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Birthday wishes on rainy days

November 15, 2009

We have had three birthdays over the last few weeks and I am a little relieved it is all over.
Tomorrow my In-Laws will come to watch the kids on Tuesday because I have to go somewhere where the kids can’t go with me. That is all you will get out of me at this [...]

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From my Swiss window’s Chocolate Pear cake recipe (recette)

July 17, 2009

A long, long time ago in the land of France I had a piece of chocolate cake with a pear halve in it.
I fell in love.
Recently, I went on a search for a recipe for a chocolate pear cake like the one that I had eaten in France. I couldn’t find one that was [...]

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Happy 4th of July, 2009

July 4, 2009

I made a shortcake with raspberries and blueberries arranged on a cream topping.  It was super yummy.
I’ll have to translate the recipe and post it one day soon with my adjustments.

I hope everyone had a great Saturday.
We spent the shopping for a few things Vilay needed for his watchmaking school and we are all beat.

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Toétché recipe

April 6, 2008

Toétché is a speciality of the Jura canton of Switzerland. It is a cake but it is not sweet. There is no sugar called for in the recipe. However, it is very good.
In the past, we have bought half of a large toétché at the bakery for quatre heure (snack). One [...]

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Hippity hoppity Easter’s on its way

March 18, 2008

Here are some images of our first Easter in Switzerland.
A photo of a kind of a traditional Easter Rabbit cake that is not very sweet but good all the same. I bought the brightly colored eggs from a woman who was selling them to raise money for the handicapped.

We tried to eat the eggs [...]

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