Épiphanie... I will never understand what it is and what it means, but I love it for the fact we get to eat Galettes des Rois, flaky pie pastry filled with frangipane. It is delicious. So far we have eaten three of them, and we were thrilled to find out from one boulangère that they would sell them until the end of January. Each galette has a trinket inside, and if you get it you are the king of the day. The first two we found were rather cute but the third one happened to be an Avatar character... Why? We must have the fourth one just to feel gratified finding the trinket...
One should never underestimate the power of these trinkets though. Nathan found a Virgin Mary when he shared a pie with his colleague. We do not know the whereabouts of her, and Nathan fell ill for a few days and had to miss work. Or maybe it is a lesson that you should not share a pie with a sick person! I made him many doses of
Aguapanela, a drink I learned from my Colombian friend. It is a simple blend of lime juice and cane sugar. It warms you up and some magic kicks in. Highly recommend it for the onset of a cold or flu.
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