hanging with David Lobovitz

Blogs

are

WAY

too much

fun

and

if

you have

an addictive personality

watch out, baby!

I mean,

if you are in

a

style mode,

you can check out what

fashionistas

Judy and Jane Aldridge

are sporting

A mood

to

push furniture around?

or

to paint

a wall

a new color?

love

love

love

Greige

and

Design Sponge

and about

100

others

Lifestyle blogs?

love 'em

Coeur de la

Lola B's

and about

100

others

Art blogs! Love 'em!

Exercise and healthy living blogs?

don't love 'em, but

always looking

for a little help

And then

FOOD BLOGS

Yes!

Food blogs

are the

answer

to every

ache or pain

bad mood

happy mood

rainy day

sunny day

...well,

Food Blogs

are

simply

THE

ANSWER!

I follow too many...

The Active Foodie

101 cookbooks

Orangette

Urban Baker

and

about

500

others..

but my fave,

hmmmm

well,

TODAY

my fave is

David Lebovitz' blog!

It

changes

every day..

a new recipe

or

travel adventure,

new restaurant

or

anecdote

about

his life in Paris

..

it is

ALWAYS

a delightful read.

I often

copy his

recipes

and

try them.

ALWAYS

D- lish!!!

I copied

his

FRENCH APPLE CAKE

may

I suggest

you do the same?

ho la la

here it goes

4 large apples

( I used local Sea Canyon apples)

peeled, cored and cut into chunks set aside


3/4 c. whole wheat pastry flour (my change from his recipe)

3/4 tsp. baking powder

pinch salt mix together


3/4 c. sugar and 2 eggs whisk together until frothy and foamy

Add 3 TBS. rum (I used Stroh rum from Austria)

to the egg mixture and 1/2 tsp vanilla

melt 1/2 cup butter in microwave

Here goes:

Whisk 1/2 flour mixture into the egg mixture

and stir in 1/2 of the melted butter.

Stir in the

remaining flour and the rest of the butter.

Gently fold in the apple chunks until the are all incorporated.

Pour in a well buttered spring form pan

and bake about

50 - 60 minutes

I

sprinkled

a bit 'o sugar

and freshly grated nutmeg

over the top

just for fun

evidently,

that

makes the

cake

not so

French

(but the nutmeg makes the kitchen smell so heavenly)

If this confused

you

tremendously

here

is

the recipe

We will

be serving

in on

Thanksgiving morning

at

Petit Soleil

COME ON BY!

Warming and chiillin' by the fire

IMG_0042, originally uploaded by TTT with Toulouse.

Phinny and Huck are going to miss snuggling on Andrew's lap in the evenings

That rascal Huckleberry

IMG_0038, originally uploaded by TTT with Toulouse.

no words necessary for this picture!

The other side of the coin

you

know that

old

cliche

"it's always greener or the other side"

well,

here's

the deal.

My friend,

Sandy,

as in

"Sandy with the eternal lemon tree"

(from an earlier blog)

moved

with

her hubby

from Connecticut

to

SLO.

She

loves

that

"it is always sunny in SLO"

and

she loves

her

lemon tree.

She

did

not love

raking

the

fallen

beautifully

colored

Autumn leaves

from

her Connecticut

trees.

I

would

love

to rake

Autumn leaves,

I think.

Sandy read my blog

and sent

a couple

of pictures

of the trees

from

her

CT

home

beautiful, huh?

Nottie and her Ragamuffins

IMG_0023, originally uploaded by TTT with Toulouse.

Nope, not clipped yet!
.......but soon, very soon

looking for Autumn

Even though

I

am

a

California girl

from

September

to

December

I

pretend

that

we

(San Luis Obispo)

have

a

cool

crisp

colorful

mid-western-ish

New Enland-ish

Autumn!

our

house

becomes

alive

with

pumpkins

and owls

and silly

little

pumpkin

critters

that hide

among

the

fallen

(well, silk)

leaves


I

bake

pumpkin cookies

and

pumpkin muffins

butternut squash with honey

and

apple crisps

hearty soups

and

stews

To make it really

feel

even

more

Autumnal

(is that a word?)

Toulouse

and

I decide

to go

leaf

peeking

Once

the wine grapes

are

harvested

the

leaves

begin

to

turn

beautiful colors

That's the view

from

Edna Valley Vineyards

looking

towards

Islay Hill

:(

not too

many

colors yet

Some of

the leaves

are

changing

and some leaves

are not

here

and

there

Toulouse

and

I

will head out again

soon

to find

more

colors

of

Autumn

In the meantime,

I

am

off

to

eat

a

pumpkin oatmeal

cookie

with a cup

of

hot

mulled

cider

C'est la Vie

c'est

la

vie

that's life

what

a great philosophy!

when

we

are

filled with joy

c'est la vie.

when

we are

sorrowful

c'est la vie.

when

you share

a

lovely

glass of wine

with

an

old friend

c'est la vie.

or when you

watch

your

parent

take

his

or her

last breath

c'est la vie.

Melissa,

of

THE JUNK GIRLS

made

these

silver spoon

charms

just

for

Petit Soleil

we

LOVE

"c'est la vie"

it

is

our

mantra,

our

motto,

our philosophy

...

only at Petit Soleil

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