THE NOT SO BLONDE TRAVEL

For all my followers out there, I apologize. I know I said I would post about an amazing dessert a few days ago and didn't, but I have a good reason for disappearing. One of my best friends got married this weekend and without exaggerating only got about 10 hours of sleep in 4 days.  what I call a blurry weekend                                      But now I am back. And here is all you need to know about Mesdemoiselles Madeleines: it is even better than a La Durée  macaroon. If you appreciate fine things in life and have a sweet tooth, you probably ate a La Durée macaroon while in Paris. Well now you have to add to your to do list a madeleine from  Mesdemoiselles Madeleines. These  small rich cakes, baked in a shell-shaped mold  are already delicious "nature," but add some raspberry or some caramel or some black olives ... yes I said black olives ... a...

I have to blog about my lunch yesterday because it was so amazing. It was so good that I don't even have a picture to show what I am talking about because I was too busy eating.  If you are a foodie like me, you probably don't order chicken or salad when you are trying out a new restaurant for the first time. I can make chicken and salads at home. But since my friend Sardine was so adamant about the salad being over the top, I caved. But not entirely. I ordered a quiche as well, just in case the salad wasn't that amazing. I tend to disagree with people about food.  But this salad was truly fantastic: lettuce, sundried tomato, goat cheese, and  lonza, a corsican type of ham, topped with a magical balsamic reduction. It might sound pretty simple put like this, but in one sentence: I was very sad when my plate was empty. I wanted more. Not that I was still hungry. I just wanted more. And I don't even like balsamic.  Now thankfully I did take pictures of th...