So I know we all need to grocery shop more efficiently, cut back on calories and save money … but i couldn’t resist.

Last Saturday I had the pleasure of dining chez T, a FOAFOAF (that’s friend of a friend of .. etc) who -  when he’s not working as a doctor – is a gourmet chef.   (Overachiever central.)  T served up a five course meal complete with wine pairings that can only be described as ridiculous (in a good way).   But that’s not the point of my post.

In between mouthfuls, I asked T where he gets his online foodie fix, and he recommended that I check out Chocolate and Zucchini, a thoroughly delightful blog about all things food.

C&Z is the collection of online musings of Clotilde Dusoulier, a 29-year old Parisian who lives in Montmartre. She started the site 6 years ago as “an outlet for someone who feared her friends might tire of hearing about what she cooked/ate/baked/bought, though they didn’t seem to have a problem with being fed dinner.”

Like any good food blog, it’s full of recipes and ideas, but Lady Dusoulier has charm galore (she may be the living embodiment of gamine, a culinary Audrey Hepburn for our times. Don’t even THINK about mentioning that creepy Amelie movie) and will tell you about making her own strawberry mochi (Kai, are you listening?), her personal recipe for Happiness, her recommendations for Paris food markets, and also an education in French idiomatic expressions that relate to the culinary world. She has also written a cookbook and a foodie’s guide to Paris.

So to hammer home the point, this is a 29 year old who lives in France and cooks, eats, and talks about food for a living. I want this chick’s life! But enough about that. Go check out her blog.

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