Monday, September 24, 2007

It all started with a crêpe....

Once upon a time 12 year old André came home after school with a craving for crêpes. Hélène who was probably in no mood to mix in the ingredients, prepare the batter and cook the crêpes after a long day at work told André to make them himself if he wanted them so bad..... little André, who even at that tender age could not take no for an answer decided to take her up on it...

.... and thus was born a star ! Not only did André's crêpes turn out fantastic but he realized that the kitchen was not just that place one went to grab milk from the fridge to go with cookies.... he realized that good cooking was a direct consequence of liking good food.... and as André is a big old gourmand..... well....

Fast foward 17 years to last saturday evening when Adrien & Hélène came to our place to test my husband's culinary expertise. The evening went quite nice... we talked a lot, we drank a lot and of course we ate a lot !

André cooked for us a delicious entrée of grilled coquilles St Jacques, followed by the plat fort : Coeur de rumsteak au fois gras, green asparagus and gratin dauphinois... and then the real treat was served : home made tiramisu !!!

You can imagine what a lovely evening we spent and even heated arguments like our different points of view concerning the (french/mexican/american) health systems were overshaddowed by the delicous food, nice candlelight and great wine.

By now you can guess how my story ends : " ..... and Francine lived happily ever after..... outside the kitchen! "


:D

4 comments:

Unknown said...

Wow...what a great post! I really enjoyed reading about your fabulous walk! At least the weather was better than when you walked in S.A.!!! And what wonderful sights you saw! Now I'm looking forward to your next post.
Love You...MiMi ..Poppy, too!

Fned said...

Thanks Mimi!! :D

Anonymous said...

Then, to became a STAR of the kitchen it must necessary an overwhelmed mather and an intelectual wife !together, we offer to André the possibility to realise his dream !!
it was , realy a lovely evening we spent , thank you Francine !

Anonymous said...

I'm with you, Pao! The gift of a good man in the kitchen cannot be underestimated!! Yea, Aunt Marcy

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