Category Archives: Food

Pastry Patrol: Pépito

Posted on June 18, 2011 by caelycate

The pépito is a new discovery of mine. I had heard a friend mention them before and only remember thinking what a strange name it was for a French pastry. I finally tried one recently and can happily report that … Continue reading →

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Sweet and Salty Toasted Coconut and Peach-Apricot Bread Pudding

Posted on June 13, 2011 by caelycate

A long name for an abundantly delicious dessert. We’ve been lucky here in Brittany with the weather this spring. I keep hearing about how normally springtime in Brittany means rain and wind and cold, but this year spring seems to … Continue reading →

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Goulash and falafel in the French countryside…

Posted on June 6, 2011 by caelycate

It’s not as weird as it sounds. I just happened to be in a small village in Morbihan (one of the four departments within Brittany) visiting my boyfriend, and I also happened to have some strange cravings. As a rule, … Continue reading →

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Breakfast interrupted…

Posted on June 1, 2011 by caelycate

Check out this amazing video. Am I weird that I consider this to be one of the most inspirational things that I’ve seen in a long time? Photos by Clemens Poloczek

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The Jersey Kids

Posted on May 30, 2011 by caelycate

At 5 o’clock in the morning last Wednesday, I was heading out my apartment door, sans caffeine and running on 2 hours of sleep. Why, I thought, why did I ever agree to chaperone a trip to a small island … Continue reading →

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Pastry Patrol: The Religieuse

Posted on May 23, 2011 by caelycate

The religieuse is appropriately named: eating one is a bit like a religious experience. It has a pâte à choux base (the same light pastry dough that is used to make profiteroles and eclairs) and is filled with cream and then the whole … Continue reading →

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Faux pho

Posted on May 19, 2011 by caelycate

You all know that I love Asian food. One of my all-time favorite Asian dishes is pho, that lovely and heart-warming Vietnamese noodle soup. It is traditionally a beef-broth soup (if made correctly the broth is a real labor of … Continue reading →

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Tartines are a girl’s best friend…

Posted on May 17, 2011 by caelycate

If you don’t know tartines, then you should. That sounds dirty, and sometimes it is – in the sense that when I eat tartines I often spill food on myself, but what else is new? A tartine is simply a … Continue reading →

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Brittany road trip

Posted on May 9, 2011 by caelycate

I love road trips. In between all of the family ski trips I took as a child, all of the trips back and forth between where I grew up in San Diego and where I went to school in San … Continue reading →

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Les vacances…

Posted on April 29, 2011 by caelycate

The very best part of being a teacher in France is getting 5-weeks paid vacation time built into my 9-month contract. However, if the very best part of teaching is the ample vacation time, then the very worst part of … Continue reading →

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