<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738</id><updated>2012-01-28T19:45:20.945-05:00</updated><category term='poulet rôti'/><category term='ratatouille'/><category term='Conquête'/><category term='Ordre de la Jarretière'/><category term='sandre'/><category term='Pousada de Palmela'/><category term='magog'/><category term='bonbons'/><category term='strawberries'/><category term='framboise'/><category term='tire d&apos;érable'/><category term='maine'/><category term='mets chinois'/><category term='tapis crocheté'/><category term='oignons'/><category term='physallis'/><category term='Raymond Thuilier'/><category term='boeuf et rognons'/><category term='palourdes'/><category term='bleuet'/><category term='cranberry'/><category term='Nora'/><category term='effet papillon'/><category term='cretons'/><category term='recipes'/><category term='irak'/><category term='flan'/><category term='blueberry pancakes'/><category term='menthe'/><category term='Kennebunkport'/><category term='ionosphere'/><category term='Elizabeth Bradley'/><category term='daikon'/><category term='maniguette'/><category term='georgia o&apos;keefe'/><category term='lac brome'/><category term='pitahaya'/><category term='raccoon'/><category term='jardin'/><category term='anciens combattants'/><category term='marmelade'/><category term='hummingbird'/><category term='anchois'/><category term='chanterelle mushrooms'/><category term='grippe'/><category term='Casanova'/><category term='tartinade au citron'/><category term='dessert'/><category term='napoléon aux fraises'/><category term='sylvius leopold weiss'/><category term='sampler'/><category term='Kodak Z980'/><category term='monsanto'/><category term='rigatoni'/><category term='Daniel Seff'/><category term='persillade'/><category term='agneau'/><category term='azulejaria'/><category term='Le Chien d&apos;Or'/><category term='hibiscus'/><category term='siamois'/><category term='porcelaine'/><category term='arroz de mariscos'/><category term='lobster stew'/><category term='moules fumées'/><category term='mousse'/><category term='pusser&apos;s rum'/><category term='tomar'/><category term='lobster rolls'/><category term='sauge'/><category term='ange'/><category term='rognons d&apos;agneau'/><category term='crab cakes'/><category term='brume'/><category term='knowlton'/><category term='santé'/><category term='mango'/><category term='herbes'/><category term='citron'/><category term='droit au traitement'/><category term='noix'/><category term='faisan'/><category term='saumon'/><category term='crème de céleri'/><category term='vinaigre'/><category term='salsa'/><category term='tartelettes'/><category term='fruit du dragon'/><category term='fruits de mer'/><category term='noix de grenoble'/><category term='pleurottes'/><category term='photo sumac'/><category term='céleri'/><category term='transgénique'/><category term='whipped cream'/><category term='kiwano'/><category term='travers de porc'/><category term='Jake'/><category term='océans'/><category term='fromage à la crème'/><category term='foies de volaille'/><category term='mûre'/><category term='orchidée karma'/><category term='A. 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term='fiddleheads'/><category term='fil compté'/><category term='riz frit'/><category term='potage'/><category term='myosotis'/><category term='épidémie'/><category term='béarnaise'/><category term='forcer'/><category term='guido reni'/><category term='riddim'/><category term='organisme modifié génétiquement'/><category term='photo'/><category term='reggae'/><category term='meringue'/><category term='crumpet'/><category term='du barry'/><category term='pavots'/><category term='photo pear jam'/><category term='crystallized flowers'/><category term='graine du paradis'/><category term='orange'/><category term='photo poulet paprika chicken'/><category term='croquettes'/><category term='jardin d&apos;herbes'/><category term='mascarenhas'/><category term='candy'/><category term='épinards'/><category term='Nouvelle-France'/><category term='Chocolat'/><category term='canneberge'/><category term='percheron'/><category term='melon à cornes'/><category term='pacane'/><category term='boeuf bourguignon'/><category term='atlantique'/><category term='télétravail'/><category term='pavot oriental'/><category term='blue point'/><category term='tarte'/><category term='pain sandwich'/><category term='bach'/><category term='chat'/><category term='marques de fronteira'/><category term='loyaliste'/><category term='a#'/><category term='Agriculture Canada'/><category term='crème de champignons'/><category term='tartar sauce'/><category term='riz sauvage'/><category term='clam chowder'/><category term='velouté d&apos;asperges'/><category term='http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif'/><category term='hachis parmentier'/><category term='crêpes aux bleuets'/><category term='recette'/><category term='papaver orientale'/><category term='poppies'/><category term='capelli di angelo'/><category term='crème de chou fleur'/><category term='Adraga'/><category term='chaudrée'/><category term='complot'/><category term='tapis'/><category term='danger'/><category term='pineapple'/><category term='graine de paradis'/><category term='michel cardin'/><category term='fines herbes'/><category term='rug'/><category term='&apos;Jake Eberts&apos;'/><category term='marquoir'/><category term='hiver'/><category term='steak au poivre'/><category term='afghanistan'/><category term='olhar feliz'/><category term='vol-au-vent'/><title type='text'>Gato Azul</title><subtitle type='html'>Je ne sais ce qui me possède et me pousse à dire à voix haute, ni pour la pitié, ni pour l'aide, ni comme on avouerait ses fautes, ce qui m'habite et qui m'obsède.
(Aragon)</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1194</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-989140821936140909</id><published>2012-01-03T15:39:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-03T15:44:14.168-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Les clémentines ont souffert d'oubli</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6622953773/" title="Seasonal Pleasures: Poached Mandarin Oranges by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7174/6622953773_2f16178399_z.jpg" alt="Seasonal Pleasures: Poached Mandarin Oranges" height="527" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les clémentines ont été un peu délaissées sur le comptoir... que voulez-vous, le chocolat avait plus d'attraits. Leur peau est un peu raboudinée, elles ont l'air d'avoir trop fêté... Pochez-les!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6620612247/" title="Holly In The Snow by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7015/6620612247_2bba49dcae_z.jpg" alt="Holly In The Snow" height="640" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il faut de l'eau (pour 7 clémentines, calculer 2 à 3 tasses d'eau) et du sucre (1 tasse suffira). N'oubliez pas une bonne rasade d'eau de fleur d'oranger. Épluchez les clémentines, échappez-les dans la marmite où vous avez porté l'eau, le sucre et l'eau de fleur d'oranger à ébullition. Réduisez le feu pour entretenir un petit bouillon et laissez cuire une bonne heure. Retirez les clémentines, augmentez le feu pour faire réduire le sirop. Servir tièdes ou froides.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-989140821936140909?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/989140821936140909/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=989140821936140909&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/989140821936140909'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/989140821936140909'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2012/01/les-clementines-ont-souffert-doubli.html' title='Les clémentines ont souffert d&apos;oubli'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-1542180772758110156</id><published>2012-01-01T02:12:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-03T15:38:21.031-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Bonne année!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6625139913/" title="P1000640 by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7034/6625139913_2b153dcb3f_z.jpg" alt="P1000640" height="566" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tandis que les derniers moments de 2011 se consument en cendres...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6610028853/" title="Hey Hey The Gang's All Here - Happy Happy New Year by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7029/6610028853_8a3ed0dea0_z.jpg" alt="Hey Hey The Gang's All Here - Happy Happy New Year" height="640" width="520" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Et que nous accueillons l'année 2012, je vous souhaite une bonne et heureuse année (gourmande)!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6610029505/" title="foie gras en brioche by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7142/6610029505_717927e75c_z.jpg" alt="foie gras en brioche" height="640" width="531" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Et pour partir sur un bon pied... coupez la tête d'une brioche parisienne, avec le bout des doigts façonnez une cavité et remplissez-la de foie de canard (ou d'oie). Servir froid ou tiède.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6620622671/" title="A cat named Feliz by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7011/6620622671_4e71c996ec_z.jpg" alt="A cat named Feliz" height="514" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Feliz a insisté pour vous présenter ses meilleurs voeux aussi.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-1542180772758110156?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/1542180772758110156/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=1542180772758110156&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/1542180772758110156'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/1542180772758110156'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2012/01/bonne-annee.html' title='Bonne année!'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-27802164171837038</id><published>2011-12-31T07:46:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-31T09:08:58.742-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Chevreuils à ma fenêtre</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=109786" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" height="281" width="500"&gt; &lt;param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&amp;amp;photo_secret=171776cf72&amp;amp;photo_id=6606070163&amp;amp;flickr_show_info_box=true"&gt; &lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=109786"&gt; &lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"&gt; &lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=109786" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&amp;amp;photo_secret=171776cf72&amp;amp;photo_id=6606070163&amp;amp;flickr_show_info_box=true" height="281" width="500"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="margin: 0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6606070163/"&gt;Strange birds at the feeder&lt;/a&gt; a video by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/"&gt;Gato-Azul&lt;/a&gt; on Flickr.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;ENFIN! JE LES TIENS! sur vidéo évidemment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6605997307/" title="It's 4:30 in the morning and there's a deer at my window by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7153/6605997307_5fc10ae80f_z.jpg" alt="It's 4:30 in the morning and there's a deer at my window" height="554" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;La lumière qui détecte le mouvement s'allume et j'entends un bruit à la fenêtre... la Lumix est là, à côté de moi... je la saisis et je clique, toujours endormie, puis le cerveau s'anime un peu et je m'exclame (tout bas quand même) « Mais prend une vidéo, imbécile! » Et c'est ce que j'ai fait. :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-27802164171837038?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/27802164171837038/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=27802164171837038&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/27802164171837038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/27802164171837038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/12/strange-birds-at-feeder.html' title='Chevreuils à ma fenêtre'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-2823843473868355279</id><published>2011-12-31T02:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-30T22:52:17.500-05:00</updated><title type='text'>petits déjeuners du temps des Fêtes</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6600300521/" title="Qu'ils mangent de la brioche! by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7013/6600300521_d42c4bac96_z.jpg" alt="Qu'ils mangent de la brioche!" height="409" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ces jours-ci j'ai davantage de temps pour petit-déjeuner, ce qui n'est pas pour me déplaire et je varie les plaisirs. Ce matin, chocolat chaud et brioche parisienne avec un peu de marmelade de Dundee.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6600292425/" title="Le petit-déjeuner gourmand by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7145/6600292425_88e6c92359_z.jpg" alt="Le petit-déjeuner gourmand" height="638" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;et quelques cerises pour égayer tout ça.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6594495959/" title="Bacon And Egg by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7170/6594495959_9d36b745e2_z.jpg" alt="Bacon And Egg" height="591" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hier, un oeuf miroir sur pain grillé avec 2 tranches de bacon bien croustillant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6594496631/" title="Sunny Side Up by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7171/6594496631_94edefa431_z.jpg" alt="Sunny Side Up" height="481" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il ne faut pas négliger la fleur de sel sur le jaune d'oeuf.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6589549015/" title="For Madeleine by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7035/6589549015_a906073356_z.jpg" alt="For Madeleine" height="640" width="449" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Puis il y a le grand classique... café au lait, croissant et confiture de fraises.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6588383007/" title="May Your Mornings Be Filled With Buttery Croissants And Strawberry Jam by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7143/6588383007_43151ed32f_z.jpg" alt="May Your Mornings Be Filled With Buttery Croissants And Strawberry Jam" height="359" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La confiture de fraises de Première Moisson (la moitié des glucides des autres confitures du commerce).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6576779177/" title="The Cleansing Properties of Maple by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7157/6576779177_4d4a8d2b0c_z.jpg" alt="The Cleansing Properties of Maple" height="480" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le crumpet anglais grillé avec du beurre d'érable...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6576774387/" title="Cleansing Body And Soul by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7028/6576774387_6fdacc2ab4_z.jpg" alt="Cleansing Body And Soul" height="480" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;précédé de salade de fruits et de yogourt maison.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6557213315/" title="orange and green by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7147/6557213315_d1f2b2a21a_z.jpg" alt="orange and green" height="422" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;... et il ne faut pas oublier les clémentines!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6509093593/" title="An All American Classic by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7025/6509093593_c8d4aa915d_z.jpg" alt="An All American Classic" height="603" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;et les muffins au maïs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6561531373/" title="A Perfectly White Christmas by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7009/6561531373_69939e3533_z.jpg" alt="A Perfectly White Christmas" height="640" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'aime les matins du temps des Fêtes.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-2823843473868355279?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/2823843473868355279/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=2823843473868355279&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/2823843473868355279'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/2823843473868355279'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/12/petits-dejeuners-du-temps-des-fetes.html' title='petits déjeuners du temps des Fêtes'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-8866801178019199417</id><published>2011-12-30T14:46:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-30T17:43:22.125-05:00</updated><title type='text'>pommes de terre à la sarladaise</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6602017983/" title="Leftovers by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7035/6602017983_826feb5f9b_z.jpg" alt="Leftovers" height="396" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eh oui, comme me l'a recommandé la comtesse, j'ai préparé des pommes de terre à la sarladaise pour accompagner les restes de rôti de boeuf que j'ai servis avec une salade au fromage bleu. Mium.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6602014341/" title="Pommes de terre à la sarladaise by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7021/6602014341_1459cc17c6_z.jpg" alt="Pommes de terre à la sarladaise" height="640" width="489" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reprise de recette... Il faut peu de gras de canard pour frire les dés (1 cm) de pommes de terre. Compter 1 à 2 c. à soupe de gras selon la quantité de pommes de terre. Faire frire sur feu vif - moins de cinq minutes suffiront - sans oublier de les retourner pour qu'elles soient dorées sur toutes les faces. Arrêter le feu, ajouter une dent d'ail hachée finement et du persil ciselé. Recouvrir et laisser reposer quelques minutes avant de servir. Et voilà, des pommes de terre à la sarladaise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6600279125/" title="cherries by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7019/6600279125_c26f19f597_z.jpg" alt="cherries" height="458" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je n'ai pas pu résister aux cerises du Chili... fermes et goûteuses... Et je n'ai pas de remords d'acheter des produits d'ailleurs... regardez la provenance des légumes et des fruits en conserves ces jours-ci. La plupart viennent de la Chine (pour en savoir davantage sur les dangers des produits alimentaires importés de la Chine, &lt;a href="http://blog.friendseat.com/problems-with-chinas-food-industry?utm_source=Opt-in+Group&amp;amp;utm_medium=email&amp;amp;utm_campaign=292fc13eff-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN"&gt;cliquer ici&lt;/a&gt;). Aussi bien privilégier un partenaire commercial, membre de l'ALÉNA.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-8866801178019199417?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/8866801178019199417/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=8866801178019199417&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/8866801178019199417'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/8866801178019199417'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/12/pommes-de-terre-la-sarladaise.html' title='pommes de terre à la sarladaise'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-6758496667975888869</id><published>2011-12-29T15:17:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-29T19:25:52.253-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Oui, madame du Barry, le foie était délicieux!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6595290777/" title="Dernière bouchée (Last Bite) by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7011/6595290777_a9cbe673fc_z.jpg" alt="Dernière bouchée (Last Bite)" height="598" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La dernière bouchée de ce délicieux foie de la Comtesse du Barry... j'ai conservé le gras de canard pour faire frire des petits dés de pomme de terre ce soir. C'est le meilleur gras qui soit!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5C9kDVKOrX4" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" width="640"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh! J'avais oublié dans le tralala des préparatifs. Enjoy la musique!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6589448337/" title="Inefficient Deer Bait by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7017/6589448337_cf3f27efa7_z.jpg" alt="Inefficient Deer Bait" height="640" width="581" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai 4 chevreuils qui hantent le jardin... je n'ai vu que leurs traces autour des mangeoires d'oiseaux. J'ai donc décidé de leur offrir un panier de carottes... peine perdue, ils méprisent les carottes pour manger les graines d'oiseaux!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-6758496667975888869?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/6758496667975888869/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=6758496667975888869&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/6758496667975888869'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/6758496667975888869'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/12/oui-madame-du-barry-le-foie-etait.html' title='Oui, madame du Barry, le foie était délicieux!'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/5C9kDVKOrX4/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-2547162157658888007</id><published>2011-12-27T21:47:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-29T15:17:52.608-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Votre Noël a-t-il été joyeux? Was Your Christmas Happy?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6543027333/" title="They Walk Among Us by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7015/6543027333_5530bc8970_z.jpg" alt="They Walk Among Us" height="542" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Étrange ce qu'on perçoit et ce qu'on ne voit pas... l'autre jour, à Montréal, je vois un flash de doré du coin de l'oeil. J'y regarde de plus près et qu'est-ce que j'aperçois? Cet ange... Je n'ai pas souvenir qu'il y ait été auparavant!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Strange what one sees and what one doesn't see... The other day in Montreal, I see a golden flash from the corner of my eye. I look more closely and what do I see? This angel... I don't remember it being there before!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6561661533/" title="Atwater Market by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7174/6561661533_378d7d8691_z.jpg" alt="Atwater Market" height="463" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'étais à Montréal pour aller chercher l'homme et le cheval dans la boîte de la caméra et pour faire des provisions pour Noël. Évidemment, je suis arrêtée au marché Atwater.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I was in Montreal to pick up the man and the horse in the camera box and to buy some food for Christmas. Of course, I went to Atwater market.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6576608197/" title="Healthy Yuletide Diet by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7002/6576608197_eab3e5bb24_z.jpg" alt="Healthy Yuletide Diet" height="580" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ma soeur nous avait envoyé un foie de la Comtesse du Barry &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;(oui, madame du Barry, le foie était merveilleusement délicieux)&lt;/span&gt; et puisque j'avais peine à croire que l'année était déjà terminée et que c'était bientôt Noël, je n'avais pas le coeur à la dinde. J'ai donc choisi de faire un rôti de boeuf, un Noël à l'anglaise, précédé d'un potage d'asperges blanches, suivi d'une salade au fromage bleu et d'un gâteau au chocolat intense. J'ai suivi toutes les étapes pour me préparer à Noël, mais la trépidation habituelle n'y était tout simplement pas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;My sister had sent us some foie gras from France and since I just couldn't believe that the year was already over and that it would soon be Christmas, I just didn't feel like having turkey. So I made a roast beef, with a white asparagus soup before, a salad with blue cheese dressing and an intensely chocolate cake for dessert. I went through all the paces to prepare for Christmas, but the usual trepidation just didn't happen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6561667511/" title="Nature Celebrates Christmas by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7158/6561667511_9389ff4784_z.jpg" alt="Nature Celebrates Christmas" height="463" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nous avions bien eu quelques minimes centimètres de neige et le houx était recouvert de baies rouges, mais... ce fut un Noël en famille, tous des adultes, sans l'émerveillement des enfants devant la magie de Noël. Mais il y avait la joie d'être réunis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;We had had a scant inch of snow and the holly was covered with red berries, but... it was a quiet Christmas with the family, all adults, without the benefit of children's wonder at the magic of Christmas. But there was the joy of being together.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6576784303/" title="Boxing Day by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7149/6576784303_d0a1a2e41b_z.jpg" alt="Boxing Day" height="480" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Et j'ai passé outre à la cohue des soldes de Noël, restant bien au chaud pour m'immerser dans Venise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;And I skipped Boxing Day madness, while staying in the warmth of home immersing myself in Venice. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6588328145/" title="Seasonal Icons by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7020/6588328145_f76b235587_z.jpg" alt="Seasonal Icons" height="434" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Et vous, votre Noël a-t-il été joyeux? Le mien, oui. Somme toute, le bonheur se trouve souvent dans la simplicité.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;And what about you? Was your Christmas peaceful and merry? Mine was.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; All in all, happiness is often found in simple things.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-2547162157658888007?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/2547162157658888007/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=2547162157658888007&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/2547162157658888007'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/2547162157658888007'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/12/votre-noel-t-il-ete-joyeux-was-your.html' title='Votre Noël a-t-il été joyeux? Was Your Christmas Happy?'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-326142506869370261</id><published>2011-12-26T01:22:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-26T01:45:04.210-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Avez-vous vu le père Noël? Have You Seen Santa?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6547049081/" title="He Went That A'Way! by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7150/6547049081_572af6fee1_z.jpg" alt="He Went That A'Way!" height="500" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(la Kodak Z980 est toujours en service)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je voulais prendre une photo de la vitrine, mais juste comme je pesais sur la gachette, ce bras est apparu dans le portrait! Puis, je me suis aperçue qu'il était superposé sur un renne et il m'est venu l'idée que l'homme indiquait au renne que le Père Noël était parti dans cette direction. Vous l'avez vu vous le père Noël?&lt;br /&gt;I wanted to take a picture of the shop window, but just as I was pressing on the shutter, an arm appeared in the frame! Then I noticed the reindeer and I thought to myself that the man was showing the deer where Santa had disappeared to. Did you see Santa Claus?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6566337505/" title="A Fine Mist On The River by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7017/6566337505_ab393b2c26_z.jpg" alt="A Fine Mist On The River" height="512" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(la nouvelle Lumix FZ150)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Depuis le temps que je cherchais la nouvelle caméra... je l'ai enfin trouvée. C'est le grand frère de la Lumix FZ-47 (ou 48 en Europe) que j'ai utilisée dans le Maine, le FZ-150. Elle est épatante. Malheureusement, l'homme et le cheval n'étaient pas dans la boîte... (pour comprendre, regardez le clip vidéo).&lt;br /&gt;I've finally found the long seeked new camera. It's the souped up version of the Lumix FZ-47 (or 48 in Europe) I used in my Maine photos, the FZ-150. It's a joy. Unfortunately, I looked high and low in the box and couldn't find the man and the horse... (to understand, watch the videoclip).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/62Pt1cpGvCE?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" width="853"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-326142506869370261?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/326142506869370261/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=326142506869370261&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/326142506869370261'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/326142506869370261'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/12/avez-vous-vu-le-pere-noel-have-you-seen.html' title='Avez-vous vu le père Noël? Have You Seen Santa?'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/62Pt1cpGvCE/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-7525077190855763870</id><published>2011-12-16T09:33:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-24T18:56:53.959-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Le Sud du Maine en décembre et la course vers Noël - Southern Maine In December And Rushing To Get Ready For Christmas</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6490319603/" title="Here's Looking At You by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7154/6490319603_3c70f67496_z.jpg" alt="Here's Looking At You" width="640" height="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vous vous en doutez bien, je me suis évadée quelques jours dans le Maine. Homards et palourdes étaient au rendez-vous et un temps relativement «chaud» (la température a varié entre 18C et 6C).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"&gt;You must have deduced that I escaped a few days to Maine. Lobster and clams abounded and the weather was relatively "warm" (it ranged from 18 to 6 celsius).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6476577357/" title="lunch by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7029/6476577357_b38dec0837_z.jpg" alt="lunch" width="640" height="562" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mais il a plu pendant deux jours!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"&gt;But it rained cats and dogs for two days!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6476581997/" title="table with a view by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7004/6476581997_214e71a6a6_z.jpg" alt="table with a view" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mais les couchers de soleil étaient spectaculaires.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;But it made for superb sunsets.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6487145355/" title="Kennebunk Beach Dusk by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7154/6487145355_bd1ae1d557_z.jpg" alt="Kennebunk Beach Dusk" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Et la nature aussi.&lt;br /&gt;And Nature was all dressed up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6499180769/" title="Natural Decorations by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7009/6499180769_828c4a8e38_z.jpg" alt="Natural Decorations" width="640" height="493" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quelques jours de répit avant d'amorcer la frénésie des Fêtes.&lt;br /&gt;A few days' rest before starting the Holiday rush.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6487354149/" title="Window Shopping by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7011/6487354149_3294cc4906_z.jpg" alt="Window Shopping" width="640" height="554" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le retour a été intense au travail.&lt;br /&gt;I came back to mountains of work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6546277535/" title="Unseasonal Season's Greetings by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7167/6546277535_05e75bffc7_z.jpg" alt="Unseasonal Season's Greetings" width="606" height="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Et les préparatifs de Noël.&lt;br /&gt;And Christmas decorations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6557213315/" title="orange and green by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7147/6557213315_d1f2b2a21a_z.jpg" alt="orange and green" width="640" height="422" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les achats de nourriture.&lt;br /&gt;Getting ready to bake and cook.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6558671077/" title="Red and blue by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7157/6558671077_c8feee46e4_z.jpg" alt="Red and blue" width="497" height="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les cartes à écrire.&lt;br /&gt;Christmas cards to write.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6558671327/" title="Taking Care of Business by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7004/6558671327_0489139410_z.jpg" alt="Taking Care of Business" width="640" height="498" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le fudge...&lt;br /&gt;Fudge to prepare...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6561530259/" title="A Teddy Bear Christmas by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7007/6561530259_c4cd54709f_z.jpg" alt="A Teddy Bear Christmas" width="640" height="516" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Le sapin à décorer.&lt;br /&gt;The tree to decorate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6561531041/" title="All done! by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7030/6561531041_58eded7f74_z.jpg" alt="All done!" width="480" height="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Et nous voilà rendus à la veille de Noël!&lt;br /&gt;And here we are Christmas Eve!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6566340605/" title="A Beary Christmas And To All A Good Night by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7024/6566340605_209f10b91d_z.jpg" alt="A Beary Christmas And To All A Good Night" width="508" height="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pour celles et ceux qui liront ces quelques lignes, je vous souhaite un très joyeux Noël.&lt;br /&gt;For those who will be reading these few lines, I wish you a very merry Christmas.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-7525077190855763870?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-4315364041039169032</id><published>2011-12-09T09:09:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-09T09:12:18.460-05:00</updated><title type='text'>coucou</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6481075681/" title="The sea does not like to be restrained by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7010/6481075681_5d43a6fe87_z.jpg" alt="The sea does not like to be restrained" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;un coucou rapide en passant...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6479055749/" title="Tale Of A Lunch by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7021/6479055749_bb429c7251_b.jpg" alt="Tale Of A Lunch" width="740" height="1024" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;toute bonne chose a une fin... je rentre à la maison aujourd'hui.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6471337539/" title="santa lobstah tree by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7153/6471337539_f909ea81c5_z.jpg" alt="santa lobstah tree" width="640" height="506" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-4315364041039169032?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/4315364041039169032/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-7626670880070702142</id><published>2011-11-21T17:55:00.009-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-16T09:33:38.787-05:00</updated><title type='text'>la saga de la caméra</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6379402591/" title="Pomona by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6093/6379402591_634da2e77a_b.jpg" alt="Pomona" height="605" width="800" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;une petite erreur... c'est le troisième cliché que je prends, je ne m'étais pas aperçue que j'étais en mode macro et sur le chemin du retour, j'ai aperçu ce pommier vénérable. Je me suis garée sur l'accotement de l'autoroute et j'ai pris un cliché en mode macro d'un arbre qui se trouvait à 200 pieds! J'aime tout de même comment la lentille Leica de la DMC ZS10 traite la lumière (et les couleurs).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ma Kodak Z980 tire un peu de la patte et la Z712 aussi... ce sont mes bêtes de somme et elle m'ont apporté beaucoup de plaisir. En fouillant dans Flickr, j'ai remarqué certains photographes qui utilisent des Panasonic et comme j'avais trouvé une aubaine, j'ai fait le saut...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6373639243/" title="santa, can i have a new lens? by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6031/6373639243_47b500757d_z.jpg" alt="santa, can i have a new lens?" height="640" width="632" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;voilà le cliché qui m'a fait décider de retourner la DMC GF2... le traitement des couleurs et le flou de la mise au point.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6373639693/" title="good ol' kodak (artificial light) by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6214/6373639693_51618bdcbd_z.jpg" alt="good ol' kodak (artificial light)" height="480" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;voici la version Kodak Z980... la texture des pétales est beaucoup plus apparente et les couleurs sont plus réalistes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;j'ai acheté une réflex sans miroir (lentilles interchangeables, plus gros «sensor», mais un «point and shoot»). Une lentille 14-42 polyvalente de Lumix était fournie. Je l'ai gardée une semaine, puis j'ai répondu à ma question moi-même... j'aime les lentilles Leica, que voulez-vous. J'ai donc rapporté la DMC GF2 et je l'ai remplacée par une DMC ZS10 avec une lentille Leica fixe, un zoom de x24 et un super macro intégrés. Je pense que je vais bien m'amuser et je sortirai ma Z980 pour les photos culinaires en attendant que je décide ce que je veux vraiment (ou que je gagne à la loterie... les Leicas coûtent cher!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6366692649/" title="Le Chat by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6092/6366692649_2827159fb7_z.jpg" alt="Le Chat" height="640" width="559" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Feliz a l'air un peu fade et flou (DMC GF2)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pour Sacha, Feliz était bien inquiété par la nouvelle caméra rouge... il préfère la caméra bleue. La mouffette a tout gobé... il faut qu'elle grossisse ;-P&lt;br /&gt;Sylvie, les huîtres ont été photographiées avec la Kodak Z980.  :-)&lt;br /&gt;Merci Riri.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-7626670880070702142?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/7626670880070702142/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=7626670880070702142&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/7626670880070702142'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/7626670880070702142'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/11/la-saga-de-la-camera.html' title='la saga de la caméra'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-2728216204107470215</id><published>2011-11-14T17:55:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-14T18:15:19.990-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Une tarte pour la moufette au jardin --- A pie for the skunk in the garden</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6345814636/" title="Hey You! Whatcha Doin'? by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6110/6345814636_758a42a37d_z.jpg" alt="Hey You! Whatcha Doin'?" width="640" height="494" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Feliz est inquiet... c'est quoi ce truc rouge? Mais qu'est-ce qu'elle fait?&lt;br /&gt;Feliz is worried... what's that red thing? What on earth is she doing?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6345064905/" title="November Garden by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6049/6345064905_7d1aae1717.jpg" alt="November Garden" width="500" height="390" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il fait toujours doux. Ça permet de se rattraper pour les tâches qui étaient en suspens.&lt;br /&gt;It's still mild. Time to catch up on leftover chores.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6345813786/" title="Skunk Food by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6120/6345813786_570b85a9f6_z.jpg" alt="Skunk Food" width="640" height="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il y a quelque temps déjà j'avais repéré cette recette de tarte à l'oignon... la croûte? Faite avec des biscuits Ritz. Je ne vous donne pas la recette... c'est gras (beurre pour lier les craquelins et fromage cheddar pour gratiner)... c'est la moufette au jardin qui mangera la tarte. :-(&lt;br /&gt;A while back, I'd noticed an onion pie recipe... the crust? Made with Ritz crackers. I'm not giving you the recipe... it's fatty (butter to bind the crackers and some cheddar cheese on top)... the skunk in the garden will be dining on it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6345064973/" title="November Dusk At My Window by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6119/6345064973_93bda7410a_o.jpg" alt="November Dusk At My Window" width="753" height="1200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les journées sont courtes... encore un mois avant qu'elles ne rallongent. J'ai hâte!&lt;br /&gt;Days are short... another month before they grow longer. Can't wait!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-2728216204107470215?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/2728216204107470215/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=2728216204107470215&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/2728216204107470215'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/2728216204107470215'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/11/une-tarte-pour-la-moufette-au-jardin.html' title='Une tarte pour la moufette au jardin --- A pie for the skunk in the garden'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6110/6345814636_758a42a37d_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-3475981598973938852</id><published>2011-11-13T17:23:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-13T18:13:57.219-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Les couleurs de l'automne - Glorious Fall Colours</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6342169666/" title="2011-11-12 by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6052/6342169666_5ee516548a_b.jpg" alt="2011-11-12" height="1024" width="724" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Incroyable! C'est la mi-novembre et nous ne sommes pas complètement immersés dans la grisaille!&lt;br /&gt;Incredible! It's mid-November and we're still not up to our ears in grey!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6341487011/" title="2011-10-31 by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6211/6341487011_e48cb1f947_b.jpg" alt="2011-10-31" height="566" width="800" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Surréel! Ce matin j'ai pris le petit déjeuner sur la véranda en jouant avec ma nouvelle caméra. J'ai même pris ce premier cliché.&lt;br /&gt;Surreal! This morning I had breakfast while reading the instruction manual for my new camera. I even tried it out. Here's my first shot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6341642996/" title="lumix gf2 first shot by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6214/6341642996_5d9c26c4de_z.jpg" alt="lumix gf2 first shot" height="509" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tout est prêt pour l'hiver (ou presque)... la voiture a mis ses bottes, les fenêtres doubles sont installées, les chaises de jardin entreposées... il ne reste qu'à mettre les lumières de Noêl dans les urnes (avant que le froid ne rende l'exercice périlleux pour les doigts).&lt;br /&gt;Everything is ready for winter (almost)... snow tires on the car, double windows hung, garden furniture stored... all that's left is to put some Christmas lights at the door (before the cold weather makes it unpleasant to do so).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6300757441/" title="escalivada by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6100/6300757441_dce29496cd_z.jpg" alt="escalivada" height="480" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Et puisqu'il faut bien vous alimenter en recettes, n'oubliez pas l'escalivada... des oignons, des tomates, des poivrons rouges rôties sur le grill et débarassés de leurs pépins et de leur peau, de l'ail, du sel de mer, un peu d'huile d'olive et du thym séché... dans le four à 200 C pendant environ une heure... tout a fondu et les saveurs sont rehaussées.&lt;br /&gt;And since I must give you some recipes, don't forget the escalivada... onions, tomatoes, grill-roasted red bell peppers without the seeds or the skin, garlic, sea salt, a touch of olive oil and some thyme... into the oven at 400F for about an hour. Everything melts down, and the flavours shine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6318177285/" title="The Rising Tide of Fall by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6111/6318177285_9b8e3d34a4_z.jpg" alt="The Rising Tide of Fall" height="423" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Je sais bien que ce n'est qu'un sursis. Mais il faut savoir profiter des chances qui nous sont offertes.&lt;br /&gt;I know it's only a matter of time. But then you have to take advantage of whatever is offered.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-3475981598973938852?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/3475981598973938852/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=3475981598973938852&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/3475981598973938852'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/3475981598973938852'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/11/les-couleurs-de-lautomne-glorious-fall.html' title='Les couleurs de l&apos;automne - Glorious Fall Colours'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6052/6342169666_5ee516548a_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-1629346828583482713</id><published>2011-10-28T23:02:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-29T11:35:32.181-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Les mois qui finissent en 'bre' - Untranslatable</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6290661238/" title="Oyster Season by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6223/6290661238_7b2a90ffef_b.jpg" alt="Oyster Season" height="606" width="800" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Servies glacées, accompagnées d'un filet de jus de citron... rien de plus. Mes préférées? Malpèque, puis Caraquet. Je n'aime pas les huîtres grasses et laiteuses, j'aime qu'elles aient le goût iodé de l'océan et une chair ferme.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;Served icy cold, with a squirt of lemon... nothing more. My favorites? Malpèque, then Caraquet. I don't like fatty and listless oysters. I like them to be crispy with a fresh salty ocean liquor.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6290581931/" title="The world's mine oyster (Shakespeare) by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6038/6290581931_1afed96d21_b.jpg" alt="The world's mine oyster (Shakespeare)" height="800" width="720" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-1629346828583482713?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/1629346828583482713/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=1629346828583482713&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/1629346828583482713'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/1629346828583482713'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/10/les-mois-qui-finissent-en-bre.html' title='Les mois qui finissent en &apos;bre&apos; - Untranslatable'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6223/6290661238_7b2a90ffef_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-7131209283669253741</id><published>2011-10-26T08:18:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-29T11:36:03.705-04:00</updated><title type='text'>strip tease - effeuillage</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6282210176/" title="Strip Tease by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6106/6282210176_f04899b998_b.jpg" alt="Strip Tease" height="635" width="800" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Elles sont de retour!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;They're back!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6282210178/" title="They're Back! by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6216/6282210178_5a2b6e5f58_b.jpg" alt="They're Back!" height="632" width="800" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tandis que d'autres partent...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;Whilst others are leaving...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6282210184/" title="Autumn's Glory by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6035/6282210184_c8272bab0f_b.jpg" alt="Autumn's Glory" height="800" width="699" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-7131209283669253741?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/7131209283669253741/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=7131209283669253741&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/7131209283669253741'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/7131209283669253741'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/10/strip-tease.html' title='strip tease - effeuillage'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6106/6282210176_f04899b998_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-3770852218737988339</id><published>2011-10-22T09:59:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-29T11:36:24.693-04:00</updated><title type='text'>petit matin d'octobre - early October morning</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6260012389/" title="petit matin by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6108/6260012389_87a9798fc4_b.jpg" alt="petit matin" height="577" width="800" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-3770852218737988339?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/3770852218737988339/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=3770852218737988339&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/3770852218737988339'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/3770852218737988339'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/10/petit-matin-doctobre.html' title='petit matin d&apos;octobre - early October morning'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6108/6260012389_87a9798fc4_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-7153062491684388034</id><published>2011-10-20T23:39:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-29T11:40:27.197-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Une image vaut mille mots - An Image Is Worth A Thousand Words</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5425577917/" title="ODC: Unbalanced by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5136/5425577917_855c19016b_b.jpg" alt="ODC: Unbalanced" height="1024" width="892" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Une vraie tomate, du vrai sel de mer, le vrai bonheur&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Une image vaut mille mots. C’est cliché, mais ça dit tout. Nous vivons  dans un monde saturé d’images… que de mots! Pour moi, l’image  sert à mettre en scène, à illustrer là où je veux en venir… que ce soit  pour créer une ambiance, donner l’idée de ce que la recette peut  donner, mais surtout pour donner le goût, car sans envie (lire passion,  amour, enthousiasme) le geste est vide de sens.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;An image is worth a thousand words. It's a cliché, but it says everything. We live in a world saturated by images... so many words! For me, images serve as a stage, to illustrate what I want to say... creating an ambiance, illustrating what the recipe is all about, but mostly to stimulate desire, for without desire (passion, love, enthusiasm) the act itself has no meaning.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L’image est invitation au rêve, et le rêve est générateur de réalité.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;Images are invitations to dreams, and dreams generate reality.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cela étant dit, il y a des moments où… mais le goût revient toujours, à  un moment ou un autre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;That being said, there are times when... but desire always resurfaces, at one time or another.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-7153062491684388034?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/7153062491684388034/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=7153062491684388034&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/7153062491684388034'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/7153062491684388034'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/10/une-image-vaut-mille-mots.html' title='Une image vaut mille mots - An Image Is Worth A Thousand Words'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5136/5425577917_855c19016b_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-7397977524540164997</id><published>2011-10-18T09:09:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-20T22:21:46.509-04:00</updated><title type='text'>simplicité - simplicity</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6257438506/" title="Simplicity by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6114/6257438506_9283271ebd_b.jpg" alt="Simplicity" height="1024" width="725" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quelquefois, la simplicité est ce qu'il y a de mieux... un oeuf parfaitement mollet, des pointes de rôties beurrées au beurre salé et une autre pointe tartinée de gelée aux pommes... une caméra prête à croquer sur le vif les beautés de la nature.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;Sometimes the simple things are best... Perfectly soft boiled eggs, buttered toast and a wedge of toast with apple jelly, or just roaming the countryside looking for beauty.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-7397977524540164997?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/7397977524540164997/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=7397977524540164997&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/7397977524540164997'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/7397977524540164997'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/10/simplicite-simplicity.html' title='simplicité - simplicity'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6114/6257438506_9283271ebd_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-1344319128280786630</id><published>2011-10-16T08:36:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-16T13:54:00.720-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Soupes d'automne et un dernier parfait -- Fall Soups And A Final Parfait</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6246389556/" title="Fall Colors by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6094/6246389556_c5a38e0891_b.jpg" alt="Fall Colors" height="566" width="800" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6245862991/" title="Veranda With A View by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6100/6245862991_389e344de0_b.jpg" alt="Veranda With A View" height="635" width="800" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6250224185/" title="Glorious Fall by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6237/6250224185_6ab0782d58_z.jpg" alt="Glorious Fall" height="640" width="453" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On ne peut pas échapper au temps qui passe... c'est l'automne et l'hiver suivra bientôt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;One can't escape the passage of time... it's Fall and Winter will soon follow.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6229118196/" title="Is Google Maps Big Brother? by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6221/6229118196_1f2a4e94b3_z.jpg" alt="Is Google Maps Big Brother?" height="508" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La semaine dernière, j'ai croisé de nombreuses fois ces drôles de véhicules surmontés d'un objet étrange, genre spoutnik, une caméra... Google prend des photos, beaucoup de photos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;Last week I encountered countless times these funny looking cars with a strange spoutnik form on top, a camera... Google is taking pictures, lots of pictures.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6246389440/" title="Autumn Afternoon by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6226/6246389440_247a4e0d63_z.jpg" alt="Autumn Afternoon" height="640" width="453" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les feuilles sont tard cette année... et même si nous profitons d'une température douce, c'est le temps des soupes. J'ai mangé celle-ci assise à une terrasse à North Hatley.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;Leaves are late turning this year... and even if the weather is mild, it's soup season. I ate this one sitting at a terrace in North Hatley.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6245867251/" title="Autumn Is Soup Season by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6045/6245867251_a06813d073_b.jpg" alt="Autumn Is Soup Season" height="566" width="800" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai préparé cette simple crème de carottes à la coriandre en faisant bouillir des carottes multicolores dans du bouillon de poulet aromatisé à la coriandre, j'ai passé au blender, puis j'ai ajouté un soupçon de crème légère.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;I prepared this simple cream of carrot with coriander by boiling the multicolored carrots in chicken broth seasoned with coriander, I blended the soup, then added a small quantity of light cream.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6246392522/" title="Shrimp and Corn Chowder by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6109/6246392522_c49905f6eb_b.jpg" alt="Shrimp and Corn Chowder" height="600" width="800" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai profité des derniers épis de maïs en faisant un chowder au maïs et aux crevettes. J'ai fait bouillir le maïs, puis dans une casserole, j'ai fait revenir un petit oignon blanc en dés dans de l'huile d'olive, j'ai ajouté les grains de maïs, du poivron rouge coupé en dés, du lait pour couvrir et j'ai fait bouillir pendant 5 minutes. J'ai ensuite ajusté la quantité de liquide en ajoutant de la crème légère. Dans une poêle, j'ai fait revenir une dent d'ail coupée en morceaux dans une petite quantité d'huile d'olive de bonne qualité, j'ai ajouté une cuiller à café de paprika fumé espagnol, puis les crevettes décortiquées. A la fin de la cuisson, j'ai ajouté du persil frais ciselé. Une fois cuites, je les ai ajoutées au chowder.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;I took advantage of the last corn cobs by making a corn and shrimp chowder. I boiled the corn, then I cooked a finely diced white onion in olive oil in a saucepan, I added the kernels of corn, some finely diced red bell pepper, some milk to cover and I boiled the mixture for 5 minutes. I then adjusted the quantity of liquid by adding light cream. In a frying pan, I cooked a diced garlic clove in olive oil, added a teaspoon of smoked Spanish paprika and the shelled prawns. When they were cooked, I added some chopped fresh parsley. I then added the prawns to the chowder.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6246394512/" title="Shrimp and Corn Chowder by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6240/6246394512_22330d33aa_b.jpg" alt="Shrimp and Corn Chowder" height="1024" width="768" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6246378590/" title="Tears For Summer's End by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6106/6246378590_fa09cc37f3_b.jpg" alt="Tears For Summer's End" height="739" width="800" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les fleurs pleurent la fin de la belle saison.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;Flowers are weeping at the end of Summer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6245856275/" title="Fall Colors by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6042/6245856275_1381541cfd_b.jpg" alt="Fall Colors" height="600" width="800" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les champs sont prêts à recevoir une épaisse couche de neige.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;Fields are laid down, ready to receive a thick blanket of snow.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6245855929/" title="Eastern Townships' Foliage by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6109/6245855929_190909e107_b.jpg" alt="Eastern Townships' Foliage" height="600" width="800" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C'est l'apothéose de la Nature en éveil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;This is Nature's apotheosis.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6248224211/" title="Honey Greek Yogurt + Fresh Strawberry Coulis + Oat Crumble Parfait by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6225/6248224211_5fa1baa009_b.jpg" alt="Honey Greek Yogurt + Fresh Strawberry Coulis + Oat Crumble Parfait" height="800" width="800" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il reste quand même sur les étals les derniers vestiges de l'été... les fraises d'automne du Québec. Parfaites pour faire un parfait en se servant de yaourt grec aromatisé au miel, agrémenté de coulis aux fraises et saupoudré des miettes de la recette de carré aux dattes de cette semaine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;There are still some remnants of the summer season on the market stalls... Fall strawberries from Quebec. Perfect to make a parfait with greek honey yoghurt, strawberry coulis and a dusting of crumbs from the date crumble I made this week.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6248748212/" title="104_1082.tif by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6179/6248748212_c2eef40d57_b.jpg" alt="104_1082.tif" height="600" width="800" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Demain, ce sera l'Halloween.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;Halloween is at our door.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6248748406/" title="Night Light by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6059/6248748406_4de3e9f3e5_b.jpg" alt="Night Light" height="800" width="800" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nous voyageons sur la route qui mène à l'hiver.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;We're travelling down the road that leads to Winter&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6245927209/" title="The Road Leading To Winter by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6105/6245927209_00d9f75530_b.jpg" alt="The Road Leading To Winter" height="600" width="800" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6249574375/" title="hp dv8t_files by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6052/6249574375_aaa714e2a9_b.jpg" alt="hp dv8t_files" height="566" width="800" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-1344319128280786630?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/1344319128280786630/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=1344319128280786630&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/1344319128280786630'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/1344319128280786630'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/10/soupes-dautomne-et-un-dernier-parfait.html' title='Soupes d&apos;automne et un dernier parfait -- Fall Soups And A Final Parfait'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6094/6246389556_c5a38e0891_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-6161645435956219012</id><published>2011-09-22T08:38:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-22T11:08:16.358-04:00</updated><title type='text'>nostalgie ;-P</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_qAGFOKt4ew" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="720" width="960"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sans âge... Timeless...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ezdWJGDg1BM" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" width="853"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-6161645435956219012?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/6161645435956219012/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=6161645435956219012&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/6161645435956219012'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/6161645435956219012'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/09/nostalgie-p.html' title='nostalgie ;-P'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/_qAGFOKt4ew/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-6131564085700476162</id><published>2011-09-20T22:29:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-20T22:38:50.336-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Congolais et chou-fleur</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6167601627/" title="Chocolate Stuffed Macaroons by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6156/6167601627_8651fca9dc_z.jpg" alt="Chocolate Stuffed Macaroons" height="513" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'aime bien la noix de coco et j'aime bien les congolais (les Américains les appellent des «macaroons»). Je ne savais pas combien il est facile de les faire... Un oeuf, 180g de noix de coco non sucrée râpée fin, 100g de sucre blanc et des petits carrés de chocolat. Bien mélanger l'oeuf, la noix de coco et le sucre. Disposer à la cuiller sur une plaque à cuisson, placer le carré au chocolat et recouvrir de cuillerées du mélange. Cuire pendant 10-15 minutes dans un four préchauffé à 200 F. C'est bon, même très très bon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6134537096/" title="vrroooooommm by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6082/6134537096_45f6a72f0f_z.jpg" alt="vrroooooommm" height="363" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je ne peux pas dire que je raffole des bagnoles, mais quelquefois... J'étais arrêtée au feu rouge et j'aperçois ce bolide qui s'arrête à côté de moi... Elle était remarquablement belle! J'ai pris des clichés.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6167601631/" title="Creamed Cauliflower With A Hint Of Nutmeg by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6171/6167601631_b400866e5a_z.jpg" alt="Creamed Cauliflower With A Hint Of Nutmeg" height="477" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Petite astuce si vous aimez la muscade. Mettez-en dans votre béchamel la prochaine fois que vous ferez un gratin de chou-fleur. C'est bon, c'est même très bon!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-6131564085700476162?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/6131564085700476162/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=6131564085700476162&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/6131564085700476162'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/6131564085700476162'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/09/congolais-et-chou-fleur.html' title='Congolais et chou-fleur'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6156/6167601627_8651fca9dc_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-2046412796443591751</id><published>2011-09-14T23:55:00.017-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-15T22:50:12.152-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sherbrooke'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vieillissement'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='euthanasie passive'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='santé'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mcgill'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='refus de traitement'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='droit au traitement'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='intimidation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='magog'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='droit à la vie'/><title type='text'>soleil vert</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6131613333/" title="Listening To Coast to Coast by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6083/6131613333_660b001f24_z.jpg" alt="Listening To Coast to Coast" height="586" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je ne suis pas très présente ces jours-ci... noyée dans la traduction, happée par des rénovations à la maison, perdue dans un système de santé en dérapage, c'est déjà la fin de septembre (ou presque) et je n'ai pas vu l'année passer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6098570923/" title="Farm Stand by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6195/6098570923_4f1481f03a_z.jpg" alt="Farm Stand" height="472" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Irene a forcé les cultivateurs à sauver les citrouilles in extremis... elles se seraient noyées dans les champs. Quel temps exécrable nous avons eu!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6041267341/" title="Before 9 am, Sunday Morning by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6090/6041267341_e4ff527fb4_z.jpg" alt="Before 9 am, Sunday Morning" height="479" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les rénovations sont enfin (presque - il reste quelques quarts de rond à installer) terminées. Le résultat est heureux.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5978032012/" title="No Fuss Dinner by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6133/5978032012_6859064a74_z.jpg" alt="No Fuss Dinner" height="480" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dans la cuisine, c'est la simplicité même... les légumes de saison, un bon pain, une viande grillée et des crumbles de fruits.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5947381533/" title="Blueberry Crumble Squares by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6028/5947381533_4894cb8e6d_z.jpg" alt="Blueberry Crumble Squares" height="493" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pour le système de santé, j'en suis venue à la conclusion qu'il faut choisir soigneusement la région où on vieillit... Problèmes de santé de ma mère, visites aux urgences d'un hôpital local sur recommandation de son médecin pour obtenir des analyses, puis aux urgences d'un hôpital régional doté de spécialistes, encore sur recommandation du médecin, puis d'une clinique externe dans un hôpital à Montréal (pour obtenir un deuxième avis). D'une région à l'autre, une approche tout à fait différente au vieillissement. Un exemple... à un endroit un médecin me dit «votre mère est un fardeau pour la société» et à l'autre la médecin affirme «vous avez bien fait de consulter, votre mère a le droit d'être là».&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il y a donc un débat dans le système de santé sur le sort qui doit être réservé aux plus qu'un certain âge, et ce débat se passe dans les coulisses, les acteurs mettant allègrement en oeuvre leur vision personnelle des choses et l'infligeant à une population qui se berce encore de l'illusion que la médecine est universelle. On se fonde sur le dicton «qui ne dit mot consent » (perversion d'un adage du Moyen-Âge qui se lit textuellement « &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;qui tacet consentire videtur &lt;/span&gt;» ou « qui se tait &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;semble&lt;/span&gt; consentir », qui soit dit en passant n'est pas une règle de droit).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alors je dis clairement et fermement que je ne suis pas d'accord. Je n'ai jamais donné le mandat au corps médical ou infirmier de décider qui a droit de cité ou non sur la Terre, ni de la valeur intrinsèque d'un patient en tant que membre d'une catégorie d'êtres humains (rappelons-nous que toute distinction entre les personnes fondée sur certaines catégories, dont l'âge, est contraire à la Charte, que ce soit celle du Canada ou celle du Québec).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ces incursions dans le monde de la médecine moderne m'ont laissé entrevoir une réalité qui suscite l'effroi, un monde où la discussion tourne autour des termes euthanasie passive et alors on invoque pieusement le droit de la personne à refuser un traitement aussi basique soit-il qu'une perfusion de rehydratation (facile à dire que la personne refuse des soins quand elle est tellement  épuisée parce que la posologie de ses médicaments n'a pas été  adéquatement ajustée et qu'elle est au bout de son rouleau et prête à  tout abandonner), et l'euthanasie active. Mais ces deux termes ont un dénominateur commun et c'est le mot euthanasie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C'est à croire que nous sommes en 2022 et que nous évoluons dans le film &lt;a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soleil_vert_%28film%29"&gt;Soleil vert&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Faites gaffe, gens du Québec, ou éteignez-vous avant d'atteindre un âge trop avancé.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dommage pour les effectifs médicaux qui verront leur clientèle (et corollairement leur rémunération) baisser. À vouloir jouer les philosophes, en véritables philosophes ils se seront convaincus eux-mêmes.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-2046412796443591751?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/2046412796443591751/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=2046412796443591751&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/2046412796443591751'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/2046412796443591751'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/09/soleil-vert.html' title='soleil vert'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6083/6131613333_660b001f24_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-639439868348404790</id><published>2011-08-30T08:44:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-30T22:37:25.441-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Irene</title><content type='html'>&lt;style type="text/css"&gt;.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }&lt;/style&gt;&lt;div class="flickr-frame"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;	&lt;span class="flickr-caption"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6095508332/" title="Before Irene Sunset by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6089/6095508332_1a1f4a7d2b_b.jpg" alt="Before Irene Sunset" height="768" width="1024" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="flickr-caption"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;Le ciel était étrange, les oiseaux avaient abandonné le jardin, l'air était sans souffle.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;The sky was eerie, birds had abandoned the garden, the air was still.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="flickr-caption"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6095511902/" title="Eerie Before Irene Light At Dusk by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6072/6095511902_b7f577bb8e_b.jpg" alt="Eerie Before Irene Light At Dusk" height="812" width="1024" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="flickr-caption"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;La lumière était d'un oranger opaque. Du jamais vu. C'était le jeudi soir.&lt;br /&gt;The light had an opaque orange tinte. Never seen before. This was on Thursday night.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="flickr-caption"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6095523230/" title="The Edible Nasturtium by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6206/6095523230_63028d4534_z.jpg" alt="The Edible Nasturtium" height="484" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="flickr-caption"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Le vendredi, tout était normal. Du soleil, de la chaleur. Tout comme une bonne partie du samedi.&lt;br /&gt;On Friday, everything was normal. Sunshine, warmth. Just like most of Saturday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="flickr-caption"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6095024027/" title="An Irene Kind Of Day by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6062/6095024027_702f274b15_z.jpg" alt="An Irene Kind Of Day" height="523" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="flickr-caption"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Mais le dimanche matin, c'était novembre.&lt;br /&gt;But Sunday morning was reminiscent of November.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="flickr-caption"&gt;&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" height="225" width="400"&gt; &lt;param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&amp;amp;photo_secret=783937ec26&amp;amp;photo_id=6095682888"&gt; &lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377"&gt; &lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"&gt; &lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&amp;amp;photo_secret=783937ec26&amp;amp;photo_id=6095682888" height="225" width="400"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="flickr-caption"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;En prévision du pire, j'avais fait cuire un immense rôti sur le barbecue samedi soir. Heureusement, nous n'avons eu aucune panne de courant et j'avais des restes, beaucoup de restes.&lt;br /&gt;Fearing the worst, I had grilled an enormous roast on the barbecue Saturday night. Thankfully, we didn't lose power and I had leftovers, lots of leftovers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="flickr-caption"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6094990101/" title="Beef Stew by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6089/6094990101_5bcb27f455_b.jpg" alt="Beef Stew" height="768" width="1024" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="flickr-caption"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Assez pour faire une fricassée.&lt;br /&gt;Enough to make stew.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="flickr-caption"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6095537330/" title="A Simple Beef Stew by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6079/6095537330_ac48ef281e_b.jpg" alt="A Simple Beef Stew" height="1024" width="768" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="flickr-caption"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;850 ml de just de légumes, un sachet de soupe à l'oignon, du thym, du sel de mer, du poivre, des petits morceaux de pommes de terre et le boeuf coupé en dés. Faire bouillir jusqu'à ce que la sauce épaississe et réduise et que les pommes de terre soient bien fondantes (s'il le faut, rajouter de l'eau et laisser réduire).&lt;br /&gt;850 ml of vegetable juice, 1 paquet of onion soup, thyme, sea salt, pepper, small pieces of potatoes and cubes of beef. Boil until the sauce thickens and is reduced and the potatoes are very tender (you might have to add water and let the sauce thicken again).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="flickr-caption"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6094987821/" title="White Peach And Blueberry Crumble by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6184/6094987821_0eaca50e48_z.jpg" alt="White Peach And Blueberry Crumble" height="458" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="flickr-caption"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Et comme il y avait une profusion de bleuets et de pêches blanches au frigo, il fallait faire suivre par un crumble. Les pêches n'étaient pas tout à fait à point. Je les ai donc fait fondre un peu dans un sirop fait avec les bleuets, de l'eau et de la cannelle. J'ai mis les fruits dans un plat allant au four et j'ai recouvert d'un mélange de flocons d'avoine (environ 1 tasse), d'un soupçon de farine (environ 1 c. à soupe) et de beurre salé (environ 1/4 de tasse). J'ai fait cuire au four à 375 F pendant 30 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;And since I had quite a bit of blueberries and white peaches in the fridge, I made a crumble. The peaches were not quite ripe, so I cooked them in a syrup made with blueberries, water and cinnamon. I then put the fruit in an ovenproof dish and covered it with a mixture of oat flakes (about a cup), a hint of flour (about 1 tbsp) and butter (about 1/4 cup). I baked the crumble at 375 F for 30 minutes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="flickr-caption"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/6004500725/" title="It's clouds' illusions I recall, I really don't know clouds at all by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6142/6004500725_ebf8490d3f_b.jpg" alt="It's clouds' illusions I recall, I really don't know clouds at all" height="831" width="1024" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="flickr-caption"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Étrange été.&lt;br /&gt;Strange summer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;				&lt;p class="flickr-yourcomment"&gt;	&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-639439868348404790?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/639439868348404790/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=639439868348404790&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/639439868348404790'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/639439868348404790'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/08/before-irene-sunset.html' title='Irene'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6089/6095508332_1a1f4a7d2b_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-6506101117081178794</id><published>2011-07-26T23:46:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-27T00:21:43.021-04:00</updated><title type='text'>chaleur humide</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5947379365/" title="Roasted Pepper Sauce by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6028/5947379365_df773bbee3_z.jpg" alt="Roasted Pepper Sauce" height="516" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Déjà le mois d'août et je n'ai pas vu l'été passer! La vie est comme un tourbillon (ou un plat de spaghettis tout entremêlés)...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5947936332/" title="Linguini With Roasted Pepper Sauce by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6140/5947936332_78bfef59da_z.jpg" alt="Linguini With Roasted Pepper Sauce" height="559" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pour faire cette délicieuse sauce au poivron rouge grillé, il vous faut un gros poivron doux rouge que vous faites griller sur le grill jusqu'à ce qu'il soit légèrement noirci. Retirez-le du feu et laissez-le suer dans une assiette recouverte de film alimentaire pendant une dizaine de minutes. Coupez-le en deux, retirez les semences, puis coupez-le en lanières. Mettez-le, ainsi qu'une grosse dent d'ail, une généreuse c. à soupe de beurre, quelques c. à soupe d'huile d'olive, du sel et du poivre et 125 ml de parmesan râpé dans le robot. Réduire en sauce épaisse et ajouter à des pâtes al dente bien chaudes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5947380063/" title="Garlic And Spanish Smoked Paprika Shrimp With Pasta In Roasted Pepper Sauce by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6025/5947380063_e93488d338_z.jpg" alt="Garlic And Spanish Smoked Paprika Shrimp With Pasta In Roasted Pepper Sauce" height="479" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai servi ces linguini avec des gambas al pilpil (crevettes à l'ail et au paprika fumé espagnol) et le rappel des saveurs était particulièrement bon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5947956268/" title="Where've I Been? by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6015/5947956268_686e969d5c_z.jpg" alt="Where've I Been?" height="524" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le mois de juillet a été particulièrement pénible... la réparation des dégats de l'infiltration d'eau de l'été dernier... le drain avait été changé à l'automne et je voulais marquer une pause avant la réparation pour m'assurer que tout allait bien...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5968599729/" title="Endlessly Stuck by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6028/5968599729_d101e71dd8_z.jpg" alt="Endlessly Stuck" height="531" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les travaux auraient été terminés, n'eusse été de cette chaleur torride qui nous a happé notre énergie... les travaux se sont poursuivis à pas de tortue, la chaleur était accablante. Ils reprendront dans une semaine (pour être terminés en quelques jours, je l'espère!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5977469927/" title="Just Like Yesterday by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6133/5977469927_c9a1283ec3_z.jpg" alt="Just Like Yesterday" height="528" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Entre temps, quand je le peux, c'est la farniente, soit sur la véranda du Manoir Hovey (un déjeuner d'anniversaire étant l'occasion qui fait le larron).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5977470239/" title="Oh So Hot by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6144/5977470239_d86f8ae3ee_z.jpg" alt="Oh So Hot" height="444" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ou sur la terrasse de la Maison McGowan, sur les rives du Memphremagog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5896337438/" title="Dappling Sunlight by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5278/5896337438_83fc7c33a9_z.jpg" alt="Dappling Sunlight" height="454" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ou dans le jardin du petit restaurant terrasse sur les rives du Massawippi. Tous les prétextes sont bons pour échapper à cette chaleur humide.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-6506101117081178794?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/6506101117081178794/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=6506101117081178794&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/6506101117081178794'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/6506101117081178794'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/07/chaleur-humide.html' title='chaleur humide'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6028/5947379365_df773bbee3_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-6559435399494241662</id><published>2011-06-27T09:41:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-27T10:03:44.479-04:00</updated><title type='text'>vive l'été!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5856176455/" title="Iris by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3160/5856176455_0d57d22da6_z.jpg" alt="Iris" height="479" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le temps des iris est déjà révolu...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5778140843/" title="Tiger Swallowtail by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2384/5778140843_cdb5a10937_z.jpg" alt="Tiger Swallowtail" height="462" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;et celui du lilas aussi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5856754316/" title="Poppy by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5152/5856754316_0d663c5f7c_z.jpg" alt="Poppy" height="509" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finis les pavots.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5781063853/" title="Does A Flower Feel Pain When It Blooms? by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3126/5781063853_de48c074b8_z.jpg" alt="Does A Flower Feel Pain When It Blooms?" height="541" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La pluie de mai a été bénéfique pour les roses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5870928775/" title="Strawberry Thief by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3118/5870928775_266fd583d4_z.jpg" alt="Strawberry Thief" height="463" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Et nous voilà de plain pied dans les fraises. J'avais laissé mon panier de fraises sur la table de la véranda et, le lendemain matin, j'ai vu que des voleurs de fraises nous avaient rendu visite. Les oiseaux adorent les fraises et, peut-être parce qu'ils sentaient une affinité pour un autre être ailé, une fraise a été déposée dans le bénitier tenu par l'ange. :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5872608641/" title="Old Montréal Charm by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5116/5872608641_86f7d70a02_z.jpg" alt="Old Montréal Charm" height="640" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Des visites à Montréal en mai et en juin...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5876392419/" title="urban rooftop terrace by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5315/5876392419_914c408530_z.jpg" alt="urban rooftop terrace" height="479" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paysage si différent de mon environnement quotidien.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5861565177/" title="montreal cityscape by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5030/5861565177_f2c5a78bc4_z.jpg" alt="montreal cityscape" height="513" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La différence fait du bien...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5806414701/" title="Hotel Room With A View by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2803/5806414701_727cf1b528_z.jpg" alt="Hotel Room With A View" height="448" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;et me fait me souvenir que je suis née citadine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5868310334/" title="Quintessential Summer by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3050/5868310334_5f79d3f036_z.jpg" alt="Quintessential Summer" height="640" width="551" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mais que mange-t-on sur la véranda à la campagne?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5834017205/" title="Vidalia Onion Tartlett by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2556/5834017205_2affd00299_z.jpg" alt="Vidalia Onion Tartlett" height="480" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Des tartelettes aux oignons doux... (faire caraméliser lentement de fines tranches d'oignon blanc doux dans de l'huile d'olive, ajouter du thym, du sel, du poivre, un petit morceau de cheddar et un soupçon de crème fraîche et garnir les fonds de tartelettes. Cuire au four pendant une quinzaine de minutes).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5876884088/" title="Extend Your Lobster by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5150/5876884088_31c7b18584_z.jpg" alt="Extend Your Lobster" height="479" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;des salades estivales pour conjurer le beau temps...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5876322781/" title="Lobstah by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6058/5876322781_3e8b80f223_z.jpg" alt="Lobstah" height="479" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;et des légumes, beaucoup de légumes...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5752832043/" title="Sunshiny Corn Muffins For A Dull Day by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5069/5752832043_71f1a66dc4_z.jpg" alt="Sunshiny Corn Muffins For A Dull Day" height="493" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;même dans les muffins.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5753377170/" title="Barbecued Rack Of Lamb by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2291/5753377170_89afe23894_z.jpg" alt="Barbecued Rack Of Lamb" height="480" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Et des grillades.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5824900130/" title="Morning Blue by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3447/5824900130_6563ffdaa9_z.jpg" alt="Morning Blue" height="640" width="536" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vive l'été!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-6559435399494241662?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/6559435399494241662/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=6559435399494241662&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/6559435399494241662'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/6559435399494241662'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/06/vive-lete.html' title='vive l&apos;été!'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3160/5856176455_0d57d22da6_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-8674308928149519677</id><published>2011-05-30T10:30:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-30T10:34:59.023-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Les fleurs de ma tendre enfance</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5775587383/" title="The Flowers Of My Youth by Gato-Azul With A Broken Camera, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5182/5775587383_ec93e60b30_z.jpg" alt="The Flowers Of My Youth" height="472" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quand j'étais petite, mon grand-père m'emmenait faire un tour de canot sur le lac à la tombée du jour, mais seulement si je promettais de ne pas parler. Nous glissions silencieusement sur le miroir de l'eau jusqu'au moment où, invariablement, je m'exclamais « des nénuphars! ». Sans dire un mot, mon grand-père dirigeait le canot parmi les bouquets de fleurs pour que je puisse cueillir un nénuphar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je me souviens toujours de l'odeur délicate des nénuphars.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-8674308928149519677?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/8674308928149519677/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=8674308928149519677&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/8674308928149519677'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/8674308928149519677'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/05/les-fleurs-de-ma-tendre-enfance.html' title='Les fleurs de ma tendre enfance'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5182/5775587383_ec93e60b30_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-4525653067153335076</id><published>2011-05-21T12:25:00.008-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-22T10:26:52.126-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Un gâteau princier et un pain du peuple - A royal cake and a folks' bread</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5738971018/" title="sunset by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2094/5738971018_63652e97b7_z.jpg" alt="sunset" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le printemps n'est pas au rendez-vous, les feuilles ont peine à pousser, une bonne partie du Québec est dans la flotte, les gens chassés de leur demeure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Spring just hasn't made it here, leaves are growing at a snail's pace, a large portion of Quebec is dealing with floods, people displaced from their homes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5697565586/" title="Chocolate Biscuit Cake by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5107/5697565586_659e9091b1_z.jpg" alt="Chocolate Biscuit Cake" width="640" height="479" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Comme quelque 2 milliards de Terriens, j'ai regardé le mariage de Will et Kate et j'ai appris qu'un des gâteaux de noces est le fameux &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Chocolate Biscuit Cake&lt;/span&gt; (gâteau aux biscuits et au chocolat). Puisque j'avais la recette dans un livre écrit par l'ancien chef de la princesse Diana, j'ai tenté l'expérience...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Like nearly 2 billion people worldwide, I looked at Will and Kate's wedding and I learned that one of the wedding cakes was the Chocolate Biscuit Cake. Since I had the recipe in a book written by Princess Diana's personal chef, I tried it out.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5728586196/" title="Irish Soda Bread by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3159/5728586196_415ff0f0e8_z.jpg" alt="Irish Soda Bread" width="640" height="520" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Puis, en manque de pain, j'ai finalement fait un Irish Soda Bread (pain irlandais au bicarbonate de soude)... A refaire!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Then, out of bread, I finally made an Irish Soda Bread... this recipe is a keeper!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5728591010/" title="Irish Soda Bread by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5187/5728591010_38f3c8991c_z.jpg" alt="Irish Soda Bread" width="640" height="498" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Délicieux frais du four, avec de la marmelade ou des cretons, ou rôti le lendemain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Delicious fresh from the oven, with marmalade or savoury pork spread, or toasted the next day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5732997496/" title="Life Is A Bowl Of Cherries by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2512/5732997496_e897455cab_z.jpg" alt="Life Is A Bowl Of Cherries" width="640" height="597" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Les premières cerises sont sur nos étals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The season's first cherries are on the market stalls.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5738949614/" title="Quick Fix by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5225/5738949614_93e20feaa9_z.jpg" alt="Quick Fix" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Malgré la température, j'ai planté mon urne de laitues sur la véranda.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Even if the weather is not cooperating, I planted my lettuces on the veranda.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5738404451/" title="The Real Club Sandwich by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2271/5738404451_f45610a99f_z.jpg" alt="The Real Club Sandwich" width="480" height="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Parfaites pour garnir un club sandwich.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Perfect to garnish a club sandwich.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5744100832/" title="103_9721.kdc by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3292/5744100832_00b284f989_z.jpg" alt="103_9721.kdc" width="561" height="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ou un lobster roll (je n'arrive pas à nommer ce sandwich une 'guédille'... ça perd de son charme).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Or a lobster roll.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5743551993/" title="103_9725.kdc by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5023/5743551993_8d68ab9291_z.jpg" alt="103_9725.kdc" width="640" height="559" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L'automne dernier, j'avais 'caché' le fraisier dans un coin abrité du jardin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Last Fall, I had 'hidden' the strawberry plant in a sheltered corner of the garden.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5743552357/" title="103_9744.tif by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2766/5743552357_405c06e187_z.jpg" alt="103_9744.tif" width="640" height="550" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai profité de ma convalescence (un terrible virus m'a mise K.O. au cours des dernières semaines) pour enlever tous les stolons séchés, et les feuilles de l'an dernier. Il a l'air ravi et il est en fleurs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I've been convalescing from a terrible virus that made me terribly ill over the past few weeks, so I sat on the veranda to 'clean up' the plant. It's flowering and it seems happy to be alive.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5744100972/" title="103_9738.tif by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2019/5744100972_863c3672f8_z.jpg" alt="103_9738.tif" width="640" height="471" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les oiseaux mouches sont revenus et ils sont affamés! Même si je n'ai pas l'impression que la belle saison approche, la Nature me donne des indices que malgré le manque de printemps, l'été arrivera un jour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The hummingbirds are back and they're famished! Even if I don't have the feeling that summer is coming, Nature is giving me hints that even though we missed Spring, Summer is around the corner.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5697565982/" title="103_9582.kdc by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3126/5697565982_4a4a48e190.jpg" alt="103_9582.kdc" width="500" height="375" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voici les recettes pour le gâteau princier et le pain irlandais.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Here are the recipes for the royal cake and the Irish soda bread.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;PAIN IRLANDAIS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;IRISH SODA BREAD&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 10px;"&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;450 g / 1 lb / 3 1/2 tasses de farine | &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;450 g / 1 lb / 3 1/2 cups flour&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 c. à café de sucre (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;facultatif&lt;/span&gt; - vous pouvez laisser tomber si vous préférez un pain sans sucre) | &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;1 teaspoon sugar (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style="font-style: italic;"&gt;optional:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; you can absolutely omit this&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; if you prefer sugar free soda bread&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 c. à café de sel | &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;1 teaspoon salt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 c. à café de bicarbonate de soude | &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;1teaspoon bicarbonate of soda&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Entre 200-300 ml / 8-10 onces liquids de babeurre, de lait sur ou de lait ordinaire | &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Between 200-300 ml / 8-10 fluid ounces buttermilk, sour / soured milk, or  plain ("sweet") milk, to mix&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Tamiser les ingrédients secs ensemble au moins une ou deux fois pour vous assurer que le bicarbonate de soude est réparti uniformément. Mettre les ingrédients secs dans un grand saladier et faire un puits dans le centre. Verser environ les trois quarts du lait et commencer à mélanger. Vous devez obtenir une pâte qui est chiffonée et très molle, mais elle doit avoir des morceaux secs et farineux, tout en étant très molle quand vous pesez dessus. Ajouter plus de liquide en très petite quantité si vous pensez qu'il en faut, car la température et l'humidité ambiantes, la capacité d'absorption de la farine peuvent avoir une incidence. | &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Sift the dry ingredients together at least once or twice to make  sure the bicarbonate of soda is evenly distributed. Put the sifted dry  ingredients in a good big bowl (you want stirring room) and make a well in the  center. Pour about three-quarters of the buttermilk or sour milk or whatever in,  and start stirring. You are trying to achieve a dough that is raggy and very  soft, but the lumps and rags of it should look dryish and "floury", while still  being extremely squishy if you poke them. Add more liquid sparingly if you think  you need it. (You may need more or less according to conditions: local humidity  and temperature, the absorptiveness of the flour you're using, etc.) Turn the contents of the bowl onto a lightly floured board or work surface and start to knead. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style="font-style: italic;" class="norm"&gt;Mélanger rapidement (sans user de trop de force!) jusqu'à ce que la masse se forme dans une consistance très molle mais qu'elle ait des morceaux à l'apparence sèche et farineuse. Ajouter plus de liquide parcimonieusement si vous estimez qu'il le faut. (Il vous en faudra plus ou moins selon les conditions atmosphériques, humidité et température et la capacité d'absorption de la farine.) Mettre la masse de pâte à pain sur une surface enfariné et commencer à pétrir. La préoccupation est de travailler rapidement puisque la réaction chimique du bicarbonate et du babeurre a débuté dès qu'ils ont été mélangés ensemble et vous voulez que la réaction chimique se poursuive dans le four. Il ne faut pas surpétrir... il faut tout simplement que la boule de pâte se tienne ensemble, donc il ne faut pas pétrir plus que 30 secondes et même moins, si possible. S'il le faut, enfarinez vos mains. |  The chief concern here is speed: the chemical reaction of the  bicarb with the buttermilk started as soon as they met, and you want to get the  bread into the oven while the reaction is still running on "high".  Don't overknead!&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;You should not spend more than half a minute or so  kneading... the less time, the better.&lt;/strong&gt; Fifteen seconds may well be  enough, because you &lt;em&gt;don't&lt;/em&gt; want to develop the gluten in the flour at  all. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;if the dough is somewhat sticky: flour your hands, and the  dough, and keep going as quickly as you can.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Aplatir la masse dans une forme de dôme d'environ 6-8 po de diamètre et mettre sur la plaque à cuisson légèrement enfarinée. Utiliser un couteau pour faire une croix profonde sur le dessus du pain jusqu'à la moitié de la hauteur du pain pour qu'il "fleurisse" en cuisant. | Flatten &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;the lump of dough to a slightly domed  circle or flat hemisphere about 6-8 inches in diameter, and put it on the baking  sheet (which should be dusted lightly with flour first). Then use a very sharp  knife to &lt;strong&gt;cut a cross right across the circle.&lt;/strong&gt; The cuts should  go about halfway down through the sides of the circle of dough, so that the loaf  will "flower" properly.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enfourner dans un four préchauffé à 400-450 F. Ne pas trop manipuler puisque les bulles dans la pâte sont vulnérables à ce stade. |&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; Put the cake's baking sheet into the preheated oven. Handle it lightly and  don't jar it: the CO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sub style="font-style: italic;"&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;bubbles in the dough are vulnerable at this  point of the process.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Ne pas déranger le pain, ni ouvrir la porte du four pour le vérifier! Faire cuire à 400-450 F pendant 45 minutes. Au bout de 45 minutes prendre la miche et tapoter l'envers... elle doit sonner creux. Pour une croûte très croustillante, laisser refroidir sur une grille. Pour une croûte plus molle, recouvrir d'un linge dès que la miche est sortie du four. | Let the bread alone, and don't peek at it! It  should bake for 45 minutes at 400-450° F.  At the end of 45 minutes, pick up the loaf and &lt;strong&gt;tap the  bottom. A hollow-ish sound means it's done.&lt;/strong&gt; For a very crunchy crust,  put on a rack to cool. For a softer crust, as above, wrap the cake in a clean  dishcloth as soon as it comes out of the oven.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;GATEAU AUX BISCUITS ET AU CHOCOLAT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;CHOCOLATE BISCUIT CAKE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1/2 c. à café de beurre pour beurrer le moule | &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;1/2 teaspoon of butter to grease the mould&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8 onces de biscuits McVities rich tea biscuits | &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;8 ounces of McVities rich tea biscuits&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4 c. à table de beurre doux | &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;4 tablespoons of unsalted butter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1/2 tasse de sucre | &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;1/2 cup of sugar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4 onces de chocolat foncé | &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;4 ounces of dark chocolate&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 oeuf battu | &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;1 beaten egg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8 onces de chocolat foncé pour glacer le gâteau | &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;8 ounces of dark chocolate for icing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 once de chocolat blanc pour la décoration | &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;1 ounce of white chocolate for decorating&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beurrer un petit moule (environ 6 x 2 1/2 po) avec 1/2 c. à café de beurre et le mettre sur une plaque recouverte de papier parchemin. Briser chaque biscuit en morceaux de la taille d'une amande et réserver. Crémer le beurre et le sucre dans un saladier jusqu'à ce que le mélange soit jaune clair. | &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Lightly grease a small (approx. 6 x 2 1/2 in.) cake ring with 1/2 teaspoon butter and place on a parchment-^lined tray. Break each biscuit into almond-sized pieces and set aside. Cream the butter and sugar in a bowl until the mixture is a light lemon color.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Faire fondre 4 onces de chocolat dans un bain-marie. Ajouter le mélange de beurre et de sucre en mélangeant constamment. Ajouter l'oeuf et continuer à mélanger. Ajouter les morceaux de biscuits et mélanger jusqu'à ce qu'ils soient complètement enduits de chocolat. | &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Melt the 4 ounces of dark chocolate in a double boiler. Add the butter and sugar mixture, stirring constantly. Add the egg and continue stirring, Fold in the biscuit pieces until they are all coated with the chocolate mixture.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mettre le mélange dans le moule en remplissant tous les recoins. Réfrigérer au moins 3 heures. | &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Spoon the mixture into the prepared cake ring. Fill in all the gaps. Chill the cake in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Retirer le gâteau du réfrigérateur et laisser réchauffer pendant que vous faites fondre les 8 onces de chocolat foncé du glaçage. Glisser le gâteau du fond du moule et placer sur une grille. Verser le chocolat fondu sur le dessus en le laissant couler sur les côtés, puis lisser le chocolat à l'aide d'un couteau. Laisser durcir à la température de la pièce. Transférer le gâteau sur un plat à service et décorer du chocolat blanc fondu (ou faites comme moi, et décorer avec des fraises fraîches). | &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Remove the cake from the refrigerator and let it stand while you melt the 8 ounces of dark chocolate. Slide the ring off the cake and turn upside down on a cooling rack. Pour the melted chocolate on top, letting it drizzle on the sides and smooth the top and sides. Let set at room temperature and place on a serving tray. Decorate with melted white chocolate (or with fresh strawberries, like I did).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-4525653067153335076?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/4525653067153335076/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=4525653067153335076&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/4525653067153335076'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/4525653067153335076'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/05/un-gateau-princier-et-un-pain-du-peuple.html' title='Un gâteau princier et un pain du peuple - A royal cake and a folks&apos; bread'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2094/5738971018_63652e97b7_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-6841025392783338183</id><published>2011-05-07T11:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-07T11:51:00.072-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Sans légende - Untitled</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5694877380/" title=":-)))) by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5268/5694877380_38fd8a929f_b.jpg" alt=":-))))" width="882" height="1024" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ils sont à l'heure&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;They're on time&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-6841025392783338183?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/6841025392783338183/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=6841025392783338183&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/6841025392783338183'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/6841025392783338183'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/05/sans-legende-untitled.html' title='Sans légende - Untitled'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5268/5694877380_38fd8a929f_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-9029711176310432005</id><published>2011-05-04T10:54:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-04T12:46:51.058-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Mouille, mouille Paradis</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5687366276/" title="ODC Song Title by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5108/5687366276_46194e0c73.jpg" alt="ODC Song Title" width="446" height="500" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les jours ensoleillés se font rares, il pleut. Mais au moins ce n'est pas de la neige!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Sunny days are few and far between, it's raining. But at least, it's not snow!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5677679555/" title="The Incredible Beauty Of Sunkissed Leaves by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5268/5677679555_e6801a2813_z.jpg" alt="The Incredible Beauty Of Sunkissed Leaves" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5678209544/" title="Dinner On A Terrace Grand Opening by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5222/5678209544_62f31d62f7_z.jpg" alt="Dinner On A Terrace Grand Opening" width="640" height="463" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Du moment qu'il brille, c'est terrasse pour le dîner. Si vous passez à Ayer's Cliff, n'hésitez pas à aller manger un steak frites à l'hôtel Ayer's Cliff sur la rue Principale.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;When the sun shines, we make a bee-line to a terrace for dinner. If you're driving through Ayer's Cliff, don't hesitate to stop at the Ayer's Cliff Hotel to eat a plate of steak and fries.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5685012925/" title="Sad Tuesday by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5246/5685012925_e1df26219d_z.jpg" alt="Sad Tuesday" width="640" height="416" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Avec toute cette grisaille, j'ai des envies de jaune!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;All this grey makes me yearn for yellow!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5686580815/" title="Folded French Omelet by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5269/5686580815_5d43f2ea41_z.jpg" alt="Folded French Omelet" width="640" height="479" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Une simple omelette (2 oeufs, une touche de crème légère, des oignons de printemps émincés, des cubes de jambon, un peu de fromage) fait le contre point.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;A simple omelette (2 eggs, a hint of light cream, minced spring onions, diced ham and some cheese) acts as a counterpoint.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-9029711176310432005?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/9029711176310432005/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=9029711176310432005&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/9029711176310432005'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/9029711176310432005'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/05/mouille-mouille-paradis.html' title='Mouille, mouille Paradis'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5108/5687366276_46194e0c73_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-2121176730943218720</id><published>2011-04-28T22:29:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-29T09:42:45.346-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Gâteau au macis | Mace Cake</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5667793754/" title="19-04-2012 by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5225/5667793754_dc50682229_b.jpg" alt="19-04-2012" width="740" height="1024" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enfin! Un peu de chaleur. Assez pour mettre quelques fleurs sur la véranda. Il ne manque que le soleil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Finally! A bit of warm weather. Enough to put some flowers on the veranda.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Now all we need is some sunshine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5580173584/" title="Sundial by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5181/5580173584_57e5bfaa0c_z.jpg" alt="Sundial" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Et un peu de temps pour préparer une recette que j'avais dénichée sur Epicurious et qui me faisait de l'oeil depuis un bon moment... un gâteau au macis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;And a bit of time to prepare a recipe I'd seen on Epicurious that had been teasing me for quite a while... a mace cake.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5669748240/" title="Mace Cake - Quatre-quarts au macis by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5101/5669748240_9e02827523_z.jpg" alt="Mace Cake - Quatre-quarts au macis" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ingrédients&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul class="ingredientsList"&gt;&lt;li&gt;4 gros oeufs | 4 large eggs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="ingredient"&gt;2 1/2 tasses de sucre | 2 1/2 cups sugar&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="ingredient"&gt;2 tasses de farine | 2 cups all-purpose flour&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="ingredient"&gt;2 c. à thé de poudre à pâte | 2 teaspoons baking powder&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="ingredient"&gt;1/2 c. à thé de sel | 1/2 teaspoon salt&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="ingredient"&gt;1 c. à table et 1/2 c. à thé de macis moulu | 1 tablespoon plus 1/2 teaspoon ground mace&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="ingredient"&gt;1 tasse de lait entier | 1 cup whole milk&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="ingredient"&gt;1/2 tasse de beurre doux | 1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p class="instruction"&gt;                                  Préchauffer le four à 350 F. Beurrer et enfariner un moule de 13 po par 9 po. | Preheat oven to  350°F. Butter and flour a 13- by 9-inch baking pan, knocking out excess  flour.             &lt;/p&gt;                                   &lt;p class="instruction"&gt;                                  Battre les oeufs et 2 tasses de sucre jusqu'à ce que le volume triple (7-8 minutes avec un robot culinaire ou 14-16 minutes avec une moulinette) | Beat eggs with 2 cups sugar in a large bowl using an  electric mixer at high speed until tripled in volume (7 to 8 minutes in a stand mixer or 14 to 16 with a handheld).             &lt;/p&gt;                                   &lt;p class="instruction"&gt;                                  Mélanger la farine, le sel, la poudre à pâte et le macis dans un bol. | Whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and 1 tablespoon mace.             &lt;/p&gt;                                   &lt;p class="instruction"&gt;                                  Chauffer le lait et le beurre jusqu'au point d'ébullition et retirer du feu | Bring milk and butter to a boil in a small heavy saucepan, then remove from heat.             &lt;/p&gt;                                   &lt;p class="instruction"&gt;                                  Add flour mixture to egg mixture, stirring until just  combined. Stir in hot milk mixture until combined (batter will be thin).             &lt;/p&gt;                                   &lt;p class="instruction"&gt;                                  Mélanger ensemble le reste du sucre (1/2 tasse) et 1/2 c. à thé de macis dans un petit bol. | Stir together remaining 1/2 cup sugar and remaining 1/2 teaspoon mace in a small bowl.             &lt;/p&gt;                                   &lt;p class="instruction"&gt;                                  Verser l'appareil dans le moule et saupoudrer le sucre et le macis sur le dessus (le sucre formera une croûte à la cuisson). Cuire jusqu'à ce que le gâteau soit doré et qu'un couteau inséré au centre ressorte sans pâte, environ 25-30 minutes. | Pour batter into baking pan and sprinkle evenly with  mace sugar. (Sugar will form a crust as cake bakes.) Bake until pale  golden and a wooden pick or skewer inserted in center comes out clean,  25 to 30 minutes.             &lt;/p&gt;                                   &lt;p class="instruction"&gt;                                  Laisser refroidir le gâteau dans le moule sur une grille, au moins 30 minutes. Couper en carrés et servir tiède ou à température de la pièce. | Cool cake in pan on a rack until warm, at least 30  minutes. Cut into squares and serve warm or at room temperature.             &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5428811550/" title="heart of a tulip by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5216/5428811550_2cd8612112_z.jpg" alt="heart of a tulip" width="640" height="512" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C'est ce gâteau que j'utiliserai dorénavant pour faire mes shortcakes. Si vous aimez le macis, vous raffolerez de ce gâteau.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;This is the cake I'll use from now on to make a shortcake. If you like mace, you'll really love this cake.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-2121176730943218720?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/2121176730943218720/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=2121176730943218720&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/2121176730943218720'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/2121176730943218720'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/04/gateau-au-macis-mace-cake.html' title='Gâteau au macis | Mace Cake'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5225/5667793754_dc50682229_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-1088461021279295882</id><published>2011-04-27T01:22:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-27T01:51:32.645-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='a#'/><title type='text'>Une pissaladière en attendant le printemps</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5601236340/" title="Pissaladière by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5023/5601236340_8fb7dfd799_z.jpg" alt="Pissaladière" width="640" height="477" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L'autre après-midi, pendant que je faisais les courses, j'ai eu une fringale et je suis arrêtée chez une boulangère en ville. Sa pissaladière m'a fait de l'oeil, j'en ai pris une tranche et le lendemain j'en ai préparé une à la maison. C'était bon, ça donnait le goût du beau temps, de la chaleur de l'été... le rêve, en somme!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5635778403/" title="Hey Hey The Gang's All Here... by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5142/5635778403_2833580b21_z.jpg" alt="Hey Hey The Gang's All Here..." width="640" height="561" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Faut dire que quand nous ne sommes pas enveloppés de nuages de flocons, nous pateaugeons dans l'eau! Nous aurons peut-être un peu de chaleur... plus tard cette semaine... mais nous n'y sommes pas encore!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5635761123/" title="A Scottish Beauty by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5268/5635761123_404846abd8_z.jpg" alt="A Scottish Beauty" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;grrrrrr!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5638504730/" title="Sun Worship by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5148/5638504730_59f566679e_z.jpg" alt="Sun Worship" width="640" height="457" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cette température m'afflige d'une envie irrésistible de dormir!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5635743707/" title="I Have Never Shot One Of These Before by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5189/5635743707_f6b03d7acc_z.jpg" alt="I Have Never Shot One Of These Before" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Même Pâques n'avait pas l'air de Pâques, même s'il y avait du chocolat... et des lapins!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5655772194/" title="Accumulated Chocolate by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5225/5655772194_ab2a0f5526_z.jpg" alt="Accumulated Chocolate" width="426" height="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dans la lumière glauque du printemps absent, même les chocolats semblent mornes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5659377146/" title="Confusion... by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5061/5659377146_ec5c431f13_z.jpg" alt="Confusion..." width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;... pourtant nous avons bien ri quand quelqu'un s'est mépris et a croqué à belles dents dans mon trompe l'oeil placé discrètement sur les oeufs en chocolat... heureusement, la personne a recraché les oreilles quand elle s'est aperçue que le lapin était en... plâtre! ;-P&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5655223167/" title="Tilting Towards Spring by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5221/5655223167_6ca2aaf0f6_z.jpg" alt="Tilting Towards Spring" width="640" height="517" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En mal de soleil et de couleurs, j'ai acheté quelques fleurs pour orner la véranda... ces mufliers sentent bon!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5655232005/" title="Nature's Treasures by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5227/5655232005_9dd7e1bd9b_z.jpg" alt="Nature's Treasures" width="640" height="492" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les marguerites sont roses...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5604607890/" title="For Every Beauty... by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4100/5604607890_5d3084d55f_z.jpg" alt="For Every Beauty..." width="640" height="524" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les roses sont éblouissantes...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5619669806/" title="Lilac Buds by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5107/5619669806_05497a8619_z.jpg" alt="Lilac Buds" width="640" height="542" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Et les bourgeons n'en finissent pas de bourgeonner!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5600552725/" title="Pissaladière by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5103/5600552725_e6b722a75f_z.jpg" alt="Pissaladière" width="594" height="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Assez de doléances! Voici la recette pour la pissaladière... Prenez une pâte feuilletée du commerce que vous étalez finement sur une plaque de cuisson... faites un ourlet sur le pourtour. Dans une poêle, faire chauffer de l'huile d'olive et faites fondre des tranches fines d'oignon lentement. Ajoutez une bonne quantité de thym séché, du sel, du poivre et des lanières très fines de poivron rouge. Lorsque les légumes sont bien fondus, les étaler sur la pâte feuilletée et enfourner dans un four préchauffé à 200 c (400 F) pendant une quinzaine de minutes. Sortir du four, parsemer d'olives et de filets d'anchois. Déguster en rêvant au printemps.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5599257544/" title="Nature by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5106/5599257544_fb2551973f.jpg" alt="Nature" width="500" height="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-1088461021279295882?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/1088461021279295882/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=1088461021279295882&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/1088461021279295882'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/1088461021279295882'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/04/une-pissaladiere-en-attendant-le.html' title='Une pissaladière en attendant le printemps'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5023/5601236340_8fb7dfd799_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-4428451065593675830</id><published>2011-04-06T23:43:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-06T23:51:29.745-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Soupe chaude et consistante</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5592143528/" title="Recipe For Quintessential Summer Food by Elle @ Gato-Azul (buried under work), on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5092/5592143528_90ee0a9604_z.jpg" alt="Recipe For Quintessential Summer Food" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fait froid! Il neigeote! Pas le moindre crocus à l'horizon! Le temps des soupes chaudes et consistantes est revenu... Le New England Clam Chowder... Facile comme tout à faire. Prendre 3 tranches de bacon (ou des lardons) coupées en dés, 1 oignon blanc coupé en dés, 1 grosse pomme de terre Russet (ou Charlotte), 1 boîte de palourdes, 1 tasse de crème légère, du thym séché, du sel de mer, du poivre noir fraîchement moulu. Faire revenir le bacon jusqu'à ce qu'ils soit bien doré, réserver. Retirer le surplus de gras de la poêle, ajouter l'oignon et faire sauter jusqu'à ce qu'il soit transparent. Retourner le bacon, ajouter les dés de pomme de terre et suffisamment d'eau pour couvrir. Faire bouillir jusqu'à ce que les pommes de terre soient bien tendre (ajouter de l'eau au besoin). Ajouter les palourdes et leur jus, la crème, le thym, le sel, le poivre et laisser mijoter doucement quelques minutes. Servir dans un grand bol, emmitoufflée dans un jeté pour être bien au chaud.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5576798964/" title="Security Archetypes by Elle @ Gato-Azul (buried under work), on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5066/5576798964_35c8a30e1a_z.jpg" alt="Security Archetypes" width="640" height="586" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-4428451065593675830?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/4428451065593675830/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=4428451065593675830&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/4428451065593675830'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/4428451065593675830'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/04/soupe-chaude-et-consistante.html' title='Soupe chaude et consistante'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5092/5592143528_90ee0a9604_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-4452300260965971103</id><published>2011-04-03T12:59:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-03T13:19:39.295-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hollandaise parfaite - Perfect Hollandaise</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5582124155/" title="Did You Call Me A Pipsqueak? by Elle @ Gato-Azul (buried under work), on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5064/5582124155_6b006cc591_b.jpg" alt="Did You Call Me A Pipsqueak?" width="820" height="1024" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les asperges, c'est bon! Mais c'est encore meilleur avec une hollandaise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Asparagus are delicious! But they're even better with some hollandaise sauce.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5585229375/" title="103_8765.kdc by Elle @ Gato-Azul (buried under work), on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5135/5585229375_0cd2b333a2.jpg" alt="103_8765.kdc" width="500" height="375" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En faisant la sauce hollandaise hier soir, j'ai eu une idée de génie :-) Plutôt que d'utiliser la cuiller ou le fouet, pourquoi ne pas utiliser ma giraffe? Le résultat a été concluant. En moins de temps qu'il faut pour dire «hollandaise» elle était prête!  J'aime que la hollandaise soit «prise», je n'aime pas qu'elle soit liquide. Ma recette? Je prends l'équivalent de 3 fois le volume du jaune d'oeuf et le jus d'un citron. Je fais chauffer le jus de citron et les 2/3 du beurre jusqu'au seuil du bouillonnement, je retire le chaudron du poêle, j'ajoute le jaune d'oeuf et le reste de beurre (froid) et je la «travaille» (cette fois-ci avec la giraffe)... et c'est prêt!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;While I was making the hollandaise sauce last evening, I got a brilliant idea :-) Rather than using a spoon or the whisk, why not use the giraffe (hand held blender)? The results were conclusive. In less time than it takes to say "hollandaise" it was ready! I like a hollandaise sauce that is "set", I don't like it to be liquid. My recipe? I take the equivalent of 3 times the volume in butter of the egg yolk and the juice from a lemon. I heat the lemon juice and 2/3 of the butter in a saucepan just until it reaches near boiling point. I remove the saucepan from the heat and add the remaining third of (cold) butter and the egg yolk. Then I "work" the sauce (this time with the giraffe)... and it's ready!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-4452300260965971103?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/4452300260965971103/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=4452300260965971103&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/4452300260965971103'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/4452300260965971103'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/04/hollandaise-parfaite-perfect.html' title='Hollandaise parfaite - Perfect Hollandaise'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5064/5582124155_6b006cc591_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-5175602931013234956</id><published>2011-04-02T17:20:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-02T17:24:01.508-04:00</updated><title type='text'>En attendant le printemps -- While Waiting For Spring</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5577747813/" title="Rapture Beam by Elle @ Gato-Azul (buried under work), on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5104/5577747813_835384c37a_b.jpg" alt="Rapture Beam" width="912" height="1024" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Une petite pause musicale en attendant le printemps?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;A musical pause while waiting for Spring?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ecrE80rnjhw" allowfullscreen="" width="480" frameborder="0" height="390"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Coltrane/Hartman&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-5175602931013234956?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/5175602931013234956/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=5175602931013234956&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/5175602931013234956'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/5175602931013234956'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/04/en-attendant-le-printemps-while-waiting.html' title='En attendant le printemps -- While Waiting For Spring'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5104/5577747813_835384c37a_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-6262964424928264271</id><published>2011-04-01T16:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-01T16:33:03.499-04:00</updated><title type='text'>En manque d'idées pour le poisson d'avril? Looking For April Fool's Pranks?</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4QlqONkIwBw" allowfullscreen="" width="640" frameborder="0" height="390"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-6262964424928264271?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/6262964424928264271/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=6262964424928264271&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/6262964424928264271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/6262964424928264271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/04/en-manque-didees-pour-le-poisson-davril.html' title='En manque d&apos;idées pour le poisson d&apos;avril? Looking For April Fool&apos;s Pranks?'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/4QlqONkIwBw/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-4166182189706392230</id><published>2011-03-27T20:20:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-03-27T20:47:14.792-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Panais glacés au sirop d'érable - Maple Glazed Parsnips</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5556993223/" title="ODC (Gates) Wide Open by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5094/5556993223_0d0095e66e_z.jpg" alt="ODC (Gates) Wide Open" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un légume-racine parfait pour ce début de printemps déguisé en hiver.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;A perfect root vegetable for spring disguised as winter.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5565308799/" title="Maple Glazed Parsnips by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5270/5565308799_2296ccf612_z.jpg" alt="Maple Glazed Parsnips" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;PANAIS GLACÉS AU SIROP D'ÉRABLE&lt;br /&gt;MAPLE GLAZED PARSNIPS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;adapté d'une recette de Williams-Sonoma&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 tasses de panais pelés, coupés en bâtonnets | 2 cups of peeled parsnips, cut into sticks&lt;br /&gt;2 c. à table de beurre salé | 2 tablespoons of salted butter&lt;br /&gt;1 tasse de bouillon de poulet | 1 cup of chicken broth&lt;br /&gt;2 c. à soupe de sirop d'érable | 2 tablespoons maple syrup&lt;br /&gt;1 c. à café de thym séché | 1 teaspoon dried thyme&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Faire fondre le beurre dans une poêle, ajouter les bâtonnets de panais et disposer dans une seule épaisseur. Cuire à feu moyen jusqu'à ce qu'ils soient bien dorés sur une face. Ne pas remuer. | Melt the butter in a skillet, add the parsnip sticks and place in a single layer. Cook over medium heat until they are quite golden on one side. Do not turn the parsnips.&lt;br /&gt;Ajouter le bouillon de poulet, le sirop d'érable et le thym. Cuire jusqu'à ce que le liquide soit presque complètement réduit et les panais bien cuits. | Add the chicken stock, the maple syrup and the thyme until the liquid is nearly all reduced and the parsnips cooked through.&lt;br /&gt;Garnir d'un peu de persil et servir aussitôt. | Garnish with minced parsley and serve at once.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5561818144/" title="Spring: Snow &amp;amp; Icicles by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5303/5561818144_e50fc87992.jpg" alt="Spring: Snow &amp;amp; Icicles" width="500" height="361" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Comme un rideau de stalactites, les glaçons ornent la véranda.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Like a stalactite curtain, icicles decorate the veranda.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5556907295/" title="pretty boy by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5260/5556907295_e93172f6dc_z.jpg" alt="pretty boy" width="640" height="552" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pourtant, le cardinal chante la pomme à sa belle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Even so, the cardinal is courting his ladybird.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-4166182189706392230?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/4166182189706392230/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=4166182189706392230&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/4166182189706392230'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/4166182189706392230'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/03/panais-glaces-au-sirop-derable-maple.html' title='Panais glacés au sirop d&apos;érable - Maple Glazed Parsnips'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5094/5556993223_0d0095e66e_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-5955263375659080305</id><published>2011-03-23T19:38:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2011-03-25T10:20:59.628-04:00</updated><title type='text'>où va le temps? How Time Flies!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5530126811/" title="103_8010.tif by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5300/5530126811_4d61987c85_z.jpg" alt="103_8010.tif" width="640" height="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Au risque de sembler complètement désorganisée, je vous montre la bande d'oursons qui ornait le sapin de Noël... eh oui, nous avons comme habitude de garder le sapin (artificiel, quand même) jusqu'à la St-Valentin mais cette année... traductions, maladie dans la famille, grande fatigue et nous nous retrouvons au printemps avec un attroupement d'oursons sur la table! Je pensais pouvoir les mettre au dodo demain, mais deux avalanches de textes à traduire sont tombées sur ma tête!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;At the risk of seeming completely disorganized, I'm posting a picture of the Teddy Bear gang whose members populated the Christmas tree... yup, we keep the (artificial) tree up until Valentine's day, but this year... with translations, illness in the family, overwhelming fatigue and here we are into spring with a gang of teddy bears on the table! I thought of putting them away tomorrow, but I just got two avalanches of texts to translate that fell on my head!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5543000480/" title="Perigee (Super) Moon by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5019/5543000480_4210f5ec29_b.jpg" alt="Perigee (Super) Moon" width="799" height="761" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je dois être un peu lunatique aussi car samedi dernier, j'ai été prendre cette photo de la «supermoon» à 5h du matin sur la véranda. Laissez-moi vous dire que c'était un peu frisquet!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;I must be a bit of a lunatic too because last Saturday I took this picture of the supermoon at 5 in the morning on the veranda. It was darned cold outside!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5534182675/" title="My Mother's Last Gift by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5297/5534182675_d165d381b4.jpg" alt="My Mother's Last Gift" width="359" height="500" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pas d'innovation à la cuisine... des carrés aux dattes pour faire face au froid.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;No innovations in the kitchen... date squares to combat frigid weather.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5541211356/" title="ODC SOOC (Straight Out Of The Camera) by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5100/5541211356_fd82e836f4.jpg" alt="ODC SOOC (Straight Out Of The Camera)" width="375" height="500" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un poussin de cornouailles farci, cuit en cocotte.&lt;br /&gt;Stuffed cornish hens in an earthenware cocotte.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5543530929/" title="Hope For Spring Is Eternal by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5131/5543530929_c794a8542a.jpg" alt="Hope For Spring Is Eternal" width="500" height="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai toutefois célébré l'arrivée du printemps, en installant les coussins des chaises, mais je n'en ai pas trop profité...&lt;br /&gt;I managed to celebrate spring's arrival by setting up the cushions on the chairs on the veranda, but somehow I haven't quite gotten to sit out there yet...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5544505901/" title="Close-Up Of The Fox In The Garden by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5136/5544505901_5f8db06fe8_z.jpg" alt="Close-Up Of The Fox In The Garden" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La faune est très active au jardin. Il y a de la compétition maintenant... deux chats énormes, un raton laveur éléphantesque...&lt;br /&gt;Lots of action in the garden. The fox has some competition now... two humongous cats and a gigantic racoon...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5545084058/" title="Fox In The Garden by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5058/5545084058_c59cc32c91.jpg" alt="Fox In The Garden" width="500" height="365" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;alors mon bel ami repart bredouille dans sa tanière, au grand galop.&lt;br /&gt;so my beautiful friend hotfoots it back to its den.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5537043017/" title="All Alone On A Plate by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5137/5537043017_6ffc72384b_z.jpg" alt="All Alone On A Plate" width="640" height="479" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dès que j'aurai réglé le problème des oursons, je refais surface... à bientôt!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-5955263375659080305?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/5955263375659080305/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=5955263375659080305&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/5955263375659080305'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/5955263375659080305'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/03/ou-va-le-temps.html' title='où va le temps? How Time Flies!'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5300/5530126811_4d61987c85_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-7955933884171726231</id><published>2011-03-14T19:14:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-03-14T19:25:00.733-04:00</updated><title type='text'>besoin de réconfort</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5522694794/" title="Caught! (ODC Latch) by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5256/5522694794_a1b83f6220_z.jpg" alt="Caught! (ODC Latch)" width="640" height="577" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Besoin de l'innocence de l'enfance... devant les images effroyables à la télévision, je suis à la recherche de réconfort. Et vous?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5521439534/" title="L Is For Lamb by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5218/5521439534_df782d29c7.jpg" alt="L Is For Lamb" width="361" height="500" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enfin, aujourd'hui il fait assez doux pour cuire de l'agneau sur le barbecue installé sur la véranda... mais rien n'est gagné à l'avance... la neige pourrait nous surprendre à nouveau! Bonne nouvelle, on a commencé à entailler les érables. Recette d'agneau? Simple comme bonjour: un carré d'agneau enduit d'ail, de romarin, de moutarde de Dijon, de sel de mer et de poivre concassé et hop sur le barbecue pendant une quinzaine de minutes sur chaque face. Servir avec des tomates farcies au pain rassis assaisonné d'ail, de thym et de persil, lié avec du jus de tomates, et une bonne ration de cheddar râpé. Mettre au four jusqu'à ce que la chair des tomates soit tendre et le fromage bien fondu.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-7955933884171726231?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/7955933884171726231/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=7955933884171726231&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/7955933884171726231'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/7955933884171726231'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/03/besoin-de-reconfort.html' title='besoin de réconfort'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5256/5522694794_a1b83f6220_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-7973729500011595549</id><published>2011-03-12T14:45:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-03-12T14:51:54.547-05:00</updated><title type='text'>une vie de chat choyé</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5519734697/" title="Simple Pleasures by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5013/5519734697_cd87e5b774_z.jpg" width="640" height="444" alt="Simple Pleasures" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Semaine de crotte! Entre la neige, la pluie, le verglas, les tracasseries hivernales et la mégatragédie au Japon, c'est une semaine à oublier le plus rapidement possible! Installée chez moi dans le confort d'une maison chauffée, tasse de thé réconfortante à la main, je vois des images terrifiantes à la télévision. À côté de la force incroyable de la nature, nous sommes bien peu de choses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5510814393/" title="It's A Cat's Life by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5014/5510814393_93377d0c36_z.jpg" width="640" height="500" alt="It's A Cat's Life" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je pense que certains chats sont choyés dans la vie.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-7973729500011595549?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/7973729500011595549/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=7973729500011595549&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/7973729500011595549'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/7973729500011595549'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/03/une-vie-de-chat-choye.html' title='une vie de chat choyé'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5013/5519734697_cd87e5b774_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-18913682178232971</id><published>2011-03-08T01:32:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-03-08T01:45:28.475-05:00</updated><title type='text'>NEIGE</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5494593782/" title="Feliz With The Runny Nose by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5135/5494593782_85bc0b3024_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="Feliz With The Runny Nose" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un temps pour attraper le rhume!&lt;br /&gt;It's cold season!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5506892612/" title="Nearly (half)way up the window at half-time by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5258/5506892612_393d8be185_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="Nearly (half)way up the window at half-time" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ce matin, au réveil, j'ai pu apercevoir que la neige s'était accumulée durant la nuit... et combien!&lt;br /&gt;This morning when I woke up, I saw how the snow had fallen during the night... quite a bit!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5507064174/" title="Looking Out The Front Door by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5100/5507064174_1fa4988c13_z.jpg" width="480" height="640" alt="Looking Out The Front Door" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En ouvrant la porte, j'ai reculé!&lt;br /&gt;I was taken aback when I opened the door!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5506466439/" title="Where's the car???? by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5213/5506466439_70154d0954_z.jpg" width="640" height="407" alt="Where's the car????" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seul indice qu'il y a une voiture sous la neige, le rétroviseur.&lt;br /&gt;Thankfully there's a side mirror to the car to let me find it again under the snow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5504307368/" title="Shelling Peas by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5058/5504307368_6e327a0940_z.jpg" width="479" height="640" alt="Shelling Peas" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pas moyen de sortir... beaucoup de temps pour écosser des pois.&lt;br /&gt;No way to go out... lots of time to shell peas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5503709445/" title="Petits pois à la française (French Green Peas) by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5133/5503709445_c25eb3e188_z.jpg" width="640" height="463" alt="Petits pois à la française (French Green Peas)" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pour faire des petits pois à la française. Comment? Faire bouillir les petits pois dans de l'eau salée pendant 5 minutes. Égoutter. Faire sauter une petite quantité de dés de lardons (ou de bacon), ajouter de la laitue en chiffonade et faire tomber, puis assaisoner d'une pincée de sucre. Ajouter les petits pois et cuire 1 minute en mélangeant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5485973950/" title="Soft(ly) Falling Snow by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5213/5485973950_6a9d2e9c37_z.jpg" width="640" height="539" alt="Soft(ly) Falling Snow" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C'est peut-être féérique la neige à Noël... Ce l'est moins en mars!&lt;br /&gt;Snow might be scenic at Chrismas... It's less so in March!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-18913682178232971?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/18913682178232971/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=18913682178232971&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/18913682178232971'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/18913682178232971'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/03/neige.html' title='NEIGE'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5135/5494593782_85bc0b3024_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-8642055574042851128</id><published>2011-02-22T21:52:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-23T21:31:45.547-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Le muffin nommé Gloire du matin -- A Muffin Called Morning Glory</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5470068722/" title="The Original Morning Glory Muffin by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5135/5470068722_4546d99434_z.jpg" alt="The Original Morning Glory Muffin" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C'est le muffin des grands jours, des matins où on peut étirer le plaisir du petit déjeuner.&lt;br /&gt;This is a special day muffin, for mornings when you can slowly savour breakfast.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5459269959/" title="Gunmetal Sunshine by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5296/5459269959_13186aa992_z.jpg" alt="Gunmetal Sunshine" width="640" height="479" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les matins où il a neigé durant la nuit, que le vent a soufflé et qu'on sait qu'il faudra s'emmitouffler pour sortir.&lt;br /&gt;Mornings when it snowed during the night, when the wind blew and you know you'll have to dress warmly to go outside.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5459875762/" title="No End In Sight by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5259/5459875762_8f73cd616b.jpg" alt="No End In Sight" width="375" height="500" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;MUFFINS GLOIRE DU MATIN&lt;br /&gt;MORNING GLORY MUFFINS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="nopad"&gt;&lt;p class="recipe"&gt;1 1/4 tasse de sucre | 1 1/4 cups sugar&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="recipe"&gt;2 1/4 tasses de farine non blanchie | 2 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="recipe"&gt;1 c. à soupe de cannelle moulue | 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="recipe"&gt;2 c. à café de poudre à pâte (levure chimique) | 2 teaspoons baking soda&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="Hide_Ingredient"&gt;1/2 c. à café de sel | 1/2 teaspoon salt&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="recipe"&gt;1/2 tasse de noix de coco sucrée râpée | 1/2 cup shredded, sweetened coconut&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="recipe"&gt;3/4 tasse de raisins secs | 3/4 cup dry raisins&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="recipe"&gt;1 grosse pomme, pelée et râpée | 1 large apple&lt;span class="Hide_Ingredient"&gt;, peeled and grated &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="recipe"&gt;1 tasse d'ananas concassé, égoutté | 1 cup crushed pineapple&lt;span class="Hide_Ingredient"&gt;, drained&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="recipe"&gt;2 tasses de carottes râpées | 2 cups grated carrots&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="recipe"&gt;1/2 tasse de pacanes ou de noix de grenoble hachées | 1/2 cup &lt;span class="Hide_Ingredient"&gt;coarsely chopped &lt;/span&gt;pecans or walnuts&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="recipe"&gt;3 gros oeufs | 3 large eggs&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="recipe"&gt;1 tasse d'huile végétale | 1 cup vegetable oil&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="recipe"&gt;1 c. à café d'essence de vanille pure | 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Préchauffer le four à 350F. | Preheat oven to 350F.&lt;br /&gt;Mélanger les ingrédients secs (farine, sel, poudre à pâte, cannelle et sucre) dans un saladier. | Mix dry ingredients (flour, salt, baking powder, cinnamon and sugar) in a bowl.&lt;br /&gt;Ajouter la noix de coco, les ananas, les carottes, les raisins, les noix et la pomme. Mélanger. | Add the coconut, pineapple, carrots, raisins, nuts and apple. Mix together.&lt;br /&gt;Dans un autre bol, mélanger les oeufs, l'huile et l'essence de vanille. | In a separate bowl, mix the eggs, oil and vanilla extract.&lt;br /&gt;Ajouter le mélange liquide aux ingrédients secs. Bien mélanger et verser dans des moules à muffins. | Add the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients. Mix well and pour the batter into muffin pans.&lt;br /&gt;Cuire pendant 35 minutes (jusqu'à ce qu'un cure-dents inséré dans le centre ressorte sec). | Bake for 35 minutes (or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C'est la recette originale, créée en 1968 pour Earthbound Farms, cette entreprise spécialisée dans les produits bio. Elle a été publiée dans la revue Gourmet et votée une des 25 meilleures recettes durant les dernières 50 années.&lt;br /&gt;This is the original recipe, created in 1968 for Earthbound Farms, the company that specializes in organic food. It was published in Gourmet and voted among the 25 best recipes published during the last 50 years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5469475489/" title="Morning Glory Muffins by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5094/5469475489_bc912ab952_z.jpg" alt="Morning Glory Muffins" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-8642055574042851128?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/8642055574042851128/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=8642055574042851128&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/8642055574042851128'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/8642055574042851128'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/02/le-muffin-nomme-gloire-du-matin-muffin.html' title='Le muffin nommé Gloire du matin -- A Muffin Called Morning Glory'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5135/5470068722_4546d99434_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-7130887626167021937</id><published>2011-02-13T21:19:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-13T21:29:59.434-05:00</updated><title type='text'>st-valentin</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5442254250/" title="Love Pulsates Like A Neon Rose by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5179/5442254250_8d34865392_z.jpg" alt="Love Pulsates Like A Neon Rose" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C'est la St-Valentin... Mangez du chocolat!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/eryKY1fhUlo" width="640" frameborder="0" height="390"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-7130887626167021937?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/7130887626167021937/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=7130887626167021937&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/7130887626167021937'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/7130887626167021937'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/02/st-valentin.html' title='st-valentin'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5179/5442254250_8d34865392_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-2557188739257812295</id><published>2011-02-12T00:03:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-12T00:11:26.276-05:00</updated><title type='text'>réalité et rêves de février</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5421688935/" title="ODC: Underneath (the blanket) by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5096/5421688935_03dc4db53c_z.jpg" width="640" height="463" alt="ODC: Underneath (the blanket)" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Des avalanches de neige nous tombent dessus... mieux vaut se blottir sous les couvertures.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5435204790/" title="ODC In The Car by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4104/5435204790_90037588e4_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="ODC In The Car" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rues enneigées, froid de canard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5422356624/" title="Be Good To Your Heart by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5138/5422356624_9bd2671e2c_z.jpg" width="463" height="640" alt="Be Good To Your Heart" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Temps de se réchauffer avec la soupe (recette? allez, ne me faites pas radoter!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5428812204/" title="Some days by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5059/5428812204_e5e1af5b71_z.jpg" width="479" height="640" alt="Some days" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Temps de refermer la porte sur l'hiver et de rêvasser...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5434827933/" title="Venice, St. Mark's Basilica - Detail by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4134/5434827933_e3109928a7_b.jpg" width="768" height="1024" alt="Venice, St. Mark's Basilica - Detail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;en écoutant de la musique... (enjoy!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2eEc7h0kyx0" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-2557188739257812295?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/2557188739257812295/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=2557188739257812295&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/2557188739257812295'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/2557188739257812295'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/02/realite-et-reves-de-fevrier.html' title='réalité et rêves de février'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5096/5421688935_03dc4db53c_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-610306874556082474</id><published>2011-02-07T18:40:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-07T18:42:47.105-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hiver!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5425577917/" title="ODC: Unbalanced by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5136/5425577917_855c19016b_b.jpg" width="892" height="1024" alt="ODC: Unbalanced" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Envie de 'vrais' légumes...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5413855072/" title="All done! by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5258/5413855072_3bfe5e3525_z.jpg" width="640" height="463" alt="All done!" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Trouvez l'erreur.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-610306874556082474?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/610306874556082474/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=610306874556082474&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/610306874556082474'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/610306874556082474'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/02/hiver.html' title='Hiver!'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5136/5425577917_855c19016b_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-7103991871419948236</id><published>2011-02-05T10:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-05T13:05:10.973-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Risotto à l'aubergine et au chorizo</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5413136701/" title="yum by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5132/5413136701_071d2dd570_z.jpg" alt="yum" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il y a des personnes avec qui on sent une affinité immédiate, on ressent leur chaleur humaine, leur générosité, leur bonté... L'automne dernier, Liliane me faisait parvenir un colis pour mon anniversaire et elle m'a envoyé du riz cultivé dans son patelin...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5413143147/" title="03-02-20111-1 by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5056/5413143147_c4c5e173e8_z.jpg" alt="03-02-20111-1" width="462" height="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Une petite recherche m'a permis de découvrir une recette de risotto à l'aubergine et au chorizo. (&lt;a href="http://cuisine.notrefamille.com/recettes-cuisine/risotto-de-riz-de-camargue-aux-courgettes-et-chorizo-_3652-r.html"&gt;recette ici&lt;/a&gt;). J'ai remplacé les courgettes par des dés d'aubergine et j'ai ajouté du persil émincé. Bon risotto, parfait pour une journée d'après-tempête de neige.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5416639957/" title="ODC: Knee... by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5179/5416639957_f2a88b8e28_z.jpg" alt="ODC: Knee..." width="640" height="554" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prochaine recette? Mystère et boule de gomme ;-P&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5413410643/" title="Risotto Spoon and Red Rice by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5260/5413410643_e874e72ebc_b.jpg" alt="Risotto Spoon and Red Rice" width="840" height="1024" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-7103991871419948236?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/7103991871419948236/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=7103991871419948236&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' 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width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-1004471607879258641</id><published>2011-02-05T06:06:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-05T06:08:42.101-05:00</updated><title type='text'>renard ou coyote?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5413447775/" title="Fleeting Glimpse Of A Fox by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4146/5413447775_e79534064c_z.jpg" width="544" height="477" alt="Fleeting Glimpse Of A Fox" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un doute subsiste... la taille me dit que c'est un coyote, les pattes noires me disent que c'est un renard...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-1004471607879258641?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link 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forget about oatmeal, it's a great breakfast and maple syrup gives you the energy to shovel all that snow.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-7523275445868328231?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/7523275445868328231/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=7523275445868328231&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/7523275445868328231'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/7523275445868328231'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/02/energie-pour-pelleter.html' title='Énergie pour pelleter'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5295/5413432864_a40e1a3692_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-9049722283753735083</id><published>2011-02-02T12:16:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-02T12:35:39.636-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ah, que la neige a neigé!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5405343165/" title="Souvenirs de Venise sous la pluie by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5300/5405343165_28aeabf23f_z.jpg" width="640" height="362" alt="Souvenirs de Venise sous la pluie" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il y a un an déjà, je faisais mes valises pour partir à Venise.&lt;br /&gt;Just a year ago, I was packing to go to Venice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5409184150/" title="In The Depths Of Winter by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5136/5409184150_772615c0f5_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="In The Depths Of Winter" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les années passent et ne se ressemblent pas!&lt;br /&gt;What a difference a year makes!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5401761343/" title="À point by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5214/5401761343_661ffe8250_z.jpg" width="640" height="479" alt="À point" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ces jours-ci, je paresse à la cuisine... je vais à l'essentiel.&lt;br /&gt;These days, I'm a bit lazy in the kitchen... I cut to the quick.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5385559616/" title="ODC 24 January by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5213/5385559616_f4ce9f263d_z.jpg" width="640" height="471" alt="ODC 24 January" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je navigue par des froids sibériens, qui nous font manquer d'électricité et nous forcent à regarder le temps passer.&lt;br /&gt;We've had arctic cold weather, leaving us without electricity and nothing to do but look at the fireplace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5408978459/" title="Winter of 2011 by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4104/5408978459_8c32220124_z.jpg" width="640" height="419" alt="Winter of 2011" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ou une neige interminable qui nous fait penser au poète qui disait « Ah que la neige a neigé! »&lt;br /&gt;Or endless snow that reminds us of the poet who wrote " Oh how the snow snowed! "&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5398187975/" title="scalloped potatoes by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5096/5398187975_f07fd7f904_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="scalloped potatoes" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il y a quand même eu le gratin de pommes de terre... Pour 1 très grosse pomme de terre tranchée en rondelles minces, faire chauffer 1 tasse de crème (15 % m.g.) à laquelle vous ajoutez une dent d'ail et laisser pocher l'ail pendant une quinzaine de minutes. Faire bouillir les tranches de pommes de terre pendant 5 minutes pour les attendrir puis les étaler dans un plat allant au four en ajoutant sur le dessus un peu de crème que vous aurez assaisonnée avec de la muscade râpée, du sel et du poivre, recommencer en étageant les rondelles de pommes de terre et la crème, en finissant par de la crème. Cuire au four pendant 1 heure à 350F.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5410691528/" title="ODC Quoted / Female North American Cardinal by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5051/5410691528_71b6d203a8_z.jpg" width="640" height="492" alt="ODC Quoted / Female North American Cardinal" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aujourd'hui il neige encore... la marmotte nous prédit un autre six semaines d'enfer blanc. Ah, que la neige a neigé!&lt;br /&gt;Today it's snowing again... the groundhog predicts another six weeks of winter. Oh, how the snow snowed!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-9049722283753735083?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/9049722283753735083/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=9049722283753735083&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/9049722283753735083'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/9049722283753735083'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/02/ah-que-la-neige-neige.html' title='Ah, que la neige a neigé!'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5300/5405343165_28aeabf23f_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-5353863804614060376</id><published>2011-01-16T22:31:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-16T22:52:01.316-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Muffins au mincemeat (la recette) -- Mincemeat Muffins Recipe</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5361593082/" title="Afternoon: Experimenting With Light With Mincemeat Muffins by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5085/5361593082_edbffebd15_z.jpg" width="640" height="463" alt="Afternoon: Experimenting With Light With Mincemeat Muffins" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Elle me trottait dans la tête depuis un moment, car j'aime le mincemeat, j'aime les épices et j'aime les muffins.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I'd been thinking about this recipe for a while because I love mincemeat, I love spices and I love muffins&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5361595984/" title="103_5297.kdc by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5008/5361595984_795126165a.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="103_5297.kdc" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;La recette / The Recipe:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(5 muffins)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 tasse de farine | 1 cup flour&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1/3 tasse de sucre | 1/3 cup sugar&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 pincée de sel | pinch of salt&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1/2 c. à soupe de poudre à pâte | 1/2 tbsp. of baking powder&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 c. à thé de cannelle | 1 tsp. cinnamon&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 c. à thé de muscade | 1 tsp. nutmeg&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 oeuf&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;3 c. à soupe d'huile de pépins de raisins | 3 tbsp. grapeseed oil&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1/3 tasse de mincemeat | 1/3 cup mincemeat&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1/4 tasse de lait | 1/4 cup milk&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Préchauffer le four à 400 F. | Preheat oven to 400 F.&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mélanger les ingrédients secs dans un bol. | Mix dry ingredients in a bowl.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Battre l'oeuf, ajouter l'huile, puis le lait. Mélanger. Ajouter le mincemeat et mélanger. | Beat the egg, add the oil, then the milk. Mix. Add the mincemeat and mix.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Verser le mélange d'oeuf dans le bol d'ingrédients secs. Mélanger légèrement. Verser dans les moules à muffins. | Pour the liquid mixture into the dry ingredients. Mix lightly. Pour into muffin pan.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cuire 25 minutes. | Bake for 25 minutes.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;À faire et à refaire.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;This recipe is a definite keeper.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-5353863804614060376?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/5353863804614060376/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=5353863804614060376&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/5353863804614060376'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/5353863804614060376'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/01/muffins-au-mincemeat-la-recette.html' title='Muffins au mincemeat (la recette) -- Mincemeat Muffins Recipe'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5085/5361593082_edbffebd15_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-4779925384388385358</id><published>2011-01-16T16:52:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-16T16:54:49.073-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Muffins au mincemeat - Mincemeat Muffins</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5360979597/" title="Mincemeat Muffins by Elle @ Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5161/5360979597_47ac2b8b11_z.jpg" width="640" height="479" alt="Mincemeat Muffins" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nettoyage de frigo en règle... Une recette pour ces délicieux muffins au mincemeat suit (ce soir). À bientôt!&lt;br /&gt;Cleaning out the fridge... A recipe for these delicious mincemeat muffins follows (this evening). See you soon!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-4779925384388385358?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/4779925384388385358/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=4779925384388385358&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/4779925384388385358'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/4779925384388385358'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/01/muffins-au-mincemeat-mincemeat-muffins.html' title='Muffins au mincemeat - Mincemeat Muffins'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5161/5360979597_47ac2b8b11_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-6943194250267775808</id><published>2011-01-14T15:39:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-14T15:58:41.033-05:00</updated><title type='text'>janvier - january</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5346715802/" title="Chaos (ODC) by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5242/5346715802_70f62451ab_z.jpg" width="480" height="640" alt="Chaos (ODC)" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Petit à petit, les décorations s'empilent pour être serrées.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Little by little, decorations are piled up to be stored.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5349331095/" title="Tree: ODC (9 january) by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5009/5349331095_efd333f18a_z.jpg" width="465" height="640" alt="Tree: ODC (9 january)" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dehors, il floconne incessamment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Outside, the snowflakes are piling up.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5346229407/" title="The All American Classic: Grilled Cheese by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5244/5346229407_0482e9f477_z.jpg" width="640" height="640" alt="The All American Classic: Grilled Cheese" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je paresse à la cuisine... je fais appel aux 'classiques' comme le grilled cheese.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I'm taking a break from cooking... I resort to classics like a grilled cheese.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5351959494/" title="French Onion Soup by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5042/5351959494_aa9af709ee.jpg" width="500" height="500" alt="French Onion Soup" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ou une soupe à l'oignon bien gratinée à l'emmenthal et au parmesan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Or an onion soup with toasts covered with emmenthal and parmesan.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5349167277/" title="Bubbles: ODC (January 7) by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5165/5349167277_f1c14778d5_z.jpg" width="640" height="462" alt="Bubbles: ODC (January 7)" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Du thé réconfortant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Comforting tea.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5349521162/" title="Heritage Grain by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5163/5349521162_97ec0eded0.jpg" width="357" height="500" alt="Heritage Grain" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ou du pain nourrissant. Pour mes compatriotes, si vous voyez ce produit à l'épicerie, n'hésitez pas! Le vrai bon goût du pain au blé entier d'il y a bien des années, avec son odeur de noisettes et de mélasse bien particulière.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Or nourishing bread. For my neighbors, if you see this product in the grocery store, don't hesitate! A real good taste of whole wheat bread like it used to be, with a hint of nuts and molasses.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5353121862/" title="Wheels (Sidetracked): ODC (13 January) by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5008/5353121862_ce9b697cd5_z.jpg" width="528" height="640" alt="Wheels (Sidetracked): ODC (13 January)" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Parlant d'épicerie... j'ai trouvé ce chien attaché à l'entrée de l'épicerie, grelottant... J'ai demandé au préposé s'il était là depuis longtemps. Il m'a répondu qu'il ne le savait pas. Je lui ai donc demandé s'il serait possible de l'attacher dans l'entrée du magasin. Il m'a répondu qu'il fallait que le chien soit accompagné. Le chien grelottait tellement que j'ai fait quelque chose d'inhabituel pour moi. Je ne me suis pas mêlée de mes affaires, j'ai détaché le chien et je suis entrée dans l'entrée de l'épicerie pour le réchauffer. Il avait tellement froid, qu'il s'est blotti contre ma jambe. Une fois qu'il a été réchauffé, je l'ai rattaché au même endroit à l'extérieur et je suis entrée à l'épicerie comme son propriétaire en sortait (le chien et moi n'avons rien dit). Il s'est dirigé avec le chien à... sa voiture! Pouvez-vous bien m'expliquer pourquoi il a choisi d'attacher son chien dehors, au grand froid et au grand vent, sur un trottoir mouillé???&lt;br /&gt;Talking about grocery stores, the other day I saw this dog tied to a pole right outside the store. &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;It was shivering. So I asked the attendant if it had been there for a long time. He didn't know. I asked if it could be tied just inside the grocery store entrance. He replied that the dog had to be accompanied by a human. It was shivering so much that I did something out of character. I didn't mind my own business. I untied it and walked it inside the entrance to get it warm. It was so cold, it leaned against my leg to warm up. Once it was warm again, I returned it to the pole outside the store and went in... just as it's owner walked out. Neither the dog nor I said a word. The owner walked to his car with the dog in tow! Can you explain why on earth he would tie the dog up in the windy cold, on a snowy wet sidewalk???&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-6943194250267775808?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/6943194250267775808/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=6943194250267775808&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/6943194250267775808'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/6943194250267775808'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/01/janvier-january.html' title='janvier - january'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5242/5346715802_70f62451ab_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-1363786950385036985</id><published>2011-01-09T21:27:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-09T22:12:22.809-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Un mutant dans ma cuisine --- A Mutant In My Kitchen</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5328572919/" title="Chiesa d'Oro (Church of Gold) by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5283/5328572919_e47098e53b_b.jpg" width="1024" height="900" alt="Chiesa d'Oro (Church of Gold)" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De temps à autre, je trouve d'autres photos de Venise dans mon ordinateur :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;From time to time, I find new pictures of Venice in my computer :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5334134156/" title="Winter Cats Series -- Patience Is A Virtue, But I Don't Have To Like It by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5008/5334134156_76ce4b02a5_z.jpg" width="640" height="570" alt="Winter Cats Series -- Patience Is A Virtue, But I Don't Have To Like It" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La froidure s'est installée à nouveau... ce chat ne semble pas apprécier faire le pied de grue sur le perron.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Cold weather is here again... this cat doesn't look too happy about having to wait on the front porch.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5337961540/" title="An Omaly by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5201/5337961540_8d578e1027_z.jpg" width="640" height="479" alt="An Omaly" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Temps froid, temps pour la soupe... J'ai trouvé cet étrange spécimen dans les barquettes de champignons. Il me semblait tellement humain que je ne m'en suis pas servi!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Cold weather, soup weather... I found this humanoid in the mushroom packages. It seemed so human like that I decided not to use it in the soup!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5337095616/" title="Velouté forestier en croûte by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5210/5337095616_c733e5fb8b_z.jpg" width="640" height="528" alt="Velouté forestier en croûte" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Heureusement qu'il était un exemplaire unique... j'ai donc pu faire un velouté forestier en croûte avec ses compagnons de barquette. Pour 8 oz de champignons tranchés et sautés, 2 échalottes émincées que l'on a fait suer dans un peu d'huile d'olive, ajouter 2 tasses de bouillon de volaille et faire bouillir pendant 10 minutes. Mixer jusqu'à consistance lisse, puis ajouter 1/2 tasse de crème légère (10% ou 15%). Verser dans un bol allant au four, recouvrir d'un carré de pâte feuilletée et faire cuire dans un four préchauffé à 400 F pendant 10-14 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Thankfully, it was unique... so I was able to make a cream of mushroom soup covered with puff pastry with the other mushrooms. For 8 oz of sliced and sauteed mushrooms and 2 diced shallots that have been cooked until tender in some olive oil, add 2 cups of chicken broth. Boil for 10 minutes, blend until smooth and add 1/2 cup of light cream (10% or 15%). Pour into an ovenproof bowl and cover with a square of puff pastry. Bake for 10-14 minutes at 400 F until golden.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-1363786950385036985?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/1363786950385036985/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=1363786950385036985&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/1363786950385036985'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/1363786950385036985'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/01/un-mutant-dans-ma-cuisine-mutant-in-my.html' title='Un mutant dans ma cuisine --- A Mutant In My Kitchen'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5283/5328572919_e47098e53b_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-8413703474015116222</id><published>2011-01-04T00:25:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-04T22:19:57.093-05:00</updated><title type='text'>January Blahs - Les bleus de janvier</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5297978715/" title="View From My Pillow by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5167/5297978715_427b5fda71_z.jpg" alt="View From My Pillow" width="640" height="553" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai toujours aimé les lumières de Noël, et cette année je me suis fait plaisir. De mon oreiller, je peux ouvrir les yeux durant la nuit pour apercevoir le lilas illuminé. J'aurais dû le faire il y a bien longtemps!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I've always loved Christmas lights and this year I treated myself to a light show. From my pillow, I can open my eyes during the night and look at the lights in the lilac tree. I should have done this a long time ago!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5310925253/" title="103_4402.kdc by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5005/5310925253_e9b4593afb.jpg" alt="103_4402.kdc" width="500" height="402" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Drôle de période des Fêtes, cette année... j'ai ressenti une trace de morosité dans les commerces, dans les rues... hier soir, la plupart des lumières de Noël étaient déjà éteintes en ville.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;A strange holiday season this year... I felt a kind of moroseness in the stores, in the streets... last evening, most of the Christmas lights were out in town.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5316434551/" title="Winter Garden In The Fog by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5166/5316434551_5f4dc9b557_z.jpg" alt="Winter Garden In The Fog" width="640" height="522" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il faut dire que le brouillard des derniers jours n'a rien fait pour arranger les choses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Of course, the fog we've had over the past few days has not been helping any.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5303471191/" title="Wings by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5002/5303471191_d79cb8b8b6_z.jpg" alt="Wings" width="640" height="529" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pour moi, c'était l'occasion rêvée d'allumer le sapin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I reacted by lighting up the Christmas tree.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5310922969/" title="dollarama ornament by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5009/5310922969_8f9767c2b7_z.jpg" alt="dollarama ornament" width="639" height="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En attendant les maigres rayons furtifs du soleil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;While waiting for rare glimmers of sunshine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5311516478/" title="how can you be happy because it's raining? by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5129/5311516478_26d3330c13_z.jpg" alt="how can you be happy because it's raining?" width="640" height="492" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Même le chat semblait abattu par la température.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Even the cat seemed depressed by the weather.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5321793936/" title="Baby, It's Cold Outside by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5207/5321793936_cbd7b169c5_z.jpg" alt="Baby, It's Cold Outside" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quand les bleus de janvier pointent le nez, c'est le temps d'aller jouer dehors (tandis que d'autres rêvent d'entrer dans la maison).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;When January blahs strike, it's time to go play outside (while others dream of coming inside).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-8413703474015116222?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/8413703474015116222/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=8413703474015116222&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/8413703474015116222'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/8413703474015116222'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/01/january-blahs-les-bleus-de-janvier.html' title='January Blahs - Les bleus de janvier'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5167/5297978715_427b5fda71_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-140016059773091273</id><published>2011-01-01T14:06:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-04T00:23:31.577-05:00</updated><title type='text'>clémentines ensoleillées --- sunny clementines</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5313361042/" title="31-12-20101 by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5088/5313361042_de1f4e4cb2_b.jpg" alt="31-12-20101" width="740" height="1024" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Une petite recette facile pour commencer l'année sur une note ensoleillée (même si nous nous retrouvons dans le brouillard aujourd'hui).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;An easy recipe to start the year on a sunny start (even though we're wrapped up in fog today).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5311514546/" title="spanish clementines by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5164/5311514546_597127250e_z.jpg" alt="spanish clementines" width="640" height="495" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les clémentines d'Espagnes sont sur nos étals, et le magazine de Ricardo également. J'y ai trouvé une recette simplissime pour confire des tranches de clémentines. Simplement trancher de belles tranches de clémentine en tranches de 1/4 po d'épaisseur. Mettre 1/2 tasse de sucre et 1 tasse d'eau dans une assiette à tarte allant au four micro-ondes et faire cuire à température maximum pendant 3 minutes. Ajouter les tranches de clémentines et faire cuire à température maximum pendant 12 minutes... Mon four micro-ondes ne doit pas être aussi puissant que celui de Ricardo, car j'ai dû doubler le temps de cuisson. J'ai aussi ajouté 1 c. à table d'eau de fleur d'oranger.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Clementines from Spain are in the shops and so is Ricardo's magazine. I found in it an easy recipe for candying clementine slices. Simply slice the clementines (1/4 inch thick). Put half a cup of sugar and one cup of water in a pie dish in the microwave and zap it for 3 minutes. Add the clementine slices and cook for 12 minutes at the highest setting... My microwave is probably not as powerful as Ricardo's... I had to double the cooking time. I also added a tablespoon of orange blossom water.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5312846801/" title="31-12-20102 by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5007/5312846801_18836536f1_z.jpg" alt="31-12-20102" width="640" height="462" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Servir sur un quatre-quarts breton un peu sec, en y ajoutant un peu de sirop de clémentine... délicieux!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Serve on some slices of slightly stale pound cade, adding some clementine syrup... delicious!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5309428280/" title="Whatever happened to high tea? by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5085/5309428280_d454d669ce_b.jpg" alt="Whatever happened to high tea?" width="800" height="566" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Déjà le temps de songer à enlever les décorations, à remiser pour l'an prochain... Comme le temps file!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Already time to think about taking down the decorations and storing them until next year... How time flies!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-140016059773091273?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/140016059773091273/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=140016059773091273&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/140016059773091273'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/140016059773091273'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2011/01/clementines-ensoleillees-sunny.html' title='clémentines ensoleillées --- sunny clementines'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5088/5313361042_de1f4e4cb2_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-5735792219023974820</id><published>2010-12-30T22:40:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-04T00:23:45.905-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Bonne année! - Happy New Year!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5307257866/" title="Bellini Blush by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5123/5307257866_1dbd7d7719_b.jpg" alt="Bellini Blush" width="800" height="660" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je vous souhaite que 2011 soit la meilleure année de votre vie à date, et pour partir sur un bon pied, voici la recette pour faire un Bellini...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I hope that 2011 is the best year to date in your life, and to start the year on a good note, here's the recipe for a Bellini...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pour chaque personne / &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;For each person&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 pêche blanche réduite en purée| &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;1 pureed white peach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 c. à soupe de coulis de framboises | &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;1 tablespoon of raspberry coulis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prosecco&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Verser la purée de pêches jusqu'au tiers de la flute à champagne. Ajouter le coulis de framboises, puis remplir le verre de Prosecco glacé.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Pour the peach purée up to a third of the champagne flute. Add the raspberry coulis, then top off the glass with Prosecco.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-5735792219023974820?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/5735792219023974820/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=5735792219023974820&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/5735792219023974820'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/5735792219023974820'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/12/bonne-annee-happy-new-year.html' title='Bonne année! - Happy New Year!'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5123/5307257866_1dbd7d7719_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-5222757497065120383</id><published>2010-12-27T13:17:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-04T00:24:00.850-05:00</updated><title type='text'>le renard</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5297456758/" title="The trap :-) by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5010/5297456758_8b8063018a_z.jpg" alt="The trap :-)" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photo terrible de nuit du renard... j'ai intérêt à maîtriser les aspects techniques!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Terrible night shot of the fox... I'll have to master the finer points of night photography!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-5222757497065120383?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/5222757497065120383/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=5222757497065120383&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/5222757497065120383'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/5222757497065120383'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/12/le-renard.html' title='le renard'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5010/5297456758_8b8063018a_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-5721458186457389210</id><published>2010-12-26T16:03:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-04T00:24:24.434-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Noël, c'est pour les enfants</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="640" height="360"&gt; &lt;param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&amp;amp;photo_secret=6434ff8517&amp;amp;photo_id=5294408684&amp;amp;hd_default=false"&gt; &lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377"&gt; &lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"&gt; &lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&amp;amp;photo_secret=6434ff8517&amp;amp;photo_id=5294408684&amp;amp;hd_default=false" width="640" height="360"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plus je vieillis, plus je m'aperçois que ce qui m'interpelle dans la fête de Noël c'est la magie de l'enfance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The older I get, the more I understand that what appeals to me in Christmas is the magic of childhood.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5294010205/" title="103_3937.tif by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5081/5294010205_a366fb2533_z.jpg" alt="103_3937.tif" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Et que la meilleure part de la dinde, c'est la soupe à la dinde mijotée longuement, remplie de morceaux de dinde, de céleri, de riz.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;And the best part of turkey is the slowly simmered turkey soup, full of turkey morcels, celery and rice.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5294126281/" title="103_3931.tif by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5250/5294126281_0f7bb7d804_z.jpg" alt="103_3931.tif" width="483" height="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Et un sandwich à la dinde sur du pain de mie au blé entier, sans oublier la laitue Iceberg, bien croustillante.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Or a turkey sandwich on whole wheat bread, with crispy Iceberg lettuce.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5294145143/" title="true love by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5044/5294145143_c3f5e3bf62_z.jpg" alt="true love" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Et ne pas oublier nos amis sauvages...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Not to forget the animals in the garden...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5294144891/" title="103_3919.tif by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5050/5294144891_5ef6b4fae7_z.jpg" alt="103_3919.tif" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La peau, les petits morceaux coriaces, les bouts d'aile qui ont contribué au fond de dinde feront le régal du renard au jardin...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The skin, small tough pieces of meat, wing tips that made up the turkey broth will be a feast for the fox in the garden...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5289800092/" title="Fox Run by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5249/5289800092_c988d45c6f_z.jpg" alt="Fox Run" width="640" height="479" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;qui laisse ses traces alors qu'il arpente de long en large.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;that leaves his tracks all over the snow.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5294798936/" title="103_3943.tif-1 by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5289/5294798936_5de6529e4e_z.jpg" alt="103_3943.tif-1" width="640" height="529" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Noël n'a pas été inventé pour ceux qui ne peuvent pas renouer avec leur âme d'enfant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Christmas was not invented for those who can't revive the child in them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-5721458186457389210?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/5721458186457389210/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=5721458186457389210&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/5721458186457389210'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/5721458186457389210'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/12/noel-cest-pour-les-enfants.html' title='Noël, c&apos;est pour les enfants'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5081/5294010205_a366fb2533_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-6503885637608894001</id><published>2010-12-26T07:07:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-04T00:24:41.291-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Noël</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5292535108/" title="starry night by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5205/5292535108_69efeb6b82_z.jpg" alt="starry night" width="640" height="538" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le frimas qui givre les fenêtres, la neige qui repose sur les branches du lilas, le scintillement des lumières qui éclairent la nuit, un repas en famille, un Noël tranquille et paisible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Frost icing the windows, snow dusting the lilac tree branches, lights shimmering in the night, a family meal, a quiet and peaceful Christmas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5289751956/" title="Scraping It Might Be Faster by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5286/5289751956_a559c6c3cf_z.jpg" alt="Scraping It Might Be Faster" width="640" height="479" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quelquefois, je paresse... je laisse la voiture se réchauffer seule et les vitres aussi... et vous?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Sometimes, I'm lazy... I let the car heat up by itself and I don't do windows... What about you?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5289157313/" title="Rudolph by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5041/5289157313_e0c9435d98_z.jpg" alt="Rudolph" width="640" height="453" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Et je laisse les pâtissiers préparer les macarons à l'érable...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;And I let the professional bakers prepare the maple macarons...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5289794290/" title="Merry Christmas by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5244/5289794290_d6a54bca21_z.jpg" alt="Merry Christmas" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je prépare tout ce qui peut être préparé à l'avance et tandis que la dinde cuit, je profite de la présence des gens que j'aime.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I prepare everything that can be prepared in advance and while the turkey is cooking, I take advantage of the presence of the people I love.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5256697996/" title="details by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5246/5256697996_a8cb76d731_b.jpg" alt="details" width="768" height="1024" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'espère que votre Noël a été joyeux.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I hope your Christmas was happy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-6503885637608894001?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/6503885637608894001/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=6503885637608894001&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/6503885637608894001'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/6503885637608894001'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/12/noel.html' title='Noël'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5205/5292535108_69efeb6b82_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-3448501506128846614</id><published>2010-12-22T09:11:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-22T09:13:37.291-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Moment de détente - A Quiet Moment</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5282466917/" title="Christmas Pleasures by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5286/5282466917_29e189d0ab_z.jpg" width="640" height="450" alt="Christmas Pleasures" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Trouvé à la boutique Les douceurs du marché (marché Atwater). Un moment de détente avant le dernier sprint.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Found at the boutique Les douceurs du marché (Atwater Market). A quiet moment before the final sprint.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-3448501506128846614?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/3448501506128846614/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=3448501506128846614&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/3448501506128846614'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/3448501506128846614'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/12/moment-de-detente-quiet-moment.html' title='Moment de détente - A Quiet Moment'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5286/5282466917_29e189d0ab_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-3981634327714793945</id><published>2010-12-18T09:04:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-18T09:12:56.258-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Améliorer l'excellent - Making A Good Thing Better</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5271260262/" title="Making A Good Thing Better - Panettone French Toast by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5288/5271260262_624714eb89_b.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="Making A Good Thing Better - Panettone French Toast" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nous connaissons tous le panettone, ce pain italien aromatisé aux écorces d'agrumes et aux raisins...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;We all know Panettone, the Italian bread flavored with citrus peel and raisins.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5270653285/" title="103_3692.tif by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5047/5270653285_38d4d2fd11_z.jpg" width="480" height="640" alt="103_3692.tif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Au fil du temps, il s'assèche. J'ai donc eu l'idée de faire du pain perdu. Bonne idée! J'ai pris un oeuf, environ 1/4 de tasse de lait, 1/2 c. à café de sucre que j'ai battus ensemble. J'ai tranché une tranche de panettone d'environ 3/4 de pouce que j'ai coupée en quatre morceaux, fait fondre une noix de beurre dans la poêle, trempé le pain dans l'oeuf et fait cuire quelques instants de chaque côté pour qu'il devienne doré. J'ai ensuite saupoudré d'un soupçon de sucre à la cannelle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;With time, it gets dry. So I had the idea of making some French toast. Good idea! I took one egg, about 1/4 cup of milk, 1/2 tsp of sugar and beat everything together. I sliced a 3/4 inch slice of Panettone that I cut into four pieces, melted a tablespoon of butter in a skillet, dipped the bread into the egg mixture and cooked a few instants on each side until the bread was golden. I sprinkled some cinnamon sugar on top.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5271260136/" title="103_3685 by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5162/5271260136_f177848f76_b.jpg" width="658" height="800" alt="103_3685" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-3981634327714793945?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/3981634327714793945/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=3981634327714793945&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/3981634327714793945'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/3981634327714793945'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/12/ameliorer-lexcellent-making-good-thing.html' title='Améliorer l&apos;excellent - Making A Good Thing Better'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5288/5271260262_624714eb89_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-3972630206990652779</id><published>2010-12-17T18:08:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-17T23:08:53.633-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Saut périlleux! --- Jumping Off The Cliff</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5264887681/" title="Grey and Lights by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5242/5264887681_f4cb3d7b0e_z.jpg" alt="Grey and Lights" width="640" height="470" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Température en dents de scie... un jour il pleut à boire debout, le lendemain on gèle! Pas de neige, pas de lumière!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Up and down weather... One day it rains cats and dogs, the next we freeze our whatevers off! No snow, no light!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5266534808/" title="It's a Cat's Life by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5125/5266534808_952c6dacfb_z.jpg" alt="It's a Cat's Life" width="640" height="516" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Si j'étais un (vrai) chat, je ferais comme Feliz... mais bon, il faut être raisonnable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;If I were a (real) cat, I'd do like Feliz does... But then, not much would get done.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5269790726/" title="Now the fun begins! by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5087/5269790726_82aac2283f_z.jpg" alt="Now the fun begins!" width="640" height="499" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai donc pris le taureau par les cornes (ou dans ce cas-ci, le cochon  par les pattes)... pour faire un ragoût de pattes de cochon! Je dois  avouer que c'est le premier ragoût que je fais, ma mère en faisait un  incomparable. Mais bon, elle fait relâche de la cuisine. Il fallait  donc que je prenne la relève.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;So I took the bull b&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;y the horns (or in  this case, the pig by its feet)... to make a Ragoût de pattes de  cocho&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;n. I have to admit that it's the first ragoût I make, my mother has  always made an excellent recipe. But then, she hung up her apron. The  onus was now on me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5269181957/" title="grilled flour by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5090/5269181957_b953563302_z.jpg" alt="grilled flour" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La sauce de son ragoût était foncée, riche, savoureuse... Le défi était grand (heureusement qu'elle se reposait dans la pièce d'à côté). Le(s) secret(s)? La farine grillée. Au tout début j'étais un peu craintive et je ne l'ai pas assez grillée, mais le spectre d'une sauce grisâtre m'a fait réagir. J'ai pris mon courage à deux mains, et j'ai grillé plus longtemps au risque de brûler la farine. La sauce était savoureuse, un goût de noisette, une complexité intéressante. L'autre secret, c'est qu'il faut faire saisir le jarret de porc avant de le faire mijoter longuement. Saisir? Caraméliser, plutôt... l'amener au seuil du trop cuit et brûlé. La sauce sera foncée et le goût sera multi-dimensionnel.&lt;br /&gt;Her ragoût's gravy was dark, rich, flavourful... I had quit a challenge before me (luckily, she was resting in the next room). The secret(s)? Grilled flour. At first, I was a bit fearful and I didn't grill it long enough, but the thought of a greyish sauce stirred me. Courageously, I grilled it longer. The sauce was flavourful, with a hint of a nutty flavour, and an interesting complexity. The other secret is to cook the pork hock before simmering it for a long time. Cook? Caramelize... bring it just before the burning stage. The sauce will be dark and the taste will be multidimensional.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5269182479/" title="Meatballs by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5203/5269182479_65049cc529_z.jpg" alt="Meatballs" width="640" height="479" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Parlons des boulettes... certaines recettes prévoient qu'on les fasse cuire dans la sauce. Pas chez nous... elles sont grillées au four pendant une quinzaine de minutes. Pourquoi? Parce qu'elles rendent du gras qui ne sera pas ajouté à la sauce du ragoût.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Let's talk about the pork meatballs... certain recipes require that you cook them in the gravy. Not in our home... they are grilled in the oven for some 15 minutes. Why? Because they'll render their fat which won't be added to the sauce.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5269181753/" title="Ragoût de pattes de cochon by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5042/5269181753_39c564033b_z.jpg" alt="Ragoût de pattes de cochon" width="640" height="479" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je vous dirai qu'il manque un petit quelque chose... le tour de main de ma mère. Mais pour un premier effort, c'est une réussite. Ce n'est pas moi qui le dis, c'est ma mère.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;There's still a little something missing... my mother's touch. But for a first effort, it's a keeper. Don't take my word for it, my mother said so.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Recette&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 kilo de porc frais haché&lt;br /&gt;1 jarret de porc coupé en rondelles par le boucher&lt;br /&gt;2 oignons&lt;br /&gt;huile d'olive&lt;br /&gt;1-2 dents d'ail&lt;br /&gt;1/2 tasse de farine tout usage&lt;br /&gt;sel, poivre&lt;br /&gt;clou de girofle&lt;br /&gt;muscade&lt;br /&gt;cannelle&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Méthode&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Faire chauffer quelques cuillers à soupe d'huile d'olive dans une grande casserole. Saisir les rondelles de jarret et cuire sur tous les côtés sur feu moyennement élevé jusqu'à ce qu'ils soient d'un beau doré très foncé.&lt;br /&gt;Ajouter 1 c. à soupe de cannelle, 1 c. à soupe de clou de girofle et 1/2 c. à soupe de muscade, du sel de mer et du poivre fraîchement moulu. Ajouter l'ail et 6 tasses d'eau.&lt;br /&gt;Faire mijoter le jarret de porc pendant 2 heures, sur feu moyen, dans la casserole couverte.&lt;br /&gt;Retirer les rondelles de jarret et les laisser refroidir avant de les désosser et d'enlever le gras.&lt;br /&gt;Retourner dans la casserole.&lt;br /&gt;Pendant que le jarret mijote, faire chauffer 1-2 c. à soupe d'huile d'olive dans une poêle et faire rôtir les oignons coupés en dés. Mélanger au porc frais haché. Assaisonner en sel, poivre, muscade (1/4 c. à café), clou de girofle (1 c. à café) et cannelle (1/2 c. à café). Façonner des boulettes d'un diamètre de 1 pouce et demi. Disposer sur une tôle allant au four et faire griller à 425 F pendant 15 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;Entre temps, faire griller 1/2 tasse de farine dans une poêle sur feu doux. Réserver.&lt;br /&gt;Ajouter les boulettes à la sauce avec la viande de jarret. Laisser mijoter pendant 45 minutes à une heure, dans la casserole couverte.&lt;br /&gt;Délayer la farine dans de l'eau pour avoir une pâte liquide très lisse et ajouter à la casserole. Continuer la cuisson pendant une demi-heure jusqu'à ce que la sauce épaississe. Corrigez l'assaisonnement (sel, poivre, muscade, clou de girofle, cannelle) et servir avec des pommes de terre bouillies et des betteraves marinées ou du catsup aux fruits.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5269182755/" title="Snow by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5169/5269182755_b7b23a302c.jpg" alt="Snow" width="500" height="375" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-3972630206990652779?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/3972630206990652779/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=3972630206990652779&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/3972630206990652779'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/3972630206990652779'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/12/saut-perilleux-jumping-off-cliff.html' title='Saut périlleux! --- Jumping Off The Cliff'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5242/5264887681_f4cb3d7b0e_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-3767326536229066631</id><published>2010-12-11T06:41:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-11T06:51:47.552-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Il ne reste que 14 jours... 14 Days To Go...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5250207478/" title="Under the Milky Way Tonight by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5163/5250207478_d9d5628904_z.jpg" width="640" height="501" alt="Under the Milky Way Tonight" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ce qu'il y a de bien avec Noël, c'est qu'il faut laver les fenêtres, époussetter, récurer, frotter, astiquer avant d'installer le sapin... Ça occupe!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;What's nice about Christmas is that you have to wash windows, dust, scour, rub, polish before putting up the tree... It keeps you busy!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5249598895/" title="sampler stocking in progress by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5127/5249598895_c430c3b23a_z.jpg" width="640" height="508" alt="sampler stocking in progress" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Heureusement qu'il faut déjeuner... et broder tout en déjeunant... La broderie sera peut-être terminée pour Noël.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Thankfully you have to breakfast... and embroider while you breakfast... Maybe the embroidery will be finished before Christmas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5247644792/" title="woody woodpecker by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5127/5247644792_39b303b21d_z.jpg" width="640" height="492" alt="woody woodpecker" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mais il y a les distractions, comme ce pic-(bois) qui est un peu confus... il a passé l'avant-midi à chercher des insectes dans le mur.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;But there are distractions, like this (wood)pecker that's a bit confused... it spent the morning looking for insects in the wall.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-3767326536229066631?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/3767326536229066631/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=3767326536229066631&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/3767326536229066631'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/3767326536229066631'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/12/il-ne-reste-que-14-jours-14-days-to-go.html' title='Il ne reste que 14 jours... 14 Days To Go...'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5163/5250207478_d9d5628904_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-7228580523436187713</id><published>2010-12-05T22:39:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-05T23:11:11.197-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Bavette de boeuf et mesclun à la sauce Ranch au babeurre - Flank Steak And Mesclun With Buttermilk Ranch Dressing</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5234842688/" title="Barbecued Flank Steak by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5005/5234842688_d4ca961993_z.jpg" alt="Barbecued Flank Steak" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ce que j'aime du barbecue c'est qu'il n'y a pas de poêle à nettoyer... J'ai donc installé le barbecue (électrique) à côté de la porte qui mène à la véranda, dans la cuisine... J'ouvre la porte et le barbecue est là! Quelle joie! La semaine dernière il a fait très chaud (relativement à la saison), un beau 14 celsius. J'ai donc grillé une bavette de boeuf après l'avoir badigeonnée de moutarde de Dijon et saupoudré généreusement de thym séché.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;What I like about a barbecue is that you don't have to clean up a skillet after... So I set up the barbecue (electric) next to the door in the kitchen that opens up onto the veranda... I open the door and there's the barbecue! Joy! Last week it was very warm (relatively speaking), a balmy 14 celsius. So I grilled a flank steak after I had liberally brushed it with Dijon mustard and scattered dried thyme on top.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5234822600/" title="Barbecued Flank Steak by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5284/5234822600_b8ddec74c7_z.jpg" alt="Barbecued Flank Steak" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saignant, presque bleu, l'extérieur bien saisi, des laitues mélangées et une sauce Ranch au babeurre. Délicieux!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Rare, nearly raw, with a nice exterior crust, mixed greens and a buttermilk Ranch dressing. Heaven!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Sauce Ranch au babeurre&lt;br /&gt;Buttermilk Ranch Dressing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;source Epicurious&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div color="transparent" style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; border: medium none;"&gt;&lt;li class="ingredient"&gt;1/3 tasse de yaourt nature sans gras /1/3 cup plain nonfat yogurt&lt;/li&gt;                                                                                                       &lt;li class="ingredient"&gt;1/3 tasse mayonnaise / 1/3 cup mayonnaise&lt;/li&gt;                                                                                                       &lt;li class="ingredient"&gt;1/2 tasse de babeurre / 1/2 cup buttermilk&lt;/li&gt;                                                                                                       &lt;li class="ingredient"&gt;2 c. à café d'oignon râpé / 2 teaspoons finely grated onion&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="ingredient"&gt;1 c. à café de poudre d'ail ou de poudre d'oignon / 1 tsp garlic or onion powder&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;                                                                                                       &lt;li class="ingredient"&gt;1 petite dent d'ail, écrasée / 1 small clove of garlic, pressed&lt;/li&gt;                                                                                                       &lt;li class="ingredient"&gt;Sel et poivre, fraîchement moulu, au goût / Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste&lt;/li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153);" href="http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Ranch-Dressing-106679#ixzz17If8BRfQ"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;"&gt;Bien mélanger le yaourt, la mayonnaise et le babeurre. Ajouter l'oignon et l'ail. Assaisonner au sel et au poivre. Garder au réfrigérateur jusqu'au moment de servir (jusqu'à 8 heures).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Whisk  the yogurt, mayonnaise, and buttermilk together. Stir in the onion and  garlic. Season with salt and a generous grinding of pepper. Refrigerate, covered, until ready to use (up to 8 hours). &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5234317385/" title="Embroidered Sampler Stocking by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5086/5234317385_5aff0a650d_z.jpg" alt="Embroidered Sampler Stocking" width="640" height="444" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il fut un temps où je brodais tous les jours... Depuis environ 2 ans, ce n'est plus le cas, d'autres activités accaparent mon temps. Mais ces jours-ci,  je reprends mon ouvrage... Ce bas de Noël sera-t-il prêt pour le 25? J'aimerais bien.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;There was a time when I embroidered every day... For the past 2 years though, I haven't embroidered as much... I'm taken with other priorities. But these days, I've brought my embroidery out... Will this Christmas stocking be ready for the 25th? I'd like it to be.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5234904422/" title="Work In Progress by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5046/5234904422_d6698e7359_z.jpg" alt="Work In Progress" width="537" height="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153);" href="http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Ranch-Dressing-106679#ixzz17Ifo3hNC"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-7228580523436187713?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/7228580523436187713/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=7228580523436187713&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/7228580523436187713'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/7228580523436187713'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/12/bavette-de-boeuf-et-mesclun-la-sauce.html' title='Bavette de boeuf et mesclun à la sauce Ranch au babeurre - Flank Steak And Mesclun With Buttermilk Ranch Dressing'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5005/5234842688_d4ca961993_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-5910782510479578676</id><published>2010-12-02T09:41:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-02T10:15:07.973-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif'/><title type='text'>J'aime les framboises poilues - I Love Hairy Berries</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5225023378/" title="Hairy Berry by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5283/5225023378_e0bf249c5f_z.jpg" width="639" height="640" alt="Hairy Berry" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Repartons la journée à zéro... soit au petit déjeuner.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Let's start the day over... With breakfast.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5224429419/" title="In Praise Of Breakfast by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4112/5224429419_a5abec75f4_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="In Praise Of Breakfast" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai découvert depuis un moment un produit que j'affectionne beaucoup, le yogourt grec à 0% de matières grasses de &lt;a href="http://www.liberte.qc.ca/fr/home.ch2"&gt;Liberté.&lt;/a&gt; Le yogourt grec contient 3-4 fois plus de lait que le yogourt régulier, donc plus de protéines. J'y ajoute des fruits frais, ou de l'essence d'érable, ou de la vanille. C'est comme commencer la journée avec... le dessert!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I've known about a product I particularily like for a while, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.liberte.qc.ca/fr/home.ch2"&gt;Liberté&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;'s greek yoghurt with 0% fat. This greek yoghurt contains 3-4 times more milk than regular yoghurt, so it has more proteins. I add fresh fruit, or maple flavouring, or vanilla. It's like starting the day with... dessert!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-5910782510479578676?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/5910782510479578676/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=5910782510479578676&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/5910782510479578676'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/5910782510479578676'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/12/jaime-les-framboises-poilues-i-love.html' title='J&apos;aime les framboises poilues - I Love Hairy Berries'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5283/5225023378_e0bf249c5f_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-438119580856390426</id><published>2010-12-01T09:55:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-01T10:03:13.431-05:00</updated><title type='text'>décembre - december</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5223275269/" title="December by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/5223275269_2217cdd52f_z.jpg" width="640" height="511" alt="December" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;"May you have the gladness of Christmas which is hope;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;The spirit of                         Christmas which is peace;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The heart of Christmas which is love."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-   Ada V. Hendricks &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-438119580856390426?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/438119580856390426/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=438119580856390426&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/438119580856390426'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/438119580856390426'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/12/decembre-december.html' title='décembre - december'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/5223275269_2217cdd52f_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-62887605233114895</id><published>2010-11-23T23:35:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-23T23:45:24.756-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Glaçage au beurre - Buttercream Icing</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5202911597/" title="103_2854.kdc by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4107/5202911597_824d21dde8_z.jpg" width="640" height="546" alt="103_2854.kdc" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voici une recette qui me vient de mon enfance, celle du glaçage au beurre que faisait ma mère.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;This recipe reminds me of my childhood. It's my mother's buttercream icing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5203506044/" title="cup+cake by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5249/5203506044_b41e635ced_b.jpg" width="800" height="599" alt="cup+cake" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;500 g de sucre glace / &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;500 g of icing sugar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 c. à soupe d'essence d'amande pure / &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;1 tablespoon of pure almond extract&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;200 g de beurre / &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;200 g of butter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;du lait (environ 2 c. à soupe) / &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;milk (about 2 tablespoons)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Réduire le beurre en crème avec le batteur. Ajouter l'essence d'amande, puis le sucre glace en 2 additions. Lorsque le glaçage devient trop ferme, ajouter la quantité de lait nécessaire pour le ramollir à la consistance voulue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Cream the butter with a beater. Add the almond extract, then the icing sugar in 2 additions. When the icing becomes too firm, add the required quantity of milk to rectify the consistency.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-62887605233114895?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/62887605233114895/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=62887605233114895&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/62887605233114895'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/62887605233114895'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/11/glacage-au-beurre-buttercream-icing.html' title='Glaçage au beurre - Buttercream Icing'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4107/5202911597_824d21dde8_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-2183448832043651798</id><published>2010-11-19T04:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-19T04:30:10.434-05:00</updated><title type='text'>cup+cake</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/46001938@N05/5189385792/" title="cupcake by One-Thousand-Words, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4113/5189385792_82437a659e_b.jpg" width="674" height="800" alt="cupcake" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;recette à venir&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;recipe soon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-2183448832043651798?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/2183448832043651798/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=2183448832043651798&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/2183448832043651798'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/2183448832043651798'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/11/cupcake.html' title='cup+cake'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4113/5189385792_82437a659e_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-3104945792051752443</id><published>2010-11-06T21:39:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-11-06T21:44:24.777-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Citrouilles - Pumpkins</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/2986358387/" title="dcp_0433 by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3161/2986358387_118048f611_z.jpg" width="640" height="407" alt="dcp_0433" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Que faire avec les citrouilles qui ont survécu à Halloween? Des petits pots de crème à la citrouille (&lt;a href="http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2008/10/petits-pots-de-crme-la-citrouille.html"&gt;recette ici&lt;/a&gt;), ou du fudge à la citrouille (&lt;a href="http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2008/10/sucre-la-crme-la-citrouille-pumpkin.html"&gt;recette ici&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;What do you do with the pumpkins that survived Halloween? Some petits pots de crème à la citrouille (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2008/10/petits-pots-de-crme-la-citrouille.html"&gt;recipe here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;) or pumpkin fudge (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2008/10/sucre-la-crme-la-citrouille-pumpkin.html"&gt;recipe here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-3104945792051752443?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/3104945792051752443/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=3104945792051752443&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/3104945792051752443'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/3104945792051752443'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/11/citrouilles-pumpkins.html' title='Citrouilles - Pumpkins'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3161/2986358387_118048f611_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-4735724003133904307</id><published>2010-10-29T02:14:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-29T03:30:38.773-04:00</updated><title type='text'>soupe automnale de légumes-racines -- a root vegetable fall soup</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5125454712/" title="103_2585.tif by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4031/5125454712_9709cef06e_z.jpg" alt="103_2585.tif" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Une soupe automnale toute réconfortante : panais, carottes, poireau et cumin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;A comforting autumn soup: Parsnip, carrot, leek and cumin.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5125454834/" title="103_2568.tif by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4089/5125454834_29de328531.jpg" alt="103_2568.tif" width="500" height="375" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;é&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hécatombe au jardin, la perte d'arbres amis chers, le champ de boue, tout est à refaire. Planter un arbre en sachant qu'on ne le verra pas à maturité, ni même à l'adolescence, exige que l'on fasse abstraction de soi. Mais il y aura du houx et des hortensias bleus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Slaughter in the garden, the loss of cherished trees, a field of mud, everything must be redone. To plant a tree knowing that you'll never see it grown, or even half-grown, requires a denial of self. But then there will be some holly and blue hydrangeas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5125454660/" title="103_2587.tif by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4131/5125454660_91e2c81d5f_z.jpg" alt="103_2587.tif" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;D'après les convives, cette soupe est une des meilleures jamais faites. Prendre 1 litre de bouillon de poulet, 2 carottes, 2 panais et 1 poireau. Faire bouillir les légumes coupés jusqu'à ce qu'ils soient bien tendres en ajoutant du bouillon de poulet au besoin. Assaisoner de cumin et passer au blender pour obtenir une soupe bien lisse. Ajouter 125 ml de crème légère (15 %).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I was told that this soup is one of the best I've ever made. Take 1 liter of chicken stock, 2 carrots, 2 parsnips, 1 leek. Boil the cut vegetables until they are quite tender, adding chicken stock if needed. Season with cumin and blend until the soup is very smooth. Add 125 ml of light cream (15%).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-4735724003133904307?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/4735724003133904307/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=4735724003133904307&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/4735724003133904307'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/4735724003133904307'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/10/soupe-automnale-fall-soup.html' title='soupe automnale de légumes-racines -- a root vegetable fall soup'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4031/5125454712_9709cef06e_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-638770630480723372</id><published>2010-10-26T19:41:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-26T20:51:16.382-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Lendemain de rôti de boeuf - The Day After A Roast Beef Dinner</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5085504034/" title="fricassée (stew made from yesterday's leftover roast beef) by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4153/5085504034_73fc96e380_z.jpg" alt="fricassée (stew made from yesterday's leftover roast beef)" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les lendemains de rôti de boeuf, c'était toujours fricassée quand j'étais jeune. Prise de nostalgie pour des jours où les tracas étaient plus rares, j'ai refait la recette de ma mère... Couper les restes de rôti en cubes, peler des pommes de terre et couper en dés d'environ 2 cm. Mettre les cubes de boeuf et de pommes de terre dans un chaudron, ajouter une boîte de conserves de jus de tomates, le restant de sauce du rôti, et les restants de carottes. Porter à ébullition, baisser le feu et mijoter pour une heure, en ajoutant de l'eau si le liquide vient à manquer. En fin de cuisson, ajouter les restants de petits pois, du thym, du sel et du poivre. Servir avec des tranches de pain frais beurrées.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The day after we had a roast beef dinner, stew was always on the menu when I was a child. Feeling nostalgic for days when troubles were fewer, I dusted off my mother's recipe... Cut the beef into cubes, peel some potatoes and dice them into 1-inch pieces. Put the beef and potato cubes in a pot, add a can of tomato juice, the rest of the roast beef gravy, and any leftover carrots. Bring to a boil, lower the heat and simmer for an hour, adding water if the liquid level is too low. At the end of the cooking time, add any leftover green peas, some thyme, salt and pepper. Serve with fresh slices of buttered white bread.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-638770630480723372?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/638770630480723372/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=638770630480723372&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/638770630480723372'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/638770630480723372'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/10/lendemain-de-roti-de-boeuf.html' title='Lendemain de rôti de boeuf - The Day After A Roast Beef Dinner'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4153/5085504034_73fc96e380_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-4551946832764737509</id><published>2010-10-24T09:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-24T10:10:31.910-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Terrine de mousse de foies de poulet -- Chicken Liver Mousse Terrine</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a title="103_2503.tif by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5104934974/"&gt;&lt;img alt="103_2503.tif" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1099/5104934974_ab90c5a589_z.jpg" width="640" height="505" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;Bientôt le temps des Fêtes, les amis qui passent à la maison, la famille, les agapes...&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Soon it'll be the Holiday Season, friends dropping by, family, food...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a title="103_2498.kdc by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5104339649/"&gt;&lt;img alt="103_2498.kdc" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1320/5104339649_8927364993_b.jpg" width="742" height="800" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Deux petits rennes rouges et des sapins m'y ont fait penser.&lt;/p&gt;Two small red reindeer and Christmas trees reminded me of it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a title="103_2492.kdc by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5104339559/"&gt;&lt;img alt="103_2492.kdc" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1166/5104339559_b6ffb5a628_b.jpg" width="800" height="641" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;La mise en place : foies de poulet (250g), crème fraîche ou crème 15% (2 c. à soupe généreuses), beurre salé (80g), thym citron, sel marin, poivre, dent d'ail (1 grosse), échalotte (1 émincée), généreuse pincée de mélange d'herbes et épices séchées au choix (quatre ombelles pour moi), plat à terrine décoré de rennes (facultatif), gras de canard (2 c. à soupe), baies de poivre rose et brindilles d'herbes fraîches pour la décoration.&lt;/p&gt;Mise en place: chicken livers (250 g), crème fraîche or 15% cream (2 generous tablespoons), butter (80g), lemon thyme, sea salt and pepper, a large garlic clove, one minced shallot, a generous pinch of mixed dried herbs and spices (your choice), one terrine decorated with reindeer (optional), duck fat (2 tbs), red peppercorns and herb sprigs for garnish.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a title="103_2520.kdc by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5104935258/"&gt;&lt;img alt="103_2520.kdc" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4083/5104935258_159c3f915d.jpg" width="500" height="399" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Mettre une noix de beurre dans une poêle et cuire les foies de poulet jusqu'à ce que leur centre soit rosé, mettre dans un robot culinaire. Faire revenir l'échalotte, ajouter aux foies avec la crème, le beurre, les herbes et épices. Réduire en purée lisse, saler et poivrer puis mettre dans la terrine. Décorer de baies roses et d'herbes, faire fondre le gras de canard et verser une fine couche sur le dessus pour sceller. Réfrigérer avant de servir avec craquelins ou pain frais.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Heat a small quantity of butter in a skillet and cook the chicken livers until their center is pink, reserve in a food processor. Cook the shallot, add to the livers with the cream, the butter, the herbs and spices. Process and rectify the seasoning with salt and pepper. Pour into the terrine. Garnish with the pink peppercorns and herbs. Melt the duck fat and pour a thin layer on top of the terrine to seal. Refrigerate before serving with crackers or fresh bread.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-4551946832764737509?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/4551946832764737509/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=4551946832764737509&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/4551946832764737509'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/4551946832764737509'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/10/terrine-de-mousse-de-foies-de-poulet.html' title='Terrine de mousse de foies de poulet -- Chicken Liver Mousse Terrine'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1099/5104934974_ab90c5a589_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-4654385212802428673</id><published>2010-10-19T03:38:00.008-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-19T11:41:23.482-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oceans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eberts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='&apos;Jake Eberts&apos;'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='québec'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='océans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='film'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='&apos;Studio Georgeville&apos;'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Georgeville'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jake'/><title type='text'>Et jadis, il y avait des crevettes -- And There Were Once Shrimp</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/2594793431/" title="100_7688-2 by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2076/2594793431_dbb8b0a10f_o.jpg" alt="100_7688-2" width="800" height="600" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;This image can be licensed through Getty Images&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt; - Image disponible par l'entremise de Getty Images&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ces jours-ci, j'ai une folle envie de crevettes et de côtoyer l'océan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;These days, I have an intense yearning for shrimp and to be near the ocean.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;object width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ksj0W2mS9KU?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ksj0W2mS9KU?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mais il me revient à l'esprit ce clip de Youtube que je vous avais présenté l'été dernier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;But I keep thinking of this clip on Youtube that I posted last summer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4000477321/" title="Kennebunk Beach Maine by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2628/4000477321_47063ab3cc_z.jpg" alt="Kennebunk Beach Maine" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vous qui me lisez savez combien j'aime l'Atlantique.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;If you're a regular reader, you know how much I love the Atlantic Ocean.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object width="640" height="385"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ojtf4pziAQ8?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ojtf4pziAQ8?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Les manchettes sur ce désastre écologique sans précédent sont silencieuses. Les États-Unis ont levé le moratoire sur le forage pétrolier en profondeur dans le golfe du Mexique.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Headlines about this unprecedented ecological disaster are silent. The United States have lifted the moratorium on deep water oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;object width="640" height="385"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/elmjgOI45Wo?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/elmjgOI45Wo?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Et j'ai peine à croire les autorités pertinentes quand elles affirment qu'on peut manger en toute sécurité les crevettes pêchées dans le golfe du Mexique. Faut-il retenir l'avis de cet expert qui conseille de se fier à son odorat et à ses papilles gustatives?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;And I have difficulty believing relevant authorities when they claim that we can safely eat Gulf of Mexico shrimp. Or should we follow this expert's advice when he suggests that the nose knows and to trust our tastebuds?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;object width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dawOM7GjNzk?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dawOM7GjNzk?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vous me direz que le problème a été résolu, que nous sommes en Octobre. Je vous répondrai de regarder ce clip vidéo pris le 15 septembre dernier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;You'll tell me the problem has been solved, that we're well into October. I'll tell you to look at this video taken last September 15th.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;object width="640" height="385"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BUU-q5GXTU4?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BUU-q5GXTU4?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;Ce samedi, Studio Georgeville propose un visionnement spécial du film Océans, en présence du producteur Jake Eberts (natif de Montréal et producteur de films comme Gandhi, Les chariots de feu, Danse avec les loups, Le nom de la rose, etc.) qui commentera son film et répondra aux questions. Le film a été tourné avant le désastre du golfe du Mexique. Serait-il le même maintenant? &lt;a href="http://www.studiogeorgeville.com/"&gt;cliquer ici pour savoir comment acheter vos billets.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt; Puis cliquer ici pour en apprendre davantage sur &lt;a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Eberts"&gt;Jake Eberts &lt;/a&gt;ou sur le film &lt;a href="http://oceans-lefilm.com/"&gt;Océans&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;This Saturday, Studio Georgeville is presenting a special viewing of the film Oceans and Montreal born Jake Eberts, Executive Producer (who also produced amongst others Gandhi, Chariots of Fire, Dances With Wolves, The Name of the Rose), will be on site to comment it and answer questions. The film was prepared before the Gulf of Mexico disaster. Would the film be the same today? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.studiogeorgeville.com/"&gt;click here to find out how to buy your tickets.  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span&gt;Click here to find out more about &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Eberts"&gt;Jake Eberts&lt;/a&gt; or about the film &lt;a href="http://disney.go.com/disneynature/oceans/"&gt;Oceans&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-4654385212802428673?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/4654385212802428673/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=4654385212802428673&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/4654385212802428673'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/4654385212802428673'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/10/et-il-y-avait-des-crevettes-and-there.html' title='Et jadis, il y avait des crevettes -- And There Were Once Shrimp'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2628/4000477321_47063ab3cc_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-1626630609836414478</id><published>2010-10-17T19:47:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-18T08:58:04.740-04:00</updated><title type='text'>un atelier, un livre, un repas -- a workshop, a book, a meal</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a title="Gifts by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5091502774/"&gt;&lt;img alt="Gifts" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4145/5091502774_95a3d4e394_b.jpg" width="800" height="712" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L'affaire était mal partie... j'avais oublié que j'avais laissé le pot contenant les poires pochées derrière la voiture! Heureusement, la voiture n'a fait que renverser le pot dans son sac, sans que les poires ni le pot ne soient écrasés... ouf! J'ai redressé le pot, vidé de son liquide et j'ai vite fait un nouveau sirop au vin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;I was off to a bad start... I'd forgotten that I'd left the jar with the wine poached pears behind the car! Thankfully, I backed up perfectly and the car only tipped the jar in the bag, without running over the pears or the jar... ouf! I picked up the bag with the jar emptied of the liquid and quickly made a new wine syrup.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a title="Autumn Gold by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5090952675/"&gt;&lt;img alt="Autumn Gold" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4145/5090952675_85a9ccd0f8_b.jpg" width="800" height="502" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;One of the beautiful houses in Georgeville - Une des jolies maisons de Georgeville&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L'automne sied bien à Georgeville. L'atelier était organisé par le Studio Georgeville, une galerie d'art qui se donne pour mandat de stimuler la vie culturelle dans ce village qui sait si bien préserver l'essence d'un temps où le rythme de la vie était plus humain. Pour voir les différentes activités proposées par Studio Georgeville, &lt;a href="http://www.studiogeorgeville.com/"&gt;cliquer ici.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Fall becomes Georgeville. The workshop was organized by Studio Georgeville, an art gallery that has given itself the mandate of stimulating cultural life in a village that has captured the essence of a time when life's pace was gentler. To find out about the various activities Studio Georgeville organizes, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.studiogeorgeville.com/"&gt;click here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a title="103_2441.tif by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5091034955/"&gt;&lt;img alt="103_2441.tif" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/5091034955_4ed7341225.jpg" width="500" height="468" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finalement, ce furent 8 heures de plaisir, réunissant 8 convives autour  d'une table à déguster les 10 recettes préparées durant l'atelier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Finally, it was 8 hours of fun, 8 people around a dinner table, eating the 10 recipes they had prepared during the workshop.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a title="A Cooking Workshop by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5090894419/"&gt;&lt;img alt="A Cooking Workshop" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4090/5090894419_2df7dc1de3_b.jpg" width="800" height="578" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les participants sont repartis avec un livre que j'avais écrit contenant les recettes... petits pots de chocolat, salade de concombre et oignons, tarte flambée, crevettes au sel et au poivre en appéritif, velouté de chou-fleur au cheddar, suivi de ratatouille, de pommes de terre sarladaises et de poussins rôtis emmitoufflés dans les herbes fraîches, une salade agrémentée d'une vinaigrette au bleu et de poires pochées au vin et aux épices, et enfin, une tarte tatin. Je suis repartie avec le plaisir d'avoir passé la journée avec des gens charmants, un magnifique pot de gelée au piment fort et une planche à découper en bois de cerisier et en noyer qui me fera repenser sans cesse à cet atelier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Participants left with a companion book I had written with all the recipes: chocolate cream ramekins, cucumber and onion relish, tarte flambée, salt and pepper shrimp as appetizers, cauliflower and cheddar soup, followed by herb smothered roasted cornish hens, ratatouille, potatoes sarladaises, a salad with blue cheese dressing and wine poached pears and finally, tarte tatin. I left with the pleasure of having spent the day with charming people, a divine jar of hot pepper jelly and a cutting board made of cherry wood and american walnut that will forever remind me of the workshop.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a title="103_2455.tif by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5091045605/"&gt;&lt;img alt="103_2455.tif" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4145/5091045605_ed953d0202.jpg" width="500" height="356" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-1626630609836414478?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/1626630609836414478/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=1626630609836414478&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/1626630609836414478'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/1626630609836414478'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/10/un-atelier-un-livre-un-repas-workshop.html' title='un atelier, un livre, un repas -- a workshop, a book, a meal'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4145/5091502774_95a3d4e394_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-3561874993687587971</id><published>2010-10-15T14:41:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-15T16:01:06.471-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif'/><title type='text'>The Unbearable Lightness Of Chervil -- L'insoutenable légèreté du cerfeuil</title><content type='html'>&lt;style type="text/css"&gt;.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }&lt;/style&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/3617436246/" title="The Unbearable Lightness Of Chervil -- L'insoutenable légèreté du cerfeuil by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3367/3617436246_b807ef9ac3_z.jpg?zz=1" alt="The Unbearable Lightness Of Chervil -- L'insoutenable légèreté du cerfeuil" width="640" height="491" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;" class="flickr-yourcomment"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Je pense à mon ami JCP ces jours-ci. Il aimait bien le cerfeuil.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;" class="flickr-yourcomment"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" &gt;I'm thinking of my friend JCP these days. He loved chervil.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="flickr-yourcomment"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="flickr-yourcomment"&gt;Troisième et dernière photo pour le FIPC... Léger, aérien, le moindre souffle le fait frémir... le cerfeuil. En vichyssoise, il est incomparable. &lt;a href="http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2009/06/vichyssoise-au-cerfeuil-chervil.html"&gt;Recette ici&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2009/06/vichyssoise-au-cerfeuil-chervil.html"&gt;.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="flickr-yourcomment"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Third and final photo for the FIPC... Featherlight, a hint of a breeze makes it shiver... Chervil. Try it in a vichyssoise, it's outstanding. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2009/06/vichyssoise-au-cerfeuil-chervil.html"&gt;Recipe here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-3561874993687587971?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/3561874993687587971/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=3561874993687587971&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/3561874993687587971'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/3561874993687587971'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/10/unbearable-lightness-of-chervil-l.html' title='The Unbearable Lightness Of Chervil -- L&amp;#39;insoutenable légèreté du cerfeuil'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-5095433561202854791</id><published>2010-10-14T22:53:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-14T23:08:38.022-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Petit déjeuner pour petit matin froid</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5082947122/" title="Waiting 'round the bend... by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4150/5082947122_83e766f762_b.jpg" width="800" height="800" alt="Waiting 'round the bend..." /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les petits matins sont frais, sinon froids, et j'avais besoin de réconfort.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Early mornings are cool, if not cold, and I needed comfort food.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5082338725/" title="Comfort Food For Breakfast by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/5082338725_3ef2149bb6_b.jpg" width="650" height="800" alt="Comfort Food For Breakfast" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le café au lait habituel, mais des céréales chaudes sucrées avec des pommes caramélisées.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The usual café au lait, but with hot cereals sweetened with caramelized apples.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5082332179/" title="Scottish Oatmeal and Caramelized Apples by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4108/5082332179_2dd8c45eb3_o.jpg" width="800" height="599" alt="Scottish Oatmeal and Caramelized Apples" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Du gruau, du lait chaud et n'oubliez pas d'ajouter une pincée de sel dans les flocons d'avoine pendant qu'ils cuisent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Oatmeal, hot milk and don't forget to add a pinch of salt to the oatmeal as it cooks.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5082375699/" title="13-10-2010 by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4088/5082375699_27e158d4e4.jpg" width="500" height="361" alt="13-10-2010" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La poste n'apporte pas que du chocolat... Mon premier livre, oh minuscule... mais je vous en reparlerai plus tard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The postman doesn't only bring chocolate... My first book, really minuscule... But more on the subject later.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-5095433561202854791?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/5095433561202854791/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=5095433561202854791&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/5095433561202854791'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/5095433561202854791'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/10/petit-dejeuner-pour-petit-matin-froid.html' title='Petit déjeuner pour petit matin froid'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4150/5082947122_83e766f762_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-3797981566165013020</id><published>2010-10-13T18:38:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-13T19:44:51.322-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Emmenez le goûteur! -- Bring In The Taster!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a title="103_2356.tif by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5079107533/"&gt;&lt;img alt="103_2356.tif" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4104/5079107533_4045c229c6_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On ouvre son courrier électronique et il y a un mail mystérieux...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;You open your mail and find a mysterious message...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a title="Perks by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5062048124/"&gt;&lt;img alt="Perks" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4104/5062048124_47b31c2a7b_z.jpg" width="463" height="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On vous dit qu'il y aura un dévoilement spécial... mais c'est en Europe... vous continuez la lecture et on vous propose de participer à distance en vous disant qu'on vous enverra le produit par la poste...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;You find out about a special tasting... But it's in Europe... You read on and learn that you are asked to participate from a distance, that the product will be sent in the mail...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a title="Decadent Chocolate by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5062065878/"&gt;&lt;img alt="Decadent Chocolate" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4089/5062065878_bd735537da.jpg" width="385" height="500" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vous répondez en disant que vous acceptez et quelques jours plus tard, vous trouvez une enveloppe dans la poste. Vous l'ouvrez avec fébrilité pour découvrir une boîte carrée, des lettres dorées, un nom exotique...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;You accept and a few days later, you find an envelope in the mail. You feverishly open it to find a square box, golden lettering, an exotic name...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a title="103_2359.tif by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5079107229/"&gt;&lt;img alt="103_2359.tif" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4004/5079107229_30c13d540b.jpg" width="500" height="375" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vous vous versez un café corsé, puis vous prenez une petite bouchée... puis une deuxième...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;You pour yourself a strong cup of coffee, then you take a small bite... and another...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a title="Smooth by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5062065638/"&gt;&lt;img alt="Smooth" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4148/5062065638_95e8679ccb_z.jpg" width="640" height="550" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C'est bon, c'est différent, c'est onctueux, c'est épicé, le goût de chocolat au lait et de la coriandre emplit votre bouche et il y a de petits morceaux de pécan, minuscules, craquants... vous oubliez le café et vous reprenez une autre petite bouchée, puis une autre, et une autre encore. Ce produit d'exception fait partie de la nouvelle gamme de chocolat «Mystérieux» de Côte d'Or. Il y a trois autres nouveaux produits mystérieux, que vous pouvez découvrir &lt;a href="http://www.cotedormysterieux.com/"&gt;en cliquant ici&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;It's good, it's different, it's unctuous, it's spicy, the taste of milk chocolate and coriander fills your mouth and there are tiny bits of pecans, minuscule, crunchy... You forget the coffee and take another small bite, then another, and yet another. This exceptional product is part of the new «Mystérieux» chocolate bars by Côte d'Or. There are three other mysterious products that you can discover by &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cotedormysterieux.com/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;clicking here&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-3797981566165013020?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/3797981566165013020/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=3797981566165013020&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/3797981566165013020'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/3797981566165013020'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/10/emmenez-le-gouteur-bring-in-taster.html' title='Emmenez le goûteur! -- Bring In The Taster!'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4104/5079107533_4045c229c6_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-1785604787373664347</id><published>2010-10-06T21:40:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-06T21:50:53.964-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Pommes de terre à la menthe -- Minted Potatoes</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a title="103_2201.tif by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5058236545/"&gt;&lt;img alt="103_2201.tif" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4090/5058236545_ef10a2149a_z.jpg" width="640" height="508" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;La menthe fleurit (en retard) et j'avais des pommes de terre nouvelles... Signal pour faire des pommes de terre à la menthe. Faire bouillir les pommes de terre dans de l'eau salée, essorer et verser du beurre fondu dans lequel vous avez ajouté de la menthe ciselée. Drôle d'idée? Essayez et vous verrez...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The mint is flowering (a bit late) and I had new potatoes... That's the signal to make minted new potatoes. Boil the potatoes in some salted water, drain and pour melted butter in which some minced mint has been added. Strange idea? Try it and see...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a title="103_2230.tif by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5058236995/"&gt;&lt;img alt="103_2230.tif" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4148/5058236995_f413b6a024_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les revoici... les citrouilles! &lt;a href="http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2007/10/tarte-la-citrouille-pour-laction-de.html"&gt;Recette ici.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;They're back... Pumpkins! &lt;a href="http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2007/10/tarte-la-citrouille-pour-laction-de.html"&gt;Recipe here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a title="? by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5058842704/"&gt;&lt;img alt="?" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4151/5058842704_0f149dcdb6_z.jpg" width="640" height="479" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Drôle de phénomène... Je n'ai pas pesé plusieurs fois sur le bouton et cette mésange a l'air d'un fantôme. Que s'est-il passé?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Funny... I didn't press twice on the shutter but this chickadee looks like a ghost. What happened?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-1785604787373664347?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/1785604787373664347/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=1785604787373664347&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/1785604787373664347'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/1785604787373664347'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/10/pommes-de-terre-la-menthe-minted.html' title='Pommes de terre à la menthe -- Minted Potatoes'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4090/5058236545_ef10a2149a_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-6024439087897462901</id><published>2010-09-30T23:23:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-30T23:33:20.822-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Quelques photos du Maine -- A Few Photos From Maine</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5035293176/" title="sunrise on the Atlantic by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4152/5035293176_ccb46503ae_z.jpg" width="640" height="535" alt="sunrise on the Atlantic" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le premier matin, debout avant l'aube, j'ai pris ce cliché de l'océan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;On the first morning, up before dawn, I took this picture of the ocean.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5034672243/" title="chasing dreams by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4153/5034672243_45d79b08c3_z.jpg" width="638" height="640" alt="chasing dreams" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ce chien pourchassait les chevaliers guignette avec enthousiasme.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;This dog was chasing sand pipers with wild abandon.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5035292940/" title="the wader by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4088/5035292940_b903788134_b.jpg" width="767" height="1024" alt="the wader" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tandis que cet homme marchait dans l'eau, perdu dans ses pensées.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;While this man waded in the surf, lost in his thoughts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-6024439087897462901?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/6024439087897462901/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=6024439087897462901&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/6024439087897462901'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/6024439087897462901'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/09/quelques-photos-du-maine-few-photos.html' title='Quelques photos du Maine -- A Few Photos From Maine'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4152/5035293176_ccb46503ae_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-8999050291736743410</id><published>2010-09-29T17:53:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-29T18:14:44.498-04:00</updated><title type='text'>FIPC 2</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4022391788/" title="Minestrone Take 2 by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2600/4022391788_1b2c965041_o.jpg" width="740" height="669" alt="Minestrone Take 2" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Au fil de mon blogue, ma manière de photographier la nourriture a changé... j'ai développé une «philosophie» à l'égard de la nourriture en photo. Elle se résume à ceci : mettre l'aliment en vedette, donner le goût de le consommer, lui faire honneur. Quelquefois, une mise en scène s'impose, d'autres fois, je me concentre sur l'aliment même, ses couleurs, sa texture. Le thème du concours de photographie culinaire du FIPC organisé par &lt;a href="http://www.750g.com/photographie_culinaire.htm"&gt;750g.com&lt;/a&gt; est «du jardin à l'assiette». Le jardin, ça me fait penser aux fruits et légumes, aux herbes et fleurs. Alors quoi de mieux qu'une photo d'une recette de minestrone, de soupe aux légumes coupés pour qu'on puisse sentir et goûter aux légumes avec les yeux?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;As time goes by on my blog, my way of photographing food changes... I've developped a "philosophy" about photographing food. In short, I want to feature the food, to provoke a desire to eat it, to honour it. Sometimes, a "mise en scène" is necessary. Other times, I concentrate on the food itself, the colours and textures. The theme for the FIPC competition organized by &lt;a href="http://www.750g.com/photographie_culinaire.htm"&gt;750g.com&lt;/a&gt; is "From the garden to the plate". Gardens make me think of fruit and vegetables, herbs and flowers. So what better way to illustrate the theme than a minestrone, a cut vegetable soup photographed so that one can smell and taste the vegetables with one's eyes?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recette / Recipe&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Si j'ai du bouillon de volaille maison, je m'en sers. Cela pourrait être du bouillon de boeuf, du bouillon de légumes ou même une combinaison des trois. Il faut aussi du jus de tomates.&lt;br /&gt;Selon la quantité de soupe que je désire obtenir, je calcule 1 fois et demie en bouillon et en jus de tomates la quantité de soupe que je souhaite avoir à la fin de la recette.&lt;br /&gt;En fonction de ce qu'il y a au frigo, je coupe ou j'émince oignons, poireaux, céleri branche, carottes, navet, pomme de terre, poivron rouge, ... Je n'oublie pas les feuilles du céleri branche, j'ajoute du thym séché ou frais et quelques pâtes en forme de lettres (ou des coquilles, ou...). Je porte le tout à ébullition, je baisse le feu à température moyenne et je laisse mijoter doucement jusqu'à ce que les légumes soient bien tendres et les pâtes cuites.&lt;br /&gt;En fin de cuisson, j'ajoute des jeunes feuilles d'épinards, je rectifie l'assaisonnement en sel et en poivre.&lt;br /&gt;J'aime que la soupe soit dense de légumes, ça me donne bonne conscience que je mange sainement.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-8999050291736743410?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/8999050291736743410/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=8999050291736743410&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/8999050291736743410'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/8999050291736743410'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/09/fipc-2.html' title='FIPC 2'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-7085550639241143083</id><published>2010-09-28T23:15:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-28T23:15:48.989-04:00</updated><title type='text'>la mouette - the seagull</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/5034658047/" title="the gull by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4090/5034658047_17e59b3f47_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="the gull" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-7085550639241143083?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/7085550639241143083/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=7085550639241143083&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/7085550639241143083'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/7085550639241143083'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/09/la-mouette-seagull.html' title='la mouette - the seagull'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4090/5034658047_17e59b3f47_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-2834458123463663426</id><published>2010-09-19T01:58:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-26T00:41:09.806-04:00</updated><title type='text'>FIPC</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/3178959973/" title="Herb and Tomato Salad by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3423/3178959973_491b625c8f_o.jpg" alt="Herb and Tomato Salad" width="800" height="600" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;J'ai descendu dans mon jardin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Pour y cueillir du romarin...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mais romarin, n'en avait point!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Il y avait du persil, du thym, de la marjolaine et une petite tomate jaune, une &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;pomo d'oro&lt;/span&gt;, et comme ce n'était pas la première fois que je descendais dans mon jardin, j'avais préparé un vinaigre au basilic pourpre (mais oui, vous savez comment faire, je vous l'ai déjà dit... vous prenez une grosse poignée de feuilles de basilic pourpre que vous lavez dans trois eaux différentes et successives, puis vous versez sur les feuilles essorées du vinaigre blanc qui a été chauffé jusqu'au seuil du point d'ébullition. Vous laissez ensuite macérer les feuilles et le vinaigre au frigo dans un bocal stérilisé pendant quelques semaines avant de filtrer le liquide et de le conserver dans des bouteilles stérilisées). Et puisque j'avais bien quelque fond de bouteille d'une bonne huile d'olive bien fruitée, c'était là tout ce qu'il me fallait pour faire une belle salade toute lumineuse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The French "comptine" (nursery rhyme) J'ai descendu dans mon jardin, pour y cueillir du romarin ("I went down into my garden, to pick some rosemary") is the theme for this year's culinary photography competition, Festival international de la photographie culinaire. I did not have rosemary in the garden, but I had thyme, marjoram, parsley and a small golden tomato, a pomo d'oro, and since I'd been in my garden before, I had some purple basil vinegar (of course you know how to prepare it, I've told you before... you take a generous handful of purple basil, you rince the leaves in three successive washes of water, then you pour over the leaves some white vinegar that you've heated to just below boiling point. You  put the leaves and vinegar in a sterilized jar for a few weeks in the refrigerator before filtering the liquid and storing it in sterilized bottles). And since I had a bit of fruity olive oil left over, I had all that I needed to make a lovely salad.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cette recette - et la photo - se veulent ma participation au concours du Festival international de la photographie culinaire pour les &lt;a href="http://www.festivalphotoculinaire.com/prix.php"&gt;blogueurs culinaires organisé par 750g.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;This recipe - and the photo - are my entry for the contest organized by 750g.com in collaboration with the Festival international de la photographie culinaire&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-2834458123463663426?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/2834458123463663426/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=2834458123463663426&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/2834458123463663426'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/2834458123463663426'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/09/fipc.html' title='FIPC'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-155047860451998980</id><published>2010-09-18T01:52:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-26T00:42:41.540-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hovey Manor et l'ouragan Igor</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4991978558/" title="Breakfast Table by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4124/4991978558_6b63d6259a_z.jpg" alt="Breakfast Table" width="640" height="476" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pour celles et ceux qui habitent dans mon coin (l'Estrie) et qui cherchent une table gourmande le dimanche avant-midi, Manoir Hovey (membre des Relais &amp;amp; Châteaux) à North Hatley offre des déjeuners gourmands dans un cadre enchanteur.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;For those who live in my neck of the woods (Eastern Townships) who are looking for a place to have a leisurely (and delicious) Sunday breakfast, Hovey Manor (of the Relais &amp;amp; Châteaux chain) in North Hatley offers a Déjeuner gourmand in a beautiful setting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4992824882/" title="Breakfast Table by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4084/4992824882_6f0cacb1d6_z.jpg" alt="Breakfast Table" width="640" height="499" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Confitures et pains artisanaux, une table buffet qui propose des jus, des viennoiseries, du granola maison, des fruits, du fromage, des quiches et un plat servi à la table que l'on choisit parmi le pain doré enrobé de pacanes et recouvert de sauce caramel écossais, ou les crêpes, ou une omelette, ou les oeufs, ou encore...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Bread and jams made by local producers, a buffet table where you can choose juices, pastries, home-made granola, cheeses, quiches and a dish served at the table from French toast covered with a pecan crust and butterscotch sauce, or pancakes, or omelets, or eggs, or...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4992828032/" title="veranda by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4108/4992828032_bdfd9b91d8_z.jpg" alt="veranda" width="640" height="460" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Puis on peut s'installer sur la véranda pour boire son café tranquillement...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Then you can sit on the veranda to drink your coffee slowly...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4992010572/" title="My first book by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4088/4992010572_1c1905bc08_z.jpg" alt="My first book" width="640" height="504" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;en lisant son tout premier livre...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;while reading your very first book...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="640" height="360"&gt; &lt;param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&amp;amp;photo_secret=9f113d97e8&amp;amp;photo_id=5000636024&amp;amp;hd_default=false"&gt; &lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377"&gt; &lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"&gt; &lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&amp;amp;photo_secret=9f113d97e8&amp;amp;photo_id=5000636024&amp;amp;hd_default=false" width="640" height="360"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le Manoir Hovey c'était dimanche dernier... Ce matin, c'était la côte du Maine après le passage d'Igor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The visit to Hovey Manor was last Sunday... This morning, I was on the Maine Coast after Igor's passage.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-155047860451998980?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/155047860451998980/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=155047860451998980&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/155047860451998980'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/155047860451998980'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/09/hovey-manor-et-louragan-igor.html' title='Hovey Manor et l&apos;ouragan Igor'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4124/4991978558_6b63d6259a_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-8419262396663245058</id><published>2010-09-12T17:29:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-12T17:30:50.161-04:00</updated><title type='text'>La belle pomme --- Quintessentially Apple</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4944092730/" title="Royal Gala Apple by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4114/4944092730_b462c8384f_b.jpg" width="800" height="719" alt="Royal Gala Apple" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;N'est-elle pas belle? C'est la saison...&lt;br /&gt;Isn't it beautiful? It's apple season...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-8419262396663245058?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/8419262396663245058/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=8419262396663245058&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/8419262396663245058'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/8419262396663245058'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/09/la-belle-pomme-quintessentially-apple.html' title='La belle pomme --- Quintessentially Apple'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4114/4944092730_b462c8384f_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-6030320547515851016</id><published>2010-08-31T22:35:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-26T00:46:09.923-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Quelle chaleur!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4947184268/" title="Water's Fine by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4109/4947184268_2a1a55056f_b.jpg" alt="Water's Fine" width="800" height="600" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le temps des canicules est revenu... Il n'y a qu'une réaction possible à cette chaleur : l'eau!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;We're into dog days of summer again... The only way to react is to find some water!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4947172490/" title="Life In The Fast Lane by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4131/4947172490_d6e6cca4be_b.jpg" alt="Life In The Fast Lane" width="800" height="600" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ou parcourir les rangs de campagne, fenêtres de la voiture grandes ouvertes!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Or take a drive on country roads, with the car's windows wide open!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4946579917/" title="Déjà Vu by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4103/4946579917_45fc616415_b.jpg" alt="Déjà Vu" width="800" height="600" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C'est ce que je faisais cet après-midi lorsque j'ai été frappée par un sentiment de déjà vu... Vous souvenez-vous des premiers logiciels Windows? J'ai arrêté la voiture pour prendre cette photo...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;That's what I was doing this afternoon when I was struck with a feeling of déjà vu... Do you remember the first versions of Windows software? I stopped the car to take this photo...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4946586139/" title="Opportunism by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4093/4946586139_0e236ca19e_b.jpg" alt="Opportunism" width="800" height="643" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En poursuivant ma route, j'ai dû m'arrêter une fois de plus... Ce vacher faisait la fête sur la tête de cette vache.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;A short while later, I had to stop again... this bird was dancing on the cow's head.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4916263148/" title="Munch On Lunch by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4080/4916263148_968cf092fb_z.jpg" alt="Munch On Lunch" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Avec cette chaleur, il n'y a que l'eau... et les sandwiches! Profitons-en!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;With this heat, you need water... and sandwiches! Party time!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4946589199/" title="Pretty Woman by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4152/4946589199_44a4dd8906_b.jpg" alt="Pretty Woman" width="800" height="531" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-6030320547515851016?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/6030320547515851016/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=6030320547515851016&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/6030320547515851016'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/6030320547515851016'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/08/quelle-chaleur.html' title='Quelle chaleur!'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4109/4947184268_2a1a55056f_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-6556289262504818088</id><published>2010-08-18T00:38:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-26T00:51:15.414-04:00</updated><title type='text'>n'oubliez pas les soeurs Tatin</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4902908217/" title="Peach Tatin by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4074/4902908217_c118483714_z.jpg" alt="Peach Tatin" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'aime les pêches, et je suis bien servie, c'est la saison. Comment faire une tatin aux pêches? Il vous faudra 4 grosses pêches jaunes, un soupçon de muscade, 2 cuillers à soupe de beurre, du vrai, et 2 c. à soupe de sucre brun. Faire chauffer le beurre dans une poêle en fonte (ou toute autre poêle qui peut aller au four), ajouter le sucre, puis les pêches pelées, dénoyeautées et coupées en deux. Faire cuire dans le caramel 2 minutes de chaque côté, saupoudrer de muscade, puis en faisant attention de ne pas brûler vos doigts, mettre une abaisse de tarte sur le dessuis en repliant le pourtour autour du fond de la poêle. Enfourner dans un four préchauffé à 400 F pendant 10-12 minutes, jusqu'à ce que la croûte soit bien dorée. Retirer du four, en prenant soin de ne pas vous brûler, placer l'assiette de service sur le dessus de la poêle et retourner rapidement., Laisser refroidir 5 minutes avant d'enlever la poêle. Servir chaud avec de la crème glacée.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I love peaches and it's been a record year. How do you make a peach Tatin? Take 4 large yellow peaches, a hint of nutmeg, 2 tablespoons of butter and 2 tablespoons of brown sugar. Heat the butter in a cast iron skillet (or any ovenproof skillet), add the sugar then the peeled and pitted peaches cut in half. Cook the fruit in the caramel for a few minutes on each side, sprinkle with nutmeg then, taking care not to burn your fingertips, tuck a round piece of pie crust all around the fruit. Bake in a preheated 400 F oven for 10-12 minutes, until the crust is quite golden. Remove from the oven, and carefully put the serving plate over the skillet and turn onto the plate quickly. Let the pie cool down 5 minutes before removing the skillet. Serve warm with ice cream.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-6556289262504818088?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/6556289262504818088/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=6556289262504818088&amp;isPopup=true' title='13 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/6556289262504818088'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/6556289262504818088'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/08/noubliez-pas-les-soeurs-tatin.html' title='n&apos;oubliez pas les soeurs Tatin'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4074/4902908217_c118483714_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-1944774126307197949</id><published>2010-08-17T03:27:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-17T03:31:07.154-04:00</updated><title type='text'>tarte flambée en appéritif</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4900203518/" title="tarte flambée by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4100/4900203518_406e33d80b_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="tarte flambée" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Absente pour cause de préparation d'atelier... voici un aperçu sur la portion hors-d'oeuvres du menu.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Away because I'm preparing a workshop... Here's a foretaste of the appetizers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-1944774126307197949?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/1944774126307197949/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=1944774126307197949&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/1944774126307197949'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/1944774126307197949'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/08/tarte-flambee-en-apperitif.html' title='tarte flambée en appéritif'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4100/4900203518_406e33d80b_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-7598964113127044510</id><published>2010-08-08T23:19:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-09T00:03:35.321-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hospitalité</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4873746695/" title="A French Classic: Petit Pot Au Chocolat by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4098/4873746695_8200517c8d_z.jpg" alt="A French Classic: Petit Pot Au Chocolat" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bern disait que le séjour au café-couette devait être bien sympathique, ce qui m'a fait réfléchir... Le séjour m'a laissée en proie à un malaise que je n'arrivais pas à définir tout à fait... Si la décoration du café-couette était charmante, je dois avouer (maintenant que nous sommes entre nous) que les hôtes faisaient preuve du genre de familiarité facile qui me dérange. Vous me direz que je suis un peu vieux jeu? Peut-être... et peut-être pas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4860532234/" title="Lemonade by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4121/4860532234_e6200836c4.jpg" alt="Lemonade" width="411" height="500" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pourtant, l'hospitalité ce n'est pas très sorcier. Ce n'est pas se comporter avec les visiteurs comme si on avait gardé les cochons ensemble... les appeler par leur prénom dès le premier abord... C'est aussi simple que d'offrir un verre de limonade quand il fait 30 degrés celsius à l'ombre... Ce n'est pas ce qui est arrivé... On a indiqué en faisant visiter les aires communes qu'il y avait des bouteilles d'eau fraîche à vendre dans le frigo. C'est un peu mercenaire quand on demande le prix d'un 4 étoiles à Venise (basse saison quand même ;-P) ne trouvez-vous pas?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4873863651/" title="103_0852.tif by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4094/4873863651_efd229c008_z.jpg" alt="103_0852.tif" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le chat s'est ennuyé pendant notre absence. Il ne nous lâche pas d'une semelle depuis notre retour...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4874472292/" title="103_0888.kdc by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4074/4874472292_405b5929e7_z.jpg" alt="103_0888.kdc" width="640" height="468" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai donc préparé un pot de limonade et pris 5 minutes pour préparer les petits pots de chocolat de Léna (&lt;a href="http://souslefiguier.blogspot.com/2007/08/petits-pots-de-chocolat.html"&gt;cliquer ici pour la recette&lt;/a&gt;). Ils ne déçoivent jamais et mettent de bonne humeur.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4873805777/" title="103_0829.tif by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4123/4873805777_80519c4549.jpg" alt="103_0829.tif" width="500" height="390" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai suspendu les mangeoires d'oiseaux et j'ai admiré les gloires du matin qui poussent sur la véranda... Demain je plonge dans un océan de boulot. Bonne semaine à tous!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-7598964113127044510?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/7598964113127044510/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=7598964113127044510&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/7598964113127044510'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/7598964113127044510'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/08/hospitalite.html' title='Hospitalité'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4098/4873746695_8200517c8d_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-2665479652642745325</id><published>2010-08-07T10:52:00.016-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-07T23:44:07.120-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Partir pour mieux revenir --- Discovering The Joy Of Coming Home</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a title="07-08-20101 by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4868647347/"&gt;&lt;img alt="07-08-20101" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4140/4868647347_00bfe934f2_z.jpg" width="360" height="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il me semble que je suis comme un (bon) Bordeaux... plus je vieillis, plus je voyage mal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;I think I'm like a (good) Bordeaux wine... the more I age, the less I travel well.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a title="Standing Tall In The Corn Field by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4868741270/"&gt;&lt;img alt="Standing Tall In The Corn Field" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4114/4868741270_f80bceafd5_z.jpg" width="640" height="479" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il faisait une chaleur torride, humide, désagréable. L'air s'accrochait à la peau qui devenait moîte. Même avec toutes les fenêtres de la voiture ouvertes, c'était pour le moins inconfortable. Et la route était monotone... des champs de maïs à perte de vue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;It was torridly hot, humid, unpleasant. The air clung to the skin like a wet cloth. Even with all the car windows open, it was to say the least, very uncomfortable. And the road was frankly boring. Corn fields as far as the eye could see.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a title="Lake Champlain by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4868155507/"&gt;&lt;img alt="Lake Champlain" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4135/4868155507_6a39d7cb25_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je me rendais au lac Champlain où mon frère amarre son bateau durant l'été.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;I was going to Lake Champlain where my brother moors his boat during the summer months.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a title="06-08-2010 by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4869289312/"&gt;&lt;img alt="06-08-2010" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4137/4869289312_1e132c91f1_z.jpg" width="640" height="360" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plutôt que choisir l'autoroute, j'ai emprunté les routes secondaires jusqu'au nord de Burlington (au Vermont) où je prendrais le traversier (bac) de &lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;Grand Isle&lt;/span&gt; jusqu'à Plattsburgh, dans l'état de New York.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;Rather than driving on the highway, I took secondary roads to a point just north of Burlington (Vermont) where I would take the Grand Isle ferry into Plattsburgh, New York.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a title="103_0671.kdc by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4870168660/"&gt;&lt;img alt="103_0671.kdc" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4082/4870168660_76ba8c09ea_z.jpg" width="479" height="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Avez-vous remarqué combien le soleil a changé cet été? Lorsqu'il plombe on veut à tout prix trouver de l'ombre. Ses rayons sont agressifs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;Have you noticed how the sun has changed this summer? When it shines all you want is some shade. Its rays are aggressive.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a title="103_0620.kdc by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4869568987/"&gt;&lt;img alt="103_0620.kdc" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4096/4869568987_1706c81b56_z.jpg" width="640" height="496" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le lac Champlain est superbe et plusieurs Québécois passent l'été sur la partie américaine du lac.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;Lake Champlain is beautiful and many Quebecers summer on the American part of the lake.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a title="Collages1 by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4868708805/"&gt;&lt;img alt="Collages1" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4139/4868708805_32ab1307d0_z.jpg" width="360" height="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Après avoir dîné à la marina en compagnie de mon frère, nous nous sommes rendus à un café couette avoisinant, le &lt;a href="http://www.pointaurochelodge.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;Point Au Roche Lodge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;After a pleasant dinner with my brother at the marina, we headed to a neighbouring bed and breakfast, &lt;a href="http://www.pointaurochelodge.com/"&gt;Point Au Roche Lodge&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a title="06-08-20104 by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4868782415/"&gt;&lt;img alt="06-08-20104" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4094/4868782415_4e7b363171_z.jpg" width="640" height="360" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un décor chaleureux, comme le bois verni sait si bien créer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;A warm interior, as only varnished wood can create.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a title="Sunlight And Wood by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4868174163/"&gt;&lt;img alt="Sunlight And Wood" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4117/4868174163_ce25a783a5_b.jpg" width="767" height="1024" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Des éléments décoratifs qui empruntent du mouvement &lt;em&gt;Arts &amp;amp; Crafts&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;Arts &amp;amp; Crafts style decoration.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a title="The Warmth Of Pine by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4868765210/"&gt;&lt;img alt="The Warmth Of Pine" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4115/4868765210_32ae265c9b_z.jpg" width="574" height="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Des propriétaires fiers de leur auberge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;House-proud innkeepers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a title="The Great Room - Wood And Light by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4868759458/"&gt;&lt;img alt="The Great Room - Wood And Light" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4102/4868759458_1577172863_z.jpg" width="640" height="507" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Une chambre impeccablement propre décorée avec des éléments qui font un clin d'oeil à la pêche à la mouche.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;An impeccably clean bedroom with a definite wink aimed at anglers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a title="06-08-20102 by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4868736459/"&gt;&lt;img alt="06-08-20102" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4138/4868736459_18e1fe8458_z.jpg" width="640" height="360" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un propriétaire diplômé du Culinary Institute of America.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;A Culinary Institute of America trained chef.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a title="06-08-20103 by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4868763731/"&gt;&lt;img alt="06-08-20103" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4075/4868763731_27d381a70c_z.jpg" width="640" height="360" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pas de télévision (comme à la maison).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;No television (just like home)&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a title="Windows And Wood by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4868173881/"&gt;&lt;img alt="Windows And Wood" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4117/4868173881_7d5e3da44e.jpg" width="375" height="500" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Tranquilité assurée... Le lendemain matin, le temps frais était revenu. Il était temps de rentrer pour attaquer les 5 contrats à traduire d'ici 8 jours.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;Total tranquility... Next morning, the weather was cool again. Time to get home to start on the 5 contracts to translate in the next 8 days.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a title="103_0314.kdc by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4870319260/"&gt;&lt;img alt="103_0314.kdc" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4073/4870319260_26dc8bd8e7_z.jpg" width="640" height="606" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alors pourquoi ce titre? Mais parce que je n'ai pas été le moindrement dépaysée.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;So why this title? Because I was not disoriented in the least.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a title="103_0796.tif by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4869654041/"&gt;&lt;img alt="103_0796.tif" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4095/4869654041_e547c32eeb_z.jpg" width="640" height="487" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai plutôt pris conscience de combien je suis bien chez moi près du lac et combien ma routine quotidienne est confortable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;I simply realized how well I am at home, next to the lake, and how comfortable my daily routine is.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a title="103_0809.tif-1 by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4870268382/"&gt;&lt;img alt="103_0809.tif-1" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4101/4870268382_627efca47a_z.jpg" width="640" height="463" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Et somme toute, c'est peut-être là le but d'une mini-vacance. Et comme mes compatriotes le savent si bien, Plattsburgh est le paradis du shopping. Vous aurez l'occasion de voir ces mangeoires d'oiseaux dans mes photos bientôt. :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;After all, maybe that's the purpose of a getaway. And like my fellow Quebecers know so well, Plattsburgh is a shopper's paradise. You'll see these bird feeders in my next pictures.&lt;/span&gt; :-)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-2665479652642745325?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/2665479652642745325/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=2665479652642745325&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/2665479652642745325'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/2665479652642745325'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/08/partir-pour-mieux-revenir-discovering.html' title='Partir pour mieux revenir --- Discovering The Joy Of Coming Home'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4140/4868647347_00bfe934f2_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-4153296108307921773</id><published>2010-08-06T22:57:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-06T22:59:32.405-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Winds Of Change --- Un vent nouveau</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4867834942/" title="Winds Of Change by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4120/4867834942_354cace3d6_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="Winds Of Change" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Près de Plattsburgh, NY.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Near Plattsburgh, NY.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-4153296108307921773?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/4153296108307921773/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=4153296108307921773&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/4153296108307921773'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/4153296108307921773'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/08/winds-of-change-un-vent-nouveau.html' title='Winds Of Change --- Un vent nouveau'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4120/4867834942_354cace3d6_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-1377783463506369485</id><published>2010-08-04T10:55:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-04T12:18:44.633-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Pauvres consommateurs que nous sommes!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4859091050/" title="Fraises d'automne by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4117/4859091050_e94f12b5d9_z.jpg" alt="Fraises d'automne" width="640" height="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C'est le temps des fraises d'automne au Québec. Selon moi, elles sont plus juteuses, plus sucrées que les premières fraises de l'été.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4859090770/" title="Georgeville on Lake Memphremagog in Quebec by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4095/4859090770_a84477110c_z.jpg" width="640" height="239" alt="Georgeville on Lake Memphremagog in Quebec" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quelquefois, l'humidité ambiante est presque insupportable. Alors, la meilleure chose à faire est de trouver une terrasse près du lac.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4859914157/" title="Acqua Alta On San Marco by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4141/4859914157_531ea8f206_z.jpg" width="640" height="559" alt="Acqua Alta On San Marco" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le nouvel ordinateur peut accepter les nombreuses photos de Venise sans problème. Mais le hic est l'écran. Il faudra sans doute que je calibre l'écran avec un colorimètre. Et de même pour celui de l'ancien portable (qui a maintenant un trou noir au bas de l'écran où rien ne s'affiche).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4855910194/" title="Venice - Rialto Bridge (Detail) by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4080/4855910194_bcc358b001_z.jpg" width="640" height="479" alt="Venice - Rialto Bridge (Detail)" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alors c'est la valse des portables dans la maison. L'ancien Compaq qui date de 2001 a été rélégué à la véranda... il sert de système de son et nous regardons les informations ou des vidéos dessus.  C'était celui que j'avais apporté avec moi à Venise et qui était si lent que je passais la nuit à tenter de visualiser les photos que j'avais prises le jour. L'écran est toujours superbe, par contre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4855293427/" title="Venice - San Giorgio Maggiore From Piazza San Marco by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4076/4855293427_9e6b012fff_b.jpg" width="751" height="1024" alt="Venice - San Giorgio Maggiore From Piazza San Marco" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Puis il y a le HP Pavilion qui date de 30 mois. Selon moi, la calibration était parfaite mais je n'en suis plus aussi certaine. Un bel écran 17 pouces, mais comble de malheur, il fonctionne avec Vista, ce qui le ralentit sans bornes et me fait grincer des dents. Il n'arrivait pas à ouvrir les répertoires de photos de Venise sans piquer du nez. Puis, le clavier est un peu usé... quelquefois les clés bloquent, d'autres fois les accents disparaissent... Il faut dire que pendant presque 3 ans, il n'a pratiquement pas été éteint. Puis la mésaventure du nettoyant pour l'écran...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4845479005/" title="Window Shopping In Venice by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4124/4845479005_23f4b04f47_z.jpg" width="640" height="479" alt="Window Shopping In Venice" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eh oui, en mal de grand nettoyage j'ai aspergé l'écran de nettoyant prévu pour les écrans de portable. Comble du malheur, j'ai vu une tache de condensation se former derrière l'écran, puis lorsqu'elle est disparue un trou noir l'a remplacée. La grosseur d'un 25 cents en plein milieu au bas de l'écran!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4813780883/" title="Clock Tower Behind St. Mark's Square, Venice by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4121/4813780883_dd0debd70f_b.jpg" width="767" height="1024" alt="Clock Tower Behind St. Mark's Square, Venice" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L'informaticien me dit qu'il n'y a rien à faire et qu'il faudrait qu'ils indiquent sur le contenant du produit qu'il faut vaporiser un linge puis nettoyer l'écran avec le linge! Avis aux intéréssés, vous aurez été prévenus!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4810524565/" title="Venice - Clock Tower From The Street Behind by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4116/4810524565_e12b33e654_z.jpg" width="640" height="479" alt="Venice - Clock Tower From The Street Behind" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ma comptable me disait cet hiver que les ordinateurs ne sont plus considérés comme des immobilisations. Eh non, au Fédéral on peut amortir son ordinateur en un an!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4860532632/" title="Creeping Tide by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4137/4860532632_8aeb63fcde_z.jpg" width="640" height="479" alt="Creeping Tide" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ce qui veut dire en termes pratiques qu'on peut changer son ordinateur à tous les ans (et que c'est ce que l'industrie voudrait bien que l'on fasse).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4844907989/" title="Le marché aux fleurs by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4146/4844907989_9f980e3007_z.jpg" width="640" height="481" alt="Le marché aux fleurs" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Donc je me retrouve avec 3 portables, trois versions de Windows, de multiples versions d'Office et des écrans qui ne rendent pas les images de la même façon. Ça jette un froid sur le plaisir de prendre des photos! Je suis donc à la recherche d'un colorimètre pour uniformiser tout ça!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4860532234/" title="Lemonade by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4121/4860532234_e6200836c4_b.jpg" width="842" height="1024" alt="Lemonade" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L'autre jour (je ne me souviens pas où) je lisais des internautes qui discutaient du Splenda et qui trouvaient que c'était une saloperie... j'ai sourcillé, puis j'ai compris que dans leur ignorance, elles assimilaient le Splenda à l'aspartame (qui est composé d'excréments de bactéries modifiées génétiquement). Qu'est-ce que le Splenda? C'est du sucre, celui que nous affectionons tant, qui a été traité au chlore (comme celui qui a été ajouté à votre eau du robinet). Le chlore provoque une réaction chimique qui fait que le sucre est modifié de sorte que l'organisme humain ne le reconnaît plus... il "contourne" donc le processus d'assimilation du sucre. Alors mesdames, si vous buvez ou utilisez de l'eau du robinet, ne faites pas les vierges offensées devant le Splenda et informez-vous avant de passer des jugements qui sont mal fondés.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4860531872/" title="Salsa! by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4136/4860531872_3292bcaee1_z.jpg" width="640" height="479" alt="Salsa!" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Et mangez des légumes ;-P (bio, of course)... Voici une petite vidéo sur les 13 légumes bio qui sont un must. Si vous n'avez pas les moyens de manger pur bio, ces légumes bio devraient quand même figurer dans votre panier d'épicerie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lVu53QXs_W0&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lVu53QXs_W0&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-1377783463506369485?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/1377783463506369485/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=1377783463506369485&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/1377783463506369485'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/1377783463506369485'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/08/pauvres-consommateurs-que-nous-sommes.html' title='Pauvres consommateurs que nous sommes!'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4117/4859091050_e94f12b5d9_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-7775981438998144984</id><published>2010-08-01T14:14:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-01T15:41:12.544-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Salsa à toutes les sauces</title><content type='html'>&lt;a title="Peach &amp;amp; Mint Salsa by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4849981953/"&gt;&lt;img alt="Peach &amp;amp; Mint Salsa" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4118/4849981953_6efa45eba5_b.jpg" width="800" height="600" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pour un petit bol de salsa:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a title="Peach Salsa by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4849981381/"&gt;&lt;img alt="Peach Salsa" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4077/4849981381_cb0af493b0_b.jpg" width="800" height="450" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;2 pêches bien mûres, coupées en petits dés&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;1 petit oignon rouge, coupé en petits dés&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;4 tomates cerises, coupées en petits dés&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;1/2 concombre pelé et épépiné, coupé en petits dés&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;6 belles feuilles de menthe, ciselées&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;sel de mer&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;piri piri, quelques gouttes&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;1 c. à soupe de miel ou de sirop d'érable&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;1 c. à soupe de sauce cocktail pour fruits de mer&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;jus d'une limette&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a title="Peach &amp;amp; Mint Salsa by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4849981601/"&gt;&lt;img alt="Peach &amp;amp; Mint Salsa" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4080/4849981601_92732a37dc_b.jpg" width="800" height="600" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;Mélanger le tout, laisser macérer pour développer les saveurs et déguster avec des chips au maïs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a title="A Bowl Of Peaches by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4849059771/"&gt;&lt;img alt="A Bowl Of Peaches" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4119/4849059771_2e54f80895.jpg" width="500" height="348" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un petit clin d'oeil à JP et Anne... avec qui je partage un amour immodéré pour la faïence portugaise (et les pêches).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-7775981438998144984?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/7775981438998144984/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=7775981438998144984&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/7775981438998144984'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/7775981438998144984'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/08/salsa-toutes-les-sauces.html' title='Salsa à toutes les sauces'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4118/4849981953_6efa45eba5_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-6496654357505583573</id><published>2010-07-31T22:23:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-31T22:31:36.060-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Pêches Sublimes! --- Sublime Peaches!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a title="Pan Seared Peaches With Brown Sugar Caramel by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4847550565/"&gt;&lt;img alt="Pan Seared Peaches With Brown Sugar Caramel" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4132/4847550565_74ce1e4d02.jpg" width="500" height="375" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vive les pêches! Un peu de beurre dans la poêle, des tranches de pêches mûres et juteuses et une cuiller à soupe de cassonnade... c'est tout et c'est sublime! Oh, et un peu de crème glacée.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Long live peaches! A bit of butter in the pan, some fresh peach quarters with their juice and a tablespoon of brown sugar... that's all and it's sublime! Oh and a bit of ice cream.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a title="Pan Seared Peaches With Brown Sugar Caramel by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4847534369/"&gt;&lt;img alt="Pan Seared Peaches With Brown Sugar Caramel" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4144/4847534369_81290dfd4a_b.jpg" width="1024" height="767" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-6496654357505583573?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/6496654357505583573/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=6496654357505583573&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/6496654357505583573'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/6496654357505583573'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/07/peches-sublimes-sublime-peaches.html' title='Pêches Sublimes! --- Sublime Peaches!'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4132/4847550565_74ce1e4d02_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-417721190601372923</id><published>2010-07-26T22:38:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-26T23:36:41.557-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Des pommes de terre exquises et du canard aux canneberges</title><content type='html'>&lt;a title="Potatoes Fried In Duck Fat With Duck Breast And Cranberry Orange Sauce by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4832601493/"&gt;&lt;img alt="Potatoes Fried In Duck Fat With Duck Breast And Cranberry Orange Sauce" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4086/4832601493_c4699e22be_b.jpg" width="800" height="599" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ma soeur me vante toujours les pommes de terre frites dans le gras de canard... Elle a raison!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a title="Barbecued Duck Breast With Orange Cranberry Sauce And Healthy Fries by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4833211788/"&gt;&lt;img alt="Barbecued Duck Breast With Orange Cranberry Sauce And Healthy Fries" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4132/4833211788_0c12a0d1d2.jpg" width="500" height="281" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le prix du gras de canard? Le même que le beurre, mais les bénéfices santé ne se comparent pas. Si on ajoute les bénéfices des canneberges, et de la viande de canard, c'est une combinaison gagnante!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a title="The Best Fries Ever &amp;amp; Moist Tender Duck With Cranberries &amp;amp; Orange Sauce by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4833211946/"&gt;&lt;img alt="The Best Fries Ever &amp;amp; Moist Tender Duck With Cranberries &amp;amp; Orange Sauce" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4085/4833211946_b9c921c585_b.jpg" width="800" height="599" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Comment j'ai fait? Une pomme de terre Russet coupée en dés (j'ai gardé la peau après avoir bien brossé la pomme de terre) et une généreuse cuiller à soupe de gras de canard. Faire fondre le gras de canard sur feu vif, ajouter les dés de pomme de terre, du sel de mer et rester à côté de la poêle pour pouvoir retourner les dés de pomme de terre afin qu'ils dorent sur toutes les faces. Pour le canard, j'ai entaillé la peau en damier et j'ai mis sur un grill chaud, peau vers le bas, pendant environ 4-5 minutes (la poitrine était petite). J'avais mis une assiette en aluminium pour recueillir le gras au fond du barbecue. J'ai retourné la poitrine et j'ai continué la cuisson pendant environ 5 minutes. Pour la sauce, j'ai la chance d'avoir les produits de la Ferme Beaulieu tout près de chez moi. Ils mettent en conserves une sauce canneberges et oranges qui est absolument succulente. J'ai tout simplement retiré l'excédent de gras de la poêle, puis j'ai ajouté 3 c. à soupe de la sauce aux canneberges. J'ai laissé réduire et j'ai nappé la poitrine de canard coupée en tranches.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-417721190601372923?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/417721190601372923/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=417721190601372923&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/417721190601372923'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/417721190601372923'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/07/des-pommes-de-terre-exquises-et-du.html' title='Des pommes de terre exquises et du canard aux canneberges'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4086/4832601493_c4699e22be_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-887735985577504598</id><published>2010-07-25T18:27:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-25T20:01:18.840-04:00</updated><title type='text'>1 -2 - 3 Ratatouille!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4818524524/" title="Venice's Black Nobility's Masterpiece - St. Mark's Basilica by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4117/4818524524_f079a81f66_b.jpg" alt="Venice's Black Nobility's Masterpiece - St. Mark's Basilica" width="799" height="1024" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le nouvel ordinateur a ceci comme avantage... je peux maintenant télécharger mes images de Venise sans que l'ordinateur ne pique du nez, mais pour le reste! L'écran n'est pas 'calibré' de la même manière que mon ancien ordinateur. Je trouve que tout est supersaturé en blanc. Puis il y a les rubans! Ces rubans que M. Gates trouve si jolis et qui, pour ma part, m'enrubannent sans merci! Je m'y ferai (on se fait à tout) mais pour le moment, ce n'est pas du gâteau!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The new computer has this as a plus... I can now upload my pictures from Venice without having the computer crash, but as for the rest! The screen is not calibrated the same way as the other computer was. I find everything is supersaturated in white. Then there are the ribbons! Those ribbons Mr. Gates finds so enticing are tying me up in knots! I'll get used to it (you get used to everything in time) but for now, it's no piece of cake!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4828177645/" title="103_0322.kdc by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4134/4828177645_03d9e69619_b.jpg" alt="103_0322.kdc" width="800" height="545" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Entre les canicules qui n'en finissent plus, l'humidité inconfortable, le soleil de plomb ou les brises plus que légères, l'été avance à pas de géant. Nous sommes déjà rendus aux aubergines, tomates et oignons et c'est le signal pour faire une ratatouille (sans courgette pour ma part).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Between dog days heat waves, unbearable humidity, a blinding sunlight or distinctly brisk breezes, Summer is advancing at a fast pace. Eggplants, tomatoes and onions are already here and that's the signal to make some ratatouille (no zucchini for me).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4828785918/" title="103_0346.kdc-1 by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4142/4828785918_d044ca6e84_b.jpg" alt="103_0346.kdc-1" width="800" height="585" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Comment faire? Une bonne cuiller à soupe d'huile d'olive au fond de la poêle. Une aubergine coupée en dés, un feu assez élevé et on fait fondre l'aubergine pendant 4 ou 5 minutes. On ajoute un oignon coupé en dés et 2 ou 3 dents d'ail émincées. On rajoute une autre cuiller à soupe d'huile d'olive (ou deux), une pincée généreuse de sel de mer, du thym et on laisse dorer et fondre pendant un autre 5 minutes sur feu moyen. Enfin, on ajoute 1 ou 2 tomates coupées en dés et un poivron rouge coupé en dés. S'il le faut, on ajoute encore un peu d'huile d'olive. On laisse mijoter un 5 minutes tandis que tous les légumes fondent ensemble. On remonte le feu, on ajoute un verre de jus de légumes et on laisse bouillir jusqu'à ce que le liquide soit bien absorbé. On répète l'opération et lorsque le liquide est presque tout absorbé, on rectifie l'assaisonnement en sel et en thym.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;So how do you make ratatouille? In a large skillet heat a good tablespoonful of olive oil. Add a diced eggplant and cook on nearly high heat for 4 or 5 minutes. Add a diced onion and 2 or 3 cloves of minced garlic. Add another tablespoonful of olive oil, a good pinch of sea salt and some thyme and let everything cook for another 5 minutes on medium heat. Finally, add 1 or 2 diced tomatoes and a diced red bell pepper. If needed, add some more olive oil. Simmer for 5 minutes while all the vegetables melt together. Crank up the heat and add a glass of vegetable juice and let the mixture boil until the liquid is absorbed. Repeat by adding another glass of vegetable juice and when the liquid is nearly all absorbed, rectify the seasoning in salt and thyme.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4828178003/" title="103_0334.kdc-1 by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4082/4828178003_abfb183ac6_b.jpg" alt="103_0334.kdc-1" width="800" height="671" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Servir froid ou tiède sur des craquelins ou des tranches de baguette grillées ou non. Ou encore servir comme plat d'accompagnement avec une grillade de viande ou de poisson.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Serve at room temperature or cold on crackers or sliced baguette (toasted or not). Or again serve as a side dish to grilled meats or fish.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4828898664/" title="1-2-3 ratatouille by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4114/4828898664_38225fc769.jpg" alt="1-2-3 ratatouille" width="500" height="281" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C'est toute la saveur de l'été qui se retrouve dans la ratatouille.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Ratatouille sums up Summer flavours like no other dish can.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-887735985577504598?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/887735985577504598/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=887735985577504598&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/887735985577504598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/887735985577504598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/07/1-2-3-ratatouille.html' title='1 -2 - 3 Ratatouille!'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4117/4818524524_f079a81f66_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-1933752436938121972</id><published>2010-07-18T10:05:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-18T10:20:04.163-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Repas de canicule --- Dog Days Meal</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a title="anchoïade by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4796592066/"&gt;&lt;img alt="anchoïade" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4117/4796592066_e8cfd2850b.jpg" width="500" height="375" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Canicule sans fin (ou presque). Temps idéal pour grignoter. Des légumes frais, une anchoïade... un peu d'huile d'olive, des anchois et de l'ail d'été réduits en purée.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dog days that stretch into eternity (or nearly). Ideal weather for snacking. Fresh vegetables and an anchoïade (anchovy paste)... a bit of olive oil, some puréed anchovies and summer garlic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a title="07-07-2010 by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4771840079/"&gt;&lt;img alt="07-07-2010" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4116/4771840079_74c8a7fb0f_b.jpg" width="1024" height="576" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ou des grillades, comme cette bavette marinée dans de l'huile d'olive et de l'ail. Une pomme de terre en robe des champs (c'est ainsi que ma grand-mère appelait les pommes de terre au four, comme elle disait «firmament»... je tiens mon amour des mots de son vocabulaire). Une salade toute simple de concombres et d'oignons blancs doux, un peu de yaourt grec pour rendre la chair de la pomme de terre onctueuse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Or grilled meats, like this flank steak marinated in olive oil and garlic. A baked potato (in it's jacket). A simple salad of cucumbers and white sweet onions and a bit of Greek yogurt to add creaminess to the potato&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a title="BARBECUE! by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4772454934/"&gt;&lt;img alt="BARBECUE!" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4080/4772454934_0f34d1f193_b.jpg" width="800" height="601" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beurrer des tranches de pain de campagne avec du beurre à l'ail et faire cuire en même temps que la viande. Décorer la viande d'un peu de chimichuri (pâte d'ail, de coriandre, d'huile d'olive et d'un soupçon de jus de citron).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Butter some slices of country bread with garlic butter and toast while you cook the meat. Garnish the meat with some chimichuri (a paste of garlic, cilantro, olive oil and a hint of lemon juice).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a title="Canada Geese by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4788801367/"&gt;&lt;img alt="Canada Geese" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4116/4788801367_fa5fc756d6.jpg" width="500" height="375" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Et rechercher l'eau et l'ombre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;And look for water and shade. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-1933752436938121972?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/1933752436938121972/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=1933752436938121972&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/1933752436938121972'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/1933752436938121972'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/07/repas-de-canicule-dog-days-meal.html' title='Repas de canicule --- Dog Days Meal'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4117/4796592066_e8cfd2850b_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-2397735122817772036</id><published>2010-07-15T08:36:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-15T10:38:01.848-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Soupe au blé d'inde - Corn Soup</title><content type='html'>&lt;a title="Corn Soup by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4772513816/"&gt;&lt;img alt="Corn Soup" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4116/4772513816_64f9d67a84_b.jpg" width="800" height="599" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En écoutant Des kiwis et des hommes l'autre jour, j'ai appris qu'il n'est pas nécessaire de faire bouillir (cuire) le mais avant d'en faire une soupe. Voici comment faire (pour 4 portions). Prendre 4 mais et les égrainer à vif. Placer dans une casserole en ajoutant 1 tasse de lait, du sel de mer, et 1/2 tasse de crème. Porter à ébullition, réduire le feu et laisser mijoter doucement pendant 20 minutes, ou jusqu'à ce que les grains de maïs soient tendres. Si le liquide est trop réduit, ajouter d'autre lait (ou de la crème). Servir garni de paprika hongrois ou espagnol.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;While I was listening to the program Des kiwis et des hommes the other day, I learned that you don't have to boil corn before making a corn soup. Here's how to do it (for 4 portions). Take 4 ears of corn and remove the grains with a knife. Put in a saucepan and add 1 cup of milk, some sea salt, and 1/2 cup light cream. Bring to a boil, lower the heat and simmer slowly for 20 minutes or until the corn kernels are tender. If the liquid evaporates too much, add more milk (or cream). Serve garnished with Hungarian or Spanish paprika.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Si vous appréciez l'humour britannique, cette vidéo est à voir absolument...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;If you like dry British humour, you have to watch this video...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;object width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Rqyf1704aSE&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Rqyf1704aSE&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;Avez-vous pensé à faire des provisions de crevettes? Et tant qu'à parler de la responsabilité des entreprises, aussi bien vous donner l'hyperlien vers un article intéressant sur les effets sur les organes du maïs OGM de Monsanto. &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Cobject%20width=%22480%22%20height=%22385%22%3E%3Cparam%20name=%22movie%22%20value=%22http://www.youtube.com/v/Rqyf1704aSE&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1%22%3E%3C/param%3E%3Cparam%20name=%22allowFullScreen%22%20value=%22true%22%3E%3C/param%3E%3Cparam%20name=%22allowscriptaccess%22%20value=%22always%22%3E%3C/param%3E%3Cembed%20src=%22http://www.youtube.com/v/Rqyf1704aSE&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1%22%20type=%22application/x-shockwave-flash%22%20allowscriptaccess=%22always%22%20allowfullscreen=%22true%22%20width=%22480%22%20height=%22385%22%3E%3C/embed%3E%3C/object%3E"&gt;cliquer ici&lt;/a&gt;. Ou si la canicule vous rend léthargique et que vous préférez obtenir l'information sur vidéo...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Have you stocked up on shrimp yet? And while we're on the subject of corporate accountability, I might as well give you a link to an interesting article on the effects of Monsanto's GMO corn. &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Cobject%20width=%22480%22%20height=%22385%22%3E%3Cparam%20name=%22movie%22%20value=%22http://www.youtube.com/v/Rqyf1704aSE&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1%22%3E%3C/param%3E%3Cparam%20name=%22allowFullScreen%22%20value=%22true%22%3E%3C/param%3E%3Cparam%20name=%22allowscriptaccess%22%20value=%22always%22%3E%3C/param%3E%3Cembed%20src=%22http://www.youtube.com/v/Rqyf1704aSE&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1%22%20type=%22application/x-shockwave-flash%22%20allowscriptaccess=%22always%22%20allowfullscreen=%22true%22%20width=%22480%22%20height=%22385%22%3E%3C/embed%3E%3C/object%3E"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;. Or if the dog days of summer are making you lethargic, and you prefer watching a video on the subject...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;object width="640" height="385"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AaGlmrGtu-c&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AaGlmrGtu-c&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;J'ai stimulé votre curiosité? Mais comment ça marche ce truc?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Curious? So how does this work?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;object width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FZ5OxdIq5DY&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FZ5OxdIq5DY&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-2397735122817772036?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/2397735122817772036/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=2397735122817772036&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/2397735122817772036'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/2397735122817772036'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/07/soupe-au-ble-dinde-corn-soup.html' title='Soupe au blé d&apos;inde - Corn Soup'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4116/4772513816_64f9d67a84_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-1729026846558967519</id><published>2010-07-11T01:49:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-12T06:54:34.272-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Que respirons-nous? What On Earth Are We Breathing?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4782249480/" title="What On Earth Are We Breathing? by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4100/4782249480_675198f5ff_b.jpg" alt="What On Earth Are We Breathing?" width="800" height="450" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai laissé ce plateau en étain sur la véranda hier soir. Nous avons eu de la pluie et du vent et de fines goutelettes ont été balayées sur le plateau. Ce matin, j'ai aperçu les goutelettes d'eau et j'ai essuyé le plateau... l'étain est comme brûlé par les goutelettes de pluie. Le nettoyeur ne parvient pas à faire disparaître les taches. Si la pluie peut faire ça à de l'étain, imaginez ce que l'air peut faire à nos poumons.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I left this pewter platter on the veranda last evening. We had rain and wind and some fine water droplets were blown onto the platter. This morning, I noticed the spray and I wiped the platter... the pewter seems corroded by the water droplets. Metal polish will just not remove the stains. If rain can do this to pewter, imagine what the air can do to our lungs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object width="640" height="385"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GCFqvIQM-ls&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GCFqvIQM-ls&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-1729026846558967519?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/1729026846558967519/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=1729026846558967519&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/1729026846558967519'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/1729026846558967519'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/07/que-respirons-nous-what-on-earth-are-we.html' title='Que respirons-nous? What On Earth Are We Breathing?'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4100/4782249480_675198f5ff_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-5504596358900226362</id><published>2010-07-08T02:33:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-08T04:02:10.594-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Roses!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a title="Cotton Candy Pink by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4771798011/"&gt;&lt;img alt="Cotton Candy Pink" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4078/4771798011_480103ea5e_b.jpg" width="800" height="600" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il y a entre moi et les roses une histoire d'amour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;I share a love story with roses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a title="Heaven by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4761722017/"&gt;&lt;img alt="Heaven" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4120/4761722017_9ab260665a_b.jpg" width="724" height="1024" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;Alors imaginez comment j'ai été ravie de trouver près de chez moi un endroit merveilleux entièrement consacré aux roses.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;em&gt;So imagine how thrilled I was when I discovered a place entirely dedicated to roses nearby.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a title="171/200 by One-Thousand-Words, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/46001938@N05/4770951498/"&gt;&lt;img alt="171/200" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4075/4770951498_158d6feca3_b.jpg" width="800" height="678" /&gt;&lt;span style="DISPLAY: block" id="formatbar_Buttons"&gt;&lt;span style="DISPLAY: block" id="formatbar_CreateLink" onmouseup="" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" title="Link" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);"&gt;&lt;img class="gl_link" border="0" alt="Link" src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;La roseraie &lt;em&gt;Rose des champs&lt;/em&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.rosedeschamps.com/fr"&gt;cliquer ici&lt;/a&gt;) se trouve juste à côté d'Ayer's Cliff en Estrie. Des roses de toutes les couleurs, de toutes les tailles à perte de vue. Des endroits où on peut s'asseoir tranquillement au milieu des roses, et écouter le son des grenouilles qui chantent l'amour (ou l'été) dans des étangs peuplés de nénuphars géants.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;em&gt;Rose des champs&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt; rose farm (&lt;a href="http://www.rosedeschamps.com/en/home"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;) is located right next to Ayer's Cliff in the Eastern Townships. Roses in every colour, in every size as far as the eye can see. Hidden places where you can just sit, surrounded by roses, and listen to frogs singing love songs (or celebrating summer) in ponds filled with gigantic waterlilies.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a title="103_0055.tif-1 by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4773900082/"&gt;&lt;img alt="103_0055.tif-1" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4101/4773900082_20375055f8_b.jpg" width="800" height="800" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ou marcher dans les allées de roses...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Or walk between the rose bushes...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a title="102_9805.tif by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4773271231/"&gt;&lt;img alt="102_9805.tif" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4134/4773271231_970abec8bb_b.jpg" width="800" height="545" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ou s'arrêter à la boutique pour s'approvisionner en eau de rose et en confiture de pétales de roses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Or stop at the boutique to pick up some rosewater and rose petal jam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a title="Breakfast, The French Way by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4772575940/"&gt;&lt;img alt="Breakfast, The French Way" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4081/4772575940_13f23c310d_b.jpg" width="767" height="1024" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Roses et fraises? Je ne serais pas la premiere à associer les deux. Les Shakers aromatisent la chantilly du shortcake aux fraises à l'eau de rose. Moi? Yaourt aux fraises maison avec un soupçon d'eau de rose.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Roses and strawberries? I wouldn't be the first to associate the flavours. Shakers put rosewater in the whipped cream when they make strawberry shortcake.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a title="174/1000 by One-Thousand-Words, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/46001938@N05/4772095085/"&gt;&lt;img alt="174/1000" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4138/4772095085_949c854618_b.jpg" width="800" height="606" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mais l'association que je préfère, c'est un croissant tout chaud et de la confiture de pétales de roses. C'est un reflexe conditionné chez moi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;But the association I prefer is a hot croissant with rose petal jam. For me, it's a conditioned reflex.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a title="103_0131.tif by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4773941564/"&gt;&lt;img alt="103_0131.tif" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4098/4773941564_e5886e0948.jpg" width="500" height="388" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Il fait chaud, c'est la canicule. Quoi de mieux que de quitter le béton pour aller respirer les roses? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;We're in the dog days of summer. What could be better than to escape city pavements to go smell the roses?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title="103_0138.kdc by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4773303509/"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a title="The Butterfly Effect by Gato-Azul, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4758720747/"&gt;&lt;img alt="The Butterfly Effect" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4100/4758720747_8a658e26cf_b.jpg" width="860" height="737" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-5504596358900226362?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/5504596358900226362/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=5504596358900226362&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/5504596358900226362'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/5504596358900226362'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/07/roses.html' title='Roses!'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4078/4771798011_480103ea5e_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-1809616262433689</id><published>2010-07-02T13:11:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-02T13:21:33.736-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Cherchez le vert --- Go Green</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4744045085/" title="Cedar Waxwing by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4074/4744045085_1ede5c58fa_b.jpg" width="1023" height="1024" alt="Cedar Waxwing" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le jaseur des cédres (j'ai perdu mon accent grave :-P) est presqu'aussi joli que le cardinal, ``a mon avis (grrr... l'ordinateur est fatigué... il s'en va ``a la retraite bient^^ot). Difficile de télécharger les photos dans mon appareil... tout fige. Dommage, j'avais une jolie recette pour une salade de pommes de terre festive. Il faudra attendre le successeur.&lt;br /&gt;Cedar Waxwing, just as pretty I think as the cardinal. The computer is dying on me... it's going to rest soon. Difficult to upload pictures without it freezing on me. Too bad, I had a nice potato salad recipe for you. It'll have to wait the new computer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/46001938@N05/4744702240/" title="167/1000 by One-Thousand-Words, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4074/4744702240_94e1dcf11b_b.jpg" width="1024" height="755" alt="167/1000" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quand j'ai les bleus, je cherche du vert. Heureusement qu'on nous annonce du beau temps pour le weekend. ¸¸Ca fera changement...&lt;br /&gt;When I'm blue, I look to surround myself in green. Thankfully, fine weather is predicted over the weekend. It'll be a change...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-1809616262433689?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/1809616262433689/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=1809616262433689&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/1809616262433689'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/1809616262433689'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/07/cherchez-le-vert-go-green.html' title='Cherchez le vert --- Go Green'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4074/4744045085_1ede5c58fa_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044455592251922738.post-4747684195476187251</id><published>2010-06-28T08:14:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-28T09:22:37.312-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Un été qui ne l'est pas vraiment -- A Not So Present Summer</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/46001938@N05/4677357810/" title="Strawberry Plant by One-Thousand-Words, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1284/4677357810_3e7f6363f5_b.jpg" alt="Strawberry Plant" width="774" height="1024" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pas de recette, pas le goût d'innover. Bien sûr, nous mangeons, mais c'est du déjà vu pour vous.&lt;br /&gt;No recipe, no urge to innovate. Of course, we eat, but it's déjà vu for you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4720969810/" title="King Oyster Mushroom by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1361/4720969810_cb72c36ab4.jpg" alt="King Oyster Mushroom" width="500" height="398" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il y a de nouveaux produits, comme ces pleurottes. Pas besoin de vous dire comment faire un velouté de champignons... Déjà fait.&lt;br /&gt;There are new produce, like these king oyster mushrooms. But do I need to tell you how to make some cream of mushroom... I've already done that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/46001938@N05/4740870429/" title="166/1000 by One-Thousand-Words, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4142/4740870429_67eed3928b.jpg" alt="166/1000" width="500" height="373" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le soleil n'est pas vraiment au rendez-vous.&lt;br /&gt;We're not getting deep sun tans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/46001938@N05/4721025652/" title="165 on 1000 by One-Thousand-Words, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1262/4721025652_7a68cfb055.jpg" alt="165 on 1000" width="500" height="333" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ça fait de jolies photos de fleurs.&lt;br /&gt;Good weather for taking flower pictures.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/46001938@N05/4721012462/" title="163 on 1000 by One-Thousand-Words, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1103/4721012462_647156fe52.jpg" alt="163 on 1000" width="500" height="409" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Comme si on mettait un filtre bleu.&lt;br /&gt;The lens is filtered in blue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/46001938@N05/4720330487/" title="162 on 1000 by One-Thousand-Words, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1187/4720330487_7075070a1d.jpg" alt="162 on 1000" width="500" height="381" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le moindre rayon de soleil teinte l'eau d'or. On dirait une mer d'huile.&lt;br /&gt;The smallest sun ray tints the water with gold. Looks like an oil slick.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4740858827/" title="dusk clouds and chemtrails by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4138/4740858827_9ff19b2ea6.jpg" alt="dusk clouds and chemtrails" width="500" height="380" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Et les couchers de soleils sont metalliques.&lt;br /&gt;And sunsets are like silver.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4701778889/" title="Some People Are As*holes! Part 3 by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4046/4701778889_e7d785ed17.jpg" alt="Some People Are As*holes! Part 3" width="500" height="375" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qu'en est-il de la petite chatte? Elle n'a pas franchi l'étape de l'observation. Elle était malade et elle a donc été euthanasiée. Depuis, elle me hante et je suis triste.&lt;br /&gt;What happened to the little cat? She didn't pass the observation period. She was ill and she was put down. She haunts me and I'm sad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4732360980/" title="A Frequent Visitor by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1264/4732360980_03b28b7b1b.jpg" alt="A Frequent Visitor" width="500" height="363" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les petits écureuils roux visitent quotidiennement.&lt;br /&gt;The tiny red squirrels are frequent visitors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4719496315/" title="the catch by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4020/4719496315_b06973226b.jpg" alt="the catch" width="500" height="405" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L'été suit son cours, sans vraiment donner l'impression que c'est l'été.&lt;br /&gt;Summer is unfolding, without really imposing itself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23804856@N04/4720958258/" title="Duck at dusk by Gato-Azul, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1364/4720958258_18029e0b31.jpg" alt="Duck at dusk" width="500" height="431" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tornades et tremblements de terre au Canada. Catastrophe écologique au Sud des États-Unis. Il flotte comme un sentiment d'irréalité sur une réalité qui est loin d'être rassurante. Voici un clip vidéo trouvé sur Youtube. Je ne vous dirai pas "Enjoy"...&lt;br /&gt;Tornadoes and earthquakes in Canada. Ecological catastrophy in Southern U.S.A. A feeling of unreality is floating on a less than reassuring reality. Here's a clip I found on Youtube. I won't say "Enjoy"...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;object width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ksj0W2mS9KU&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ksj0W2mS9KU&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Je me souviens de mon étonnement quand, toute jeune, j'ai visité l'Europe. Étonnement devant l'état des cours d'eau, tout teinté de mon arrogance du Nouveau Monde. Une vie plus tard, je constate ce que nous, en Amérique, avons fait d'un paradis... Moins de 400 ans pour détruire ce paradis.&lt;br /&gt;I remember my astonishment when, very young, I visited Europe. Astonishment because of the state of the rivers and waterways, astonishment tinged with my New World arrogance. A lifetime later, I discover what we, in America, have done to Paradise... Less than 400 years to destroy it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7044455592251922738-4747684195476187251?l=gato-azul.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/feeds/4747684195476187251/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7044455592251922738&amp;postID=4747684195476187251&amp;isPopup=true' title='11 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/4747684195476187251'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7044455592251922738/posts/default/4747684195476187251'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gato-azul.blogspot.com/2010/06/un-ete-qui-ne-lest-pas-vraiment-not-so.html' title='Un été qui ne l&apos;est pas vraiment -- A Not So Present Summer'/><author><name>Gato Azul | Chat Bleu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09288899773327344140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1284/4677357810_3e7f6363f5_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry></feed>
