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div>CollegeBakerGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14689535020288568694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7222262409654428444.post-64102422140198326332011-08-27T14:41:00.001+02:002011-08-27T15:01:24.863+02:00France day 24: Feuilletée<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">This month is soon coming to a close and I really wish I could stay longer. Tomorrow we're having a potluck party at school because it's our second last day of school and last day with our French Speaking/listening teacher. I suppose it's a little less terrible that most of us are leaving this weekend if we get to mourn with cheese and wine.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">My <span style="font-style: italic;">host-mom</span> makes these amazing fruit tarts sometimes for dessert and I wanted to make some to bring to class. Every time I tell her how amazing her cooking is she says that it's so simple anyone could do it. When it comes to these tarts, she's definitely right, for the most part. Because though the tarts are easy to make<span style="font-style: italic;">, Mme. </span>failed to mention how difficult it is to stop yourself from eating a slice while they're cooking. The smell is absolutely intoxicating. </div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">There are many types of pastry in France like <span style="font-style: italic;">sable, brisée </span>and of course, feuillet<span style="font-style: italic;">é</span>e! <span style="font-style: italic;">Feuilletée</span> pastry can be found in a lot of different foods here from croissants, to quiches, and of course, tarts. It's easy to see why it's so popular since all the air in it prevents it from tasting too <span style="font-style: italic;">heavy</span> and the flakiness makes it super fun (at least for me) to eat. It's also my <span style="font-style: italic;">host-mom</span>'s favourite type and she's used it in many dishes she's made. </div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">I don't know if this is a French thing or whether she's just brilliant but she had this great trick to put rolled oats under the plums on my tart to absorb their juice and the tart doesn't go soggy. The best part is that you can't even tell that the oats are there once it's cooked which is great because i'm not quite sure how appetizing an oatmeal tart would sound.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div>CollegeBakerGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14689535020288568694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7222262409654428444.post-17564169530897627252011-08-25T00:52:00.001+02:002011-08-25T00:56:29.504+02:00France day 23: Heart tomatoes and eggs<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Like I said wrote in <a href="http://collegebakergirl.blogspot.com/2011/08/france-day-22-oishii.html">yesterday's post</a>, today was my turn to cook something from home. Since i'm not quite sure my host family would appreciate poutine and beavertails for dinner, I opted to cook something Chinese instead of Canadian.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">One of my favorite dishes from home is a very common Chinese dish with tomatoes and eggs. My mother knows that I like it a lot so she cooks it quite often at home, but I on the other hand, have never attempted to cook it myself. After requesting a recipe from my dear mother, I was ready, sort of.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">The say that you need good ingredients to cook a good dish. So since I'm working with farm fresh eggs and locally grown <span style="font-style: italic;">coeur de boeuf </span>(beef heart) tomatoes, it definitely wouldn't be the ingredients' fault if this didn't turn out.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Thankfully it did and all three of my dinner guest enjoyed it immensely. No leftovers!</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Tomatoes and Eggs</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Adapted from <span style="font-style: italic;">My mother</span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Serves: 4</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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<li>Salt/pepper/oil</li>
<li>3 large tomatoes</li>
<li>1.5 tsp sugar</li>
<li>2 tbsp ketchup</li>
<li>1 tsp corn starch + 1/4 cup water</li>
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<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Suggested: cooked rice</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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<li>Scramble all eggs and season with salt and pepper</li>
<li>Cook eggs and break up large pieces and remove from pan</li>
<li>Leave skin intact and slice tomatoes (I had 16 slices/tomato)</li>
<li>Add tomatoes to hot pan along with sugar and ketchup and cook until plenty of juice is released into the pan</li>
<li>Add back the scrambled eggs and stir to combine</li>
<li>Mix the corn starch and water and add to tomatoes, STIR constantly (this will help thicken the sauce)</li>
<li>Don't worry if the sauce still looks too watery, it thickens up as it cools</li>
<li>Serve over rice</li>
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</div>CollegeBakerGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14689535020288568694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7222262409654428444.post-82153828120890047472011-08-25T00:11:00.000+02:002011-08-25T00:11:58.075+02:00France day 22: Oishii<br />
<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">It's a tradition in my host-family that the students cook something from home one night. I think it's a great tradition and probably a lot of fun our host mom to try new dishes. Although she did tell us some horror stories, including one involving two american students making something terrible with onions and ground beef. Hopefully I won't disappoint (or worse, disgust) when it's my turn.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Tonight was housemate <span style="font-style: italic;">Sumire</span>'s turn. <span style="font-style: italic;">Sumire</span> is Japanese and cooked two dishes that are somewhat familiar to me.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Onigiri</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Rice balls filled with nori<span> </span>(seaweed) and miso. Wiki calls them the japanese equivalent to sandwiches.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">I love love love them and going to look for them back in Vancouver.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Udon</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">I almost exclusively eat udon in soup at home so this was a nice change. <span style="font-style: italic;">Sumire</span>'s learned enough French in 3.5 weeks to tell us the dish is a little salty because soy sauce here is salted while it isn't back home. So proud!</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">My turn tomorrow, wish me luck!</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">PS here's a beautiful sight from this afternoon</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div>CollegeBakerGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14689535020288568694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7222262409654428444.post-53483979690314049952011-08-24T23:42:00.001+02:002011-08-24T23:42:57.216+02:00France day 21: Two bikes and a garden<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">The <span style="font-style: italic;">Loire</span> valley of France is home to some of the most beautiful <span style="font-style: italic;">chateaux</span> of the world. Since they're all pretty close to each other, there is no better way to see them than by bike.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Obviously my host-mom is amazing as usual and packed me a lunch. She says as I run out that door "The croissant is still hot so you can have it now if you want"</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">. . .did she just say still-hot and croissant in the same sentence? I have no words to describe how incredible a fresh croissant is, no words at all. So you'll have to use your imagination for this one.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">S and I were off to <span style="font-style: italic;">Villandry</span>, a <span style="font-style: italic;">chateau</span> most famous for their garden. But first we had to bike 21km in the unrelenting heat. At least the view gave us a bit of a distraction.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">We were starving after our ride so we had lunch right when we got there, right under a tunnel of grape vines. Our lunch location was tasty, haha.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">The gardens of <span style="font-style: italic;">Villandry</span> speak for themselves, so I'll just leave you with some pictures.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Job requirement: OCD</td></tr>
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">It was so hot out we needed a break from sightseeing and laid on the lawn behind the <span style="font-style: italic;">water garden.</span> Next we went to the <span style="font-style: italic;">sun garden</span>, where it felt at least 5C hotter. Good thing the next item on our itinerary was to get out of the sun and see the <span style="font-style: italic;">chateau </span>itself.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">We had a little more pre-game fuel (i.e. Ice-cream) before heading back. I highly recommend seeing <span style="font-style: italic;">Villandry</span> if you're ever in the region, it was so worth the 42k we biked and the revenge my quads are paying me right now.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div>CollegeBakerGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14689535020288568694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7222262409654428444.post-38510515724830389322011-08-24T22:57:00.001+02:002011-08-24T22:59:20.152+02:00France day 20: Stained Glass Windows<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Did you know that the beautiful deep blue hue is created by melting the glass at a low temperature and adding plenty of sodium. The lighter blue, known as <span style="font-style: italic;">Chartres</span> blue requires a higher temperature and results in a much stronger glass. I do now, after spending a Saturday seeing the beautiful churches of <span style="font-style: italic;">Vendôme</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Chartres.</span> </div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Every Wednesday and Saturday, our school offers excursions to various <span style="font-style: italic;">chateaux</span>, churches, and other beautiful sights within driving distance. We all board the large tour bus early in the morning while a teacher counts heads. It's an endearing reminder of class field trips back in elementary school.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Our first stop was <span style="font-style: italic;">Vendôme</span>. A cute little town who's abbey is unique because of the still-existent portions of all the additions to the original building since the 11th century. It was really interesting to see the development of architecture on the <span style="font-style: italic;">Abbeye de la Trinité de Vendôme </span>and how architects experimented with increasing fluidity and lessened obsession with symmetry. The building is it's own biography.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Next was <span style="font-style: italic;">Notre-Dame de Chartres</span>. We walk in and it's dark. Hauntingly dark while the notes of the organ pound throughout the church. There's beautiful stained windows all around but they let in little light. I walk down the aisle and it gives me the feeling of walking towards something horrible. To add, the cathedral is enormous and one of the biggest in the world.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Our civilations prof finally explains that hundreds of years of candle soot have darkened the walls and dirtied the windows to the point where light does not pass. . There was a lot of contention over whether the church should be restored to its original condition. Writers have been describing this place as mysterious, epic and sober forever, should we take away the chance for future generations witness this? It was finally agreed that the cathedral should be restored to its prior state, a place of light.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">The <span style="font-style: italic;">choeur</span> is the only portion that's been restored, giving us the illusion that it glows amidst the surrounding shadows. </div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Chartres</span> is most well known for its stained windows, having both older panes with single scene and also newer scenes that span multiple panes.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">A bientot</div>CollegeBakerGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14689535020288568694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7222262409654428444.post-64914413681654357792011-08-24T09:27:00.001+02:002011-08-24T09:35:03.761+02:00France day 19: Irish Crêpes<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Can't believe it's Friday already, another week has passed, which means that I only have one week left in this beautiful country. At our school, some students come for a week while others study for a year. This means students come and go every week. To celebrate/mourn Felix' depart, we went out for lunch to an Irish pub at the always beautiful <span style="font-style: italic;">Place Plum'reau</span>. </div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">To fill my ever present crêpe cravings, I ordered the Irish crêpe. I never knew that chocolate-orange was an Irish flavor combination, but then again, this is an 'Irish' restaurant that serves pizzas and crepes.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Two of us ordered that <span style="font-style: italic;">Versuvio</span> pizza so they gave us a bottle of this pepper <span style="font-style: italic;">infused</span> oil. Yikes!</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Fun fact of the day: In France, milk and eggs are sold at room temperature. It's only recommended that you refrigerate the milk once it's opened.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div>CollegeBakerGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14689535020288568694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7222262409654428444.post-52412642036742388882011-08-19T23:42:00.002+02:002011-08-19T23:45:50.459+02:00France day 18: The Sweet Life<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">I'm really not sure how I wasn't bouncing off the walls after today. It all started with another lunch at <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://collegebakergirl.blogspot.com/2011/08/france-day-16-vivian-in-wonderland.html">Mamie Bigoude's</a></span> (well I suppose it started with <a href="http://collegebakergirl.blogspot.com/2011/08/france-day-5-sugar-is-sweet-and-so-is.html">breakfast</a>) and just went UP from there.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Thursday's we finish class before noon, leaving the entire afternoon to explore all the nooks and crannies of Tours. All the sugar filled nooks and crannies that is. It's a wonder France is a country filled to the brim with diabetics.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Definitely sweet dreams tonight.</div>CollegeBakerGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14689535020288568694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7222262409654428444.post-86723863719061620882011-08-19T22:50:00.004+02:002011-08-20T23:30:57.261+02:00France day 17: Pastries 101<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Somehow I had another picture free day today so let's have a foodie lesson instead on French pastries instead! </div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Feuilletée </span>pastry</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Wonderfully flaky due to the fat that gets folded in. Rich, but not heavy. When fresh, the outside is crisp while the inside is wonderfully soft. My personal favorite.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Pain au chocolat</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">A flaky croissant made better with chocolate. Timmie's makes an inferior version of these that I'll probably be settling for when I suffer from France withdrawal back home.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: bold; margin: 0in;">Choux Pastry</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">A little drier than a donut would be and a great platform for delicious <span style="font-style: italic;">crème patisserie</span>. Interesting because it's actually cooked on the stove before being formed into pastries and baked.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Éclair</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Filled with the loveliest <span style="font-style: italic;">crème patisserie</span> and topped with glaze, usually in coffee or chocolate flavour.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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<i>Prerequisite: Pastries 101</i></div>CollegeBakerGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14689535020288568694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7222262409654428444.post-85945887195740296372011-08-19T22:06:00.001+02:002011-08-19T22:06:52.016+02:00France day 16: Vivian in Wonderland<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">The park I walk through to and from school is absolutely beautiful but to put icing on the cake, look who I encountered this morning.<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">For lunch we went to <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.mamiebigoude.fr/pages/25_home.html">Mamie Bigoude</a>'s </span>creperie. As you walk in you're greeted by a colorful kitchen straight from <span style="font-style: italic;">Cat in the Hat</span> and above there are lamps made of yarn and grass on the walls. The furniture is brightly colored and the table cloths are a picnic print. It's a bit like the combination of a bad 50's kitchen and the inside of a gumball machine in an endearing sort of way. <span style="font-style: italic;">Mamie Bigoude's</span> interior designer must be either a 4-year old girl, or high.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">It was a nice day so we sat outside in the gnome and daisy filled patio and were presented with menus filled with retro ads and comics. Even the menu items sound whimsical and I order the <span style="font-style: italic;">Warhol</span>. Apparently Warhol as a crepe would consist of vanilla ice-cream, salted caramel sauce, pineapple and mountains of whipped cream.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Most restaurants offer mints of as an accompaniment to the bill, but when you're <span style="font-style: italic;">Mami Bigoude</span>, only lollipops would be appropriate.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Tonight was JG's belated birthday dinner and we headed to one my favorite squares here, <span style="font-style: italic;">Place Plum'reau </span>for dinner with the evening sun behind us. We spent quite a while picking a restaurant because they all look absolutely incredible but eventually settled on <span style="font-style: italic;">Le Carré.</span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">All was well until we decided to order at 6:33pm. I know that the French like to eat later than North Americans but I never thought that they would refuse to take our order until 7. Really, is the chef standing in the back staring at the clock because of this silly rule? At least the food was well worth the wait. Check out the amazing <span style="font-style: italic;">salade Atlantique</span>. </div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">And what's a dinner at <span style="font-style: italic;">Place Plum'reau</span> without a cone from <span style="font-style: italic;">Tutti Frutti</span>? Tonight's flavour? Tiramisu.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">I was on my way home, walking through the very same aforementioned park when I see a bunch of friends from school enjoying a few of <span style="font-style: italic;">Loire</span> valleys great grape juice creations. Wine is dirt cheap here and you can get a great bottle for about 3 euros (4-5 dollars). And when the grass is as green and lush as it is, the air is still warm with the fading sun and there's <span style="font-style: italic;">camembert </span>and <span style="font-style: italic;">chevre</span> to me eaten, why not ?enjoy a few? We certainly did until the park closed at 10. </div>CollegeBakerGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14689535020288568694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7222262409654428444.post-16328447183474218002011-08-19T00:45:00.001+02:002011-08-19T00:49:28.606+02:00France day 15: Chenon-so sunny<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px;">This Monday was <span style="font-style: italic;">Assomption</span>, a religious and public holiday in France. Which means. . . No school! The original plan was to bike to a castle 30km away with JG, but as she had unfortunately fallen sick (and on her birthday :( ). I went to two other friends the lazy way, by train.</span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">We've had terrible weather every weekend here but finally it was nice today (probably because it was technically a week day) and it really makes a difference. Every thing is just more enjoyable in the sun.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Chenonceau</span> is a <span style="font-style: italic;">château</span> that stands out because it's built <span style="font-style: italic;">almost</span> across the river <span style="font-style: italic;">Cher.</span> It actually wasn't planned like that and started as a small castle on one side of the river bank. </div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">When <span style="font-style: italic;">Catherine de Médicis</span> obtained owner ship of the area, she wanted a bridge to be built so she could travel to the other side of her property, so the bridge was built. Eventually, whichever queen became the owner of the castle needed a place for her many domestic staff to live so construction on the bridge began. The sum of what was built is what is today, the <span style="font-style: italic;">Château de Chenonceau</span>.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">After another wonderful lunch finished with THREE crepes (Mme. Narbonne made me do it), K, B and I headed to the <span style="font-style: italic;">chateau</span>. It was obviously very crowded inside (as are many of France's tourist attractions) and we didn't spend much time inside. Apparently we actually missed the entire second floor of the castle (whoops).</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">My favourite part of the castle was the basement kitchen where there were separate rooms for the pantry, the butchery, baking and also a dining room for the culinary staff. I would have like to stay longer but it was just way too warm and crowded down there. The in-wall bread oven was really cute though.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">We spent the rest of the time checking out the surrounding gardens, eating desserts and soaking up the sun while watching boaters in the moat.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">On our way out we realised that there was a hedge maze on the property as requested by <span style="font-style: italic;">Catherine de Médicis</span> back in the day. I'm sure I would have loved it if I was a little kid. It was still pretty fun.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">At home the most delicious grilled panini sandwiches awaited me.</div>CollegeBakerGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14689535020288568694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7222262409654428444.post-49699281362125688742011-08-18T23:57:00.002+02:002011-08-19T00:00:41.989+02:00France day 14: La Creperie Narbonne<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">I awoke this morning to a smell I smell often here, the smell that emanates from <span style="font-style: italic;">creperies</span> and crepe stands everywhere. I think I want to wake up like this every morning.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">I descend 2 storeys to our main floor where I see Sumire, the other student living in the <span style="font-style: italic;">Narbonne</span> residence about to flip over a crepe. Beside her is already a plate with at least half a dozen crepes ready to be, topped, slathered, and filled with whatever our hearts desire. Sumire looks like a total pro and reveals the perfect ever-so-slightly golden side once it's flipped. I mean, she better be a pro. She had 3 crepes all just last evening at <span style="font-style: italic;">St. Malo</span>. Sumire offers to let me try making a few and I realise that it's actually not that hard if you're using the right type of <span style="font-style: italic;">poile</span> (pan).</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Crepes can be eaten simply with just a little white sugar or as fancily as topped and filled with chestnut paste, chantilly and ice-cream (more on this in a few posts).</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">We have so many fillings in the kitchen that I can't help but eat three crepes for dessert after lunch with chocolate-hazelnut spread, speculoos spread (So good, I'm bringing back some) and salted caramel from <span style="font-style: italic;">Bretagne</span>.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">The beginning of a crepe addiction. . . (this is my attempt at foreshadowing)</div>CollegeBakerGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14689535020288568694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7222262409654428444.post-75703597951001201172011-08-18T23:35:00.002+02:002011-08-18T23:41:26.572+02:00France day 13: St. Awesome<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Since day one at the <span style="font-style: italic;">institut</span> we've all been discussing the excursion that we've can't wait to attend. So finally this Saturday, about 100 of us headed to the abbey-ed isle <span style="font-style: italic;">Mont St. Michel</span> and the coastal city of <span style="font-style: italic;">St. Malo</span>.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Our destination was four hours away so we had a 7am start to be able to spend as much time there as possible. At least we stopped halfway through for a mid-morning snack. For a truck stop, this place definitely had <span style="font-style: italic;">good eats</span> and great cappucinos. And as expected all over France, a diverse wine selection.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">We had to pass at least 2 toll booths on our way there, I guess driving in France isn't exactly cheap.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">As <span style="font-style: italic;">Mont St. Michel</span> is well, a mount, we could spot it from quite far away. Starting in the 15th century, a small abbey was built at the peak of the mount, but as parts of the building were overhanging where there was no earth underneath, portions of the abbey would tumble into ruin. The abbey was rebuilt over and over (and differently) over old ruins throughout the last few centuries, making what is today the <span style="font-style: italic;">Abbeye du Mont St. Michel</span>, a bit of a tower of jenga blocks.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">As the number of roman Catholics and nobles who immigrated to the isle increased, other buildings were slowly built on the mount. Today, <span style="font-style: italic;">Mont St. Michel</span> is a buzzing (read: overcrowded) tourist attraction filled with cafes, creperies and souvenir shops galore.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">We had about 2 hours before our tour of the abbey to roam about the isle and have lunch. My <span style="font-style: italic;">host-mom</span> packed my roommate and I wonderful packed lunches, which means that I didn't have to make the difficult decision of choosing which cafe <span style="font-style: italic;">smelled</span> the most enticing.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Other people were picking plums off a tree, so we did too! mmm</td></tr>
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Our French civilisations teacher acted as our tour guide and pointed out the many different structural elements in the abbey that prevent it from repeatedly falling apart. He was also trying very hard to give us a history lesson but obviously we were all more interested in taking pictures.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">wooden roofs to lighten the load</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alternating columns to even out the weight</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Narrow windows = less weakening of the walls</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gates to the <i>old</i> city</td></tr>
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Melany and I found this amazingggg chocolate shop within seconds of entering the old part of the city and probably spent a good half hour in there. The smell was absolutely intoxicating. <span style="font-style: italic;">St. Malo</span> is located in the <span style="font-style: italic;">Bretagne</span> region of France, the original home of the crepe. And without a doubt, the <span style="font-style: italic;">galette</span> (savoury crepe) I had for dinner was absolutely delicious.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div>CollegeBakerGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14689535020288568694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7222262409654428444.post-58823274787330359722011-08-15T10:35:00.001+02:002011-08-15T10:38:52.746+02:00France day 12: An ode to the coffee machine<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">How on earth did I not take a single photo today? Instead I'll leave you with an ode to an integral part of the lives of <span style="font-style: italic;">Institut de Touraine</span> students.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><i>An ode to the coffee machine, how you keep us awake<br />
An ode to the coffee machine, the place to visit during a 10-min break</i><div><i><br />
An ode to the coffee machine, everything from capuccino, soup and tea<br />
An ode to the coffee machine, whether exams or speeches, you keep us happy</i></div><div><i><br />
An ode to the coffee machine and your tiny cups in metallic silver<br />
An ode to the coffee machine how you even dispense a stick to stir</i></div><div><i><br />
An ode to the coffee machine how nothing costs more than 40 cents<br />
An ode to the coffee machine how you burn the hands of ladies and gents</i><br />
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</div>CollegeBakerGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14689535020288568694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7222262409654428444.post-31819522870026882702011-08-15T10:11:00.000+02:002011-08-15T10:11:50.323+02:00France day 11 -Part 2: A Night at the Movies<br />
<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Usually English movies with French voice-overs are absolutely hilarious because of how different the actors' voices sound. But thankfully I've never seen any of the movies in the Planet of the Apes franchise so I could actually take this one seriously.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Off we were to the local MEGA CGR for <span style="font-style: italic;">Planete des singes</span>. With student pricing, past the sweet AND salty popcorn offerings, faux red velvet seats, and really helpful live schedule board, we got a taste of what the French show as pre-movie viewing.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Apparently they don't show previews in France, just plenty of commercials, maybe of them for local businesses. This included what seemed liked a 10 minute viewing of a single frame splattered with a bunch of local ads. </div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">I don't want to give any spoilers, but this one was really just mediocre. Still, I liked James Franco as the protagonist scientist. On the other hand, Tom Felton (Malfoy) should really start trying other roles if he doesn't want to be typecast as the annoying evil kid. Because he was just annoying.</div>CollegeBakerGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14689535020288568694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7222262409654428444.post-36595936823503857602011-08-15T00:47:00.001+02:002011-08-15T00:48:47.452+02:00France day 11 -Part 1: It's Tomato time<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">A friend of Mme. Narbonne brought over plenty of tomatoes straight from her garden yesterday, and I mean plenty. And while the best thing I would think to do with them is to top slices with olive oil and boccocini, the French have better ideas.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Last night we had the most delicious tomato tart. I had never had savoury tart before so this was really quite the treat. It's also surprisingly easy to make especially since you can by pre-made flaky crust and there's little prep to do before sticking the whole thing in the oven. This is another must-make-when-I-return dish. Below is what Mme. told me she used, I'm guessing she doesn't actually measure things out so it's more of an ingredient list than a recipe.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Tomato tart</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Yield: 1 tart, serves ~6</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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<li>Mustard</li>
<li>Rolled oats</li>
<li>Tomatoes</li>
<li>Salt</li>
<li>Emmental (shredded)</li>
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<li>Sprinkle with rolled oats (they help absorb some of the water from the tomatos)</li>
<li>Cover pastry with tomatoes (Mme. said something about pre-treating them with salt to let out some of the water)</li>
<li>Sprinkle with Emmental</li>
<li>Bake (maybe the pastry box will have some advice on baking time/temp?)</li>
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Tonight was tomato quiche night. Despite quiches being quite popular in Canada, I had never actually had one. Obviously, it was another delicious creation by my <span style="font-style: italic;">Host-mom</span>. Mme. said that she spent an entire hour peeling off the skins of the cherry tomatoes. Aren't we spoiled?</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">PS check out these little treasures at lunch time</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div>CollegeBakerGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14689535020288568694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7222262409654428444.post-58902535901677443142011-08-15T00:35:00.000+02:002011-08-15T00:35:20.563+02:00France day 10: Eat me!<br />
<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">In Europe, the midday break is highly valued. Many businesses actually close for lunch and open a few hours later in the afternoon. In school, this translates to an 80 min lunch break for us. Longer than I've ever had in school in Canada. This is great because it means that we get the chance to try out a range of different food options and still make it to afternoon class on time.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">In need of a baguette break, we headed to <span style="font-style: italic;">Mangez-moi</span> (eat me) for kebabs. Or as they say here: <span style="font-style: italic;">Kébabs</span>. In France, <span style="font-style: italic;">Kebab</span> refers to a pita sandwich with kebab meat and in <span style="font-style: italic;">Mangez-moi</span>'s case, fries too.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">After school I went to hang out with JG at her place. Unlike most students at the <span style="font-style: italic;">institut</span>, she lives at the student residence instead of a homestay family. It was quite the journey there since I decided to forgo her directions and go there my own way, but eventually, I did make it. Look how tiny French elevators are! The safety warning says that the limit is 6 people, 6 toddlers I would think.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Isn't it awesome when your class runs late and your friends go and eat amazing crepes without you? Just kidding, I'm not actually mad, especially since Frederic thought to take a photo for me so I could put it here.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">This evening there was a <span style="font-style: italic;">Atelier cuisine</span> (cooking workshop) we could attend. I was so excited to learn how to make some of the amazing things I've been eating of late. There were only 10 of us in the class, which gave us all a change to try making the dishes. </div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">While our <span style="font-style: italic;">Farcis vegetaux</span> (stuffed vegetables) were in the oven, we took a break and went around the group and told everyone what specialty foods we eat in our home country. It was easy for the first woman in the group, she just had to rattle on about the 250 different types of pasta in Italy.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">In Canada, we eat a lot of umm, salmon.<span> </span>And umm, maple syrup. I never realised how difficult it is to define the specialty foods at home because I live in such a multi-cultural nation. In a given week I eat, sushi, souvlaki, dim sum and gelato. While it seems quite normal to me that we don't have many <span style="font-style: italic;">Canadian</span> foods, it probably seemed pretty strange to everyone else that I couldn't quite describe what Canadians eat.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">At least Melanie, who's from the states went after me and had similar difficulty defining what American eats. Our instructor asked: "muffins?" Sure, I guess we eat muffins. . .</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">We made <span style="font-style: italic;">moelleux au chocolat</span> for dessert. It's a bit like lava cake<span> </span>but the cake itself is a lot lighter and spongy. There was even chocolate baked into it. Soooo good.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">I'm definitely making these two dishes when I get home.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Then I took my 15 min walk home and had dessert part two. In France, there are no calories. Trust me.</div>CollegeBakerGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14689535020288568694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7222262409654428444.post-88980273056177758372011-08-14T18:48:00.001+02:002011-08-14T18:49:10.390+02:00France day 8: Fats Glorious Fats<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Fun fact: Eating fat won't make you so. Recent research actually shows that most fats are good for you! Here's some of my favorites today.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">1) Smoked salmon full of cardio-protective omega-3's.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">I always thought that smoked salmon was a treat specific to Canada but surprisingly, it seems like the French eat more smoked salmon than we do at home. Crusty bread and plenty of smoked salmon? That's my kind of lunch.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">2) Cheese with <span style="font-style: italic;">good</span> saturated fats</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Here, cheese is its own course in a meal. Good thing, because I've developed quite an affinity to spreading brie on bread after the main course and before dessert.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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3) Monounsaturated fats in avocado.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;">Surprisingly good with Japanese sesame dressing.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>CollegeBakerGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14689535020288568694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7222262409654428444.post-5787382730316271392011-08-14T18:07:00.000+02:002011-08-14T18:07:10.356+02:00Paris Weekend -Part 7: Museum favorites<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Skipping the Louvre, we headed to <span style="font-style: italic;">Musée de L'Orangerie</span>, home to <span style="font-style: italic;">Monet</span>'s lilies, and many others. The museum itself if quite small but here were a few of my favorites!</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">1) All of Monet's lillies.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">I never knew how large these paintings were before I saw them. The <span style="font-style: italic;">Orangerie</span> had them displayed in two very large oval rooms, 4 paintings per room. Somehow I didn't get a picture, but <span style="font-style: italic;">Les nuages</span>, where the viewer can see the clouds reflected off the pond is my very favorite.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2) Pêches</span> by <span style="font-style: italic;">Renoir</span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">I really like the colours Renoir uses in this one. Who knew that you could use all the colors of the rainbow to paint an orange colored fruit. This one makes me want to go eat peaches right now!</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">3) Large still life by <span style="font-style: italic;">Picasso</span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">There's just something I liked about how few colours there are here.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">And a nerdy one. . .</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Reclining nude with Drapery by <span style="font-style: italic;"><span> </span>Matisse</span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Now, across the Seine to the <span style="font-style: italic;">Orsay</span>!</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">The <i>Musee D'Orsay</i> is actually a renovated train station, which is pretty neat. There you can find <i>Van Gogh</i>'s, more <i>Monet</i>'s a couple <i>Rodin'</i>s and of course, of Mr. Bean fame <i>Whistler's mother. </i>They've changed the rules since my last 2 times there and now don't allowing photos to be taken inside. But I present to you my masterpiece: <i>Man in pink before Renoir</i></div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><i><br />
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</i></div>CollegeBakerGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14689535020288568694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7222262409654428444.post-10064064035588249762011-08-11T00:29:00.000+02:002011-08-11T00:29:40.784+02:00Paris Weekend -Part 6: Gelato roses<br />
<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Warm summer afternoon. </div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Waffle cone.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Natural ingredients. </div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Decadent flavours. </div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Permission to choose as many flavours as you like. </div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">All in the shape of a rose.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Am I describing heaven on earth or <span style="font-style: italic;">Amorino Gelato Al Naturale</span>? Probably both.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">I can still hardly believe that this place is real.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><blockquote><b>Amorino Gelato Al Naturale</b><br />
Stand by the fountain with the water that sprays<br />
Les Jardins des Tuileries<br />
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CollegeBakerGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14689535020288568694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7222262409654428444.post-75076541683066356942011-08-11T00:14:00.001+02:002011-08-11T00:15:58.895+02:00Paris Weekend -Part 5: Line-ups are for losers<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Needless to say, our planned 6:30 wake-up was unsuccessful. At best, we made it out the door by 11.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">We're sorry Mona, Victory and Venus, but frankly, Paris is waiting and we just didn't have time to line up to see you today. Forgive us?</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Instead of going inside, we spent an entire hour taking silly pictures in the courtyard of the Louvre and walked to <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuileries#Jardin_des_Tuileries">les jardins des Tuileries</a></span> for lunch and to meet with JK. She easily found us on a bench eating ice-cream and recommended that we go see if Paris' other magnificent museums weren't too busy to check-out.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ughhh, why does this always happen to me? hahaha</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">After we were educated on some of France's greatest artists, it was, sadly, almost time for JG and I to head back to <span style="font-style: italic;">Tours</span> so we could make to class Monday morning.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Obviously we couldn't travel on an empty stomach, even if it was jut a 1-hour trip. So dinner was in order in <span style="font-style: italic;">Le Marais</span> quarter of Paris. JK knew of this cute little square found behind a small pedestrian-only street where we chose to dine at <span style="font-style: italic;">La Terasse Sainte Catherine</span>. I highly recommend it!</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Then we said good bye to Paris and made the dreaded route back to <span style="font-style: italic;">Tours</span> (ok, not dreaded). Actually, semi-dreaded because the ticket-checker gave us a hard time about JG's europass. </div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Paris, when will we meet again?</div>CollegeBakerGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14689535020288568694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7222262409654428444.post-88746109351942145812011-08-10T23:23:00.002+02:002011-08-15T20:25:43.190+02:00Paris Weekend -Part 4: Paul, we like you.<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">And who says you can't eat pastries for lunch? Certainly not me. In France, it would be a shame not to.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">On our travels we've seen <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.paul.fr/fr/home.php">Paul</a></span> all over the place. Not that I'm surprised, they make the most delicious looking <span style="font-style: italic;">and </span> tasting bread and pastries around. You can even find Paul in the <span style="font-style: italic;">Montparnasse-Bienvenue</span> train station. If they would open in Canada, I think my life would be complete.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">They really are quite brilliant, I mean, if a buttery flaky croissant wasn't already good enough, why not fill it with something sweet and top it with almonds and sugar? I think it's a great idea.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
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<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarte_Tatin">Tarte tatin </a>for dinner?</div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">PAUL PARIS MONTPARNASSE</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Gare Montparnasse</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">17 Bd Vaugirard</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">75015 PARIS </span></div></blockquote>CollegeBakerGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14689535020288568694noreply@blogger.com0