Your Proustian madeleine?
My grandmother's boulettes, the scent of orange blossom and roasted almonds
Your favorite family (besides yours and ours)?
Angela Bower and Tony Micelli's family
Where do you have lunch as a family?
As a family, we often have lunch at the Hôtel Amour. My mother, sister, friends, children and I meet there. We love having large, impromptu meals together, and Emmanuel always welcomes us with such warmth and kindness.
What does a family snack time look like at your house?
I like my home to be a place of celebration, a refuge, a place where generations come together and there is always something delicious simmering somewhere. I cook a lot for the people I love.
A really fun activity with the children?
My daughters and I love our getaways. We love traveling together, walking around and discovering cities. Recently, I took them to New York and we visited almost every museum in the city. We love taking in all the sights together.
A recipe you can whip up in no time?
Our little chocolate cakes:
1/2 bar of chocolate, 3 eggs, 1/2 glass of flour, 1 glass of sugar, 250g of butter, a pinch of fleur de sel, and you're done!
What are they like?
With their doe eyes and their strong personalities.
They make a big fuss when...?
When there are no more meatballs left in the spaghetti.
A favorite product from "À la Mère de Famille"?
The smell of chocolate shops drives me crazy—what could be better? I absolutely love their iced chestnuts and little bites filled with praline and black sesame.
A gift for À la Mère de Famille for its 255th anniversary?
255 years! How wonderful!
As Annie Cordy said in Cho KaKakao, "If I give you chocolate, what will you give me?"
"If you give me chocolate... I'll marry you, obviously!"
