Beginning of Christmas dinners...

Now that is bouche noel!

Roast chicken with mushrooms and chesnuts at Vincent and Cecile's

That my friend is how beef wellington is done "a maria"

My roomate talked me into helping him make a dinner for our friend Mette and her boyfriend the night before I left for Paris

Christmas Shopping in Paris: Galeries Lafayette

It was not dark enough to really get good pictures from outside. The tree inside is sooo huge it is impossible to capture its grandness.

Short Weekend in Paris

We had great hospitality as always at Vincent and Cecelie's apartment. Here we are having Fondue Bourguignonne. We get to see them again on Sunday!

Christmas Buche

Here is a picture of the french traditional "buche" cake. This one is done by the Mesniers. It looks so real but you know those french and detail when it comes to baking and cooking ;)
I will make one for my family for christmas or one close to looking like it...

Snow but not cold enough to skate outdoor but this will do

We went ice skating at Lund's "new" rink. I have skated twice in my life and the last time was 10 yrs ago. Pretty good for someone who comes from Tucson. Of course Xavier was much better at it than me and could lap me but I could make it around without stopping and falling :)

Snowy days calls for good food!

Xavier and I made a Princesstarta while he was here. He made the flower in the middle. Check out the detail on his art work!
I also made a chicken recipe I got from my aunt Gunnel. It has juniper berries and black current juice in the sauce - sooo good!

Snow in Skane!

Of course the day Xavier is to come we get the first snow here. It hasn't snowed like this for three years I have been told. It was not very cold and rain the last few weeks and the bam, it got cold and started snowing!!