Coral reef

Coral reef by showpig featuring Alexander McQueen scarves

Morning tea

Morning tea by showpig featuring RED Valentino dresses

New shoes

My Trinkletinas arrived yesterday. A delicious and totally worth-it purchase from Irregular Choice. 

Citrus pavlova with pomegranate

I made this recipe for the pavlova: worked fine. On top I put some segmented blood grapefruit and mandarins, passionfruit and pomegranate seeds. I also added some creme fraiche under the fruit. I liked it a lot, even if OTHER PEOPLE were all like "Usually I have BANANA on a pavlova." Whatever, freaks: I like citrusy desserts and I get to make them how I want, so there. This was our Easter Sunday dessert. 

Hot cross buns

Nigella's recipe... it went well, but needs to be YEASTIER. MANY MORE YEASTS. These were a bit dead and doughy. Probably my fault- I will just yeast them up more next time. It was mega-fun 

making them though. 

Dyed eggs

We dipped blown-out eggs in food dye and them impaled them on toothpicks in styrofoam to let them dry. 

The Eight Kinds of Drunkenness

The sixteenth-century "listicle": the eight kinds of drunkenness. 

Maison Larnicol Chocolaterie, Paris

Well worth a visit: EVERYTHING is made of chocolate and there are billions of different scoop-your-own tiny chocolates. Chocolate praline-covered mandarin segments... have a look at their website. 

Swiss supermarket

I really love foreign supermarkets. I just want to SEE what is THERE that is NEW and EXCITING. 

Whether it's true or not, I feel like you can get a real insight into a culture by trawling a supermarket. These are from the local Zurich supermarket (incidentally, the Swiss have already adopted the online shopping system where pictures of items are displayed on external walls, bus shelters, etc: you scan a picture of the item on your phone and it gets delivered to your home. Can't wait for that to happen here.)

Many many breads

Green "Sweetie" grapefuit

Dairy... huge, as always

Instant puddings and cakes

The chocolate section. NEVER have I seen more chocolate in one aisle... and this wasn't even half of it

Ready-made grill packs: smoked ham, sausages, chicken etc

Dried meat chips made from horse and chicken

Frozen whole sardines and mixed seafood

Ladurée (again)

I've blogged about Ladurée before. This visit was JUST AS GOOD. 

They make their own champagne: who knew. 

I blogged about having a rustic kouign amman in St Malo a few years ago.

My favourite every pastry: the palmier (front left). The thing in the middle is a Paris Brest.