0 SEE YOU LATER, ALLIGATOR...

IN A WHILE, CROCODILE!I am just taking a small break, but don't worry, my next recipe will be posted in two weeks...Je fais une petite pause bloguesque, mais pas de panique, ma prochaine recette sera publiée dans deux semaines...

0 VOLS-AU-VENT - THE DARING BAKERS

Damn, time passes so/too fast! In case you are like me, you might not have realized that September is coming to an end and that The Daring Bakers have once again geared up in order to flood the internet with their latest creations...The September 2009 Daring Bakers' challenge is hosted by Steph of "a Whisk And A Spoon" (USA) who chose the French treat, "Vols-Au-Vent" based on the "Puff Pastry" recipe by Michel Richard from the cookbook "Baking With Julia" By Dorie Greenspan.Although the idea of making "Puff Pastry" in my kitchen and rolling it on my oven totally freaked me out, I greeted this new baking joust with much excitement and great...

0 BRUNSWICK MONUMENT, GENEVA

The English nobleman Charles II d’Este-Guelph, also known as Duke of Brunswick (1804-1873), was a distinguished linguist, outstanding horseman, musician and talented investor. At the same time, he was also an eccentric and paranoiac man.He was troubled but also troubling. Paranoid, with an acute persecution complex, he reinforced his bedroom and equipped his palace in Paris with secret passageways. It seems that Brunswick once said that, «were not for his enormous wealth, he would already be in an insane asylum».Due to his escapades he was dethroned and chased from his country in 1830 and lived for a while in Paris.Three years before his death...

0 WALNUT MA'AMOUL - MA'AMOULS AUX NOIX

As this year, both the Eid Ul-Fitr festival (marking the end of the Ramadan) and Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) coincide (20th and 19th of September), I thought that it'd be a good idea if I offered a recipe that brings us back to the time when both Muslim and Jewish people cohabited in harmony and were close...So after a lot of thinking and some researching, I came to the conclusion that the cookie which would be the best symbol of peace, friendship, respect and tolerance is the Middle Eastern shortbread pastry known under the name of "Ma'amoul" (meaning "filled cookie" in Arabic).Not only is it adored in Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and other...