Symbol of renewal, the blossoming of the thousands of buds give the garden the delicate colours of spring and a taste of elsewhere… The branches bend under the weight of these fragile offerings to a renewing nature and promise sweet and light days. Take a walk under the blossoming cherry trees, dream about the 17th century samurais who were already marvelling on this really short blooming period, a symbol of ephemeral beauty, of a life where the luminescent beauty is going to disappear and le…

Symbole de renouveau, la floraison de ces milliers de boutons pare les jardins de délicates couleurs printanières et d’un air d’ailleurs… Les branches plient sous le poids de ces fragiles offrandes à une nature qui se renouvelle et promettent des journées douces et lumineuses. Promenez vous sous les cerisiers en fleurs, rêvez aux samouraïs du XVIIème siècle, qui s’émerveillaient déjà de cette très courte floraison, symbole de beauté éphémère, d’une vie où la beauté lumineuse est vouée à dispa…

After a long and rainy winter, what a pleasure to notice these green tips peaking out! My favourite are the white ones, more flavourful and fleshy. I peel them flat as to not break them and cook them in salted water. I know they are ready when a delicious smell fills the kitchen! But you can also do it in a more traditional way and cut the end with a knife, they are done when you get no resistance; but they shouldn’t be too soft either.To accompany them, I share with you two ideas, a rich one an…