Chez Pascal

There are 3 simple things to follow when you visit my family: eat, laugh, love.  I love food but I usually eat small portions, however this completely goes out the window when I'm here.  There is constantly food and it is consistently amazingly delicious. My uncle is the main chef of the house and boy is he amazing at what he does.  Here are a few pictures of the meals we enjoyed!

Making Gnocchi

Gnocchi with la Daube 

My beautiful sister with fresh Baguette, 

garden grown tomato, mozzarella, basil salad, and ham cold cuts

Banana flambe

Okay these next few weren't homemade but I just had to show you the delicious food!

Fresh calamari grilled with salad

Chichi au sucre from my mom and aunt's childhood

Jus de pomme et fraise, tea, and macaroons

Bonne Appetit!

Ensemble, c'est tout

A trip to Europe meant a visit to my family in the south France, and after Ireland a high dose of vitamin D was needed! Seeing my family is always a great time and it was even nicer that my mom came from Toronto as well as Lucile from Berlin.  The first weekend, my cousin joined us with her husband and 3 kids. We spent our time catching up, eating, laughing, and swimming.

La Provence

Making homemade Gnocchi

Pool time

On Tuesday, we went into Marseille to eat fresh seafood by the ocean.  It was the most excellent fish I've ever had! Afterwards we went to check out the Calanques, this rock formation along the coast is absolutely stunning. 

Les Calanques

The rest of the trip was lovely, we spent time at the beach, as well as with my two other cousins in Nice.  Can't wait to come back!

La Famille