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‘Sculpting in fruit’ was first published on bee-bakes.com, October 6, 2014 Friday turned out to be one of the best, funniest and worst days in the lab so far. We made the most amazing things—we sculpted with fruit! Firstly, we made a Tarte aux Pommes which is another classic French tart. It consists of a pastry base covered with apple compote and layered with slice after slice of thinly cut apples. This is a feat

‘One week in the village’ was first published on bee-bakes.com, October 2, 2014 It’s one week today since I arrived at ENSP, my new school! I’m feeling slightly broken and sleepy, but happy, too. Here’s a run-down on things as they happened since I last updated. I spent a fair bit of Saturday trying to make the apartment more homely and then spent the rest of it out with people from school. We all arranged

‘O-Day’ was first published on bee-bakes.com on September 29, 2014 Today is Monday. It’s the fifth night at my humble abode, in a tiny village of Yssingeaux in the middle of France. So much has happened since taking the bus from Lyon on Thursday afternoon, it’s almost hard to remember. Thursday was when it really hit that I’m actually doing this. Nick had arranged for a fancy lunch for the two of us, prior to

‘A visit to my new school’ was first published on bee-bakes.com, September 16, 2014 In less than two weeks’ time I’ll be leaving for pâtisserie school: exciting! I’m not going to lie and say that I’m not nervous—I’m not one of those people who think you must say everything is like, super-fantastic all the time. It’s not a good idea to dwell on the negative things, but it’s also not a good idea to pretend

‘What’s in a name?’ was first published on bee-bakes.com, September 1, 2014 The French language can be difficult for some people to learn—like me, for example. After a lifetime of love and interest in the English language: reading novels, reading about language, participating in grammar discussions, making mistakes and generally enjoying the workings of my own language, you would think that I’d pick up French easily, but nooo. My French tutor, Joëlle, assures me this is