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…

It is the time for Alain to take care of the animals of Château Richeux before temperatures rise. Grass is growing fast in the “Champ du Vent” and Claudia and Pâquerette get to enjoy the soft April sun rays. Alain helps the donkeys change their winter coat by brushing them. The “Champ du Vent”, this beautiful stretch of land by the sea, offers an amazing source of food to animals which find there a balance between food and sea spray. Sheep from the Mont Saint-Michel Bay and Ouessant do capri…