The Yum Miam is the exciting category of my blog. The big dilemma is the following: Do we eat to live or live to eat?
I mean certainly eating is a need but what about the desire to eat something? The craving you need to fulfill in order to be satisfied (until another one comes along). French people are viewed as very refined eaters. Nevertheless, I had conversations with fine gastronome here. They were critiquing how French cuisine always uses cream in different dishes from meat, fish to deserts.

Truly, in LA, most of the people I’ve encountered are really healthy. It’s a way of life. They’d say “I’m getting healthy again” and so on. By healthy, they mean eating in a structured way. People eat but they think about what is going to end up in their system. I’m not saying this is bad or good, I really don’t have an opinion on this eating philosophy. For instance, they won’t mix dairy and vegetables or cheese and fruits. For me, a Parisian with Auvergne origins (center of France where the molded cheeses comes from) it doesn’t make sense. You eat, you mix, you digest and nothing will affect your system (except if you have health conditions of course)

The Yum Miam is dedicated to eating well (not healthy) but well. I agree sometimes I’d qualify it as healthy but I’m not counting the calories or the sugar quantity, just baking/cooking with my heart and soul. I’ll define well as eating good products, with taste and taking your time … In French culture, Eating is a such an important part of our lives and we focus on it. Not thinking about what we are eating and over analysing the food and ingredients in our plates, but sharing this moment with others, taking a breath between every bites, and taking notes maybe on how to cook or reinvent the recipe at home (revisité concept)

Always remember to ask a recipe for a dish you enjoyed (friend’s, Grandma’s …) and tips in restaurants it allows your cooking skills to get way better and inventive.

Bon Appétit