MEATY TUESDAY

We made a beef salad at Evan's the other day.

Beef marinated in teriaki sauce, sesam, red onions, coriander and soya sauce

Hungry people

Dinner for 4

Bon appétit!

TARTE TATIN

One of my absolute favorite desserts is the French classic, Tarte Tatin.

It is basically a upside down caramelized apple pie..

Jean Michel's mother, Pauline, is a Tarte Tatin expert, so she told me how to do it.

Apples cut in four with a serious amount of butter...

And a serious amount of sugar...

I covered the apples in pâte feuilletée and more butter on top of that!

This is how it looked after 1 1/2 hour in the oven.
As I have an old gas oven without any thermometer it is hard to say how many degrees there was in there, but I would guess something around 150°C.

Voilà!
Maybe a bit too much butter, but I must say I am quite proud of my first Tarte Tatin!

Served with roasted almonds the Tarte Tatin ended up being a delicious breakfast in Cap d'Ail...

BRUCE LEE

Amanda's boyfriend gave her a little pug for her birthday!

His name is Bruce Lee (!) and he is always hanging around with us.

Introducing himself to a new friend from Provence.

Being a bit picky...

Bruce Lee found his new favorite!

How can you be unhappy when this gorgeousness is your mama?

THE PM

In Nice there is a magical restaurant called La Petite Maison.

To me this place has everything:

Beautiful interior, always the most delicious food, hot waiters, crazy ambiance, funny people, excellent, but chilled service and a live band dancing on the tables.

The bread is served in a bag

Gambas with parsley and potato purée

Happy people

Total craziness on a Monday

Romain gave us a box of strawberries!

And they tasted like Norwegian wild strawberries...

Very excited waiting for my scrambled eggs with truffles

Words can not describe this...

www.lapetitemaison-nice.com

A TASTE OF THE CARNIVAL

The carnival in Nice is not my favorite...

Confetti and paint spray ALL over town, closed roads, impossible to park and Mimosa parades (as I am allergic to...) for more than 2 weeks is a bit too much for me.

The solution is to avoid the most crowded areas, select the best parts of the carnival and take it with you home or to the beach.

Candyfloss chez Evan

A carnival bird on its way home

When the carnival is over they celebrate with crazy fireworks on the beach in Nice.

Carnival or war?

COTIGNAC

Last week I went to Cotignac dans le Var with Amanda, Isak and Mathieu.

Mathieu's sister has a wonderful little bar in a tiny square in Cotignac.

Picking/stealing rosemary from a garden.