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Buy Clotilde's latest book, The French Market Cookbook! Not long after my second son was born, I received a message from Audrey, a reader I’d been conversing with via emails and comments, who wanted to recommend a recipe drawn from the French blog La Belle au blé dormant*. It was a recipe for a sesame chocolate bar garnished with squash seeds, sunflower...

Buy Clotilde's latest book, The French Market Cookbook! Do you know what Otium means? Otium is the Latin word for virtuous leisure, a time free of obligation that is spent in contemplation, and the cultivation of one’s spirit. This is a concept that resonates with me deeply, as I have become more and more interested in personal development and mind...

Buy Clotilde's latest book, The French Market Cookbook! Like most French children, the boulangerie played a big role in my earliest food memories. The corner bakery was the mythical place where snacks were purchased after school, where grownups could be observed closely while waiting in line with one’s mother for the Saturday lunch baguette, and...

Buy Clotilde's latest book, The French Market Cookbook! Do you want to hear one of the least publicized benefits of working from home? You get sick less often. Not only can you choose to stay in when it’s cold and drizzly and icky outside (pyjamas optional), but you also spend less time in crowded public transportation, shake fewer hands and kiss...

Buy Clotilde's latest book, The French Market Cookbook! If you’re one of the millions of lovebirds who embrace Valentine’s Day, you are no doubt in the throes of trying to decide just what to do this year that will be fun and unusual and romantic. May I put in a vote? Don’t go out. It’s Restaurant Goer 101 that Valentine’s Day is among the worst...