All right, if you have not been living under a rock for the last six months, you all know what twitter is. I kind of used it in the past by tweeting all the posts on this blog. I have started to use it again and you can have a look at my profile.

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cup of flour (250g)
• 1/2 cup of butter for the crust (125g)
• 1 pinch of salt
• 1 egg yolk
• some water
• 2/3 cup of butter for the caramel (150g)
• 3/4 cup of granulated sugar (170g)
• 8 to 10 apples (Gala apples are the best)

Instructions

1. Prepare the pie crust by mixing flour, butter, salt, yolk, and water. Mix with your hands until you get a nice ball. I don’t recommend using a food processor. The pie crust taste better when made by hand. The processed dough is more chewy.
2. In a deep round cake pan, place the butter and sugar.
3. Place the pan on the stove.
4. With a wooden spatula, mix butter and sugar. Do not leave the stove unattended.
5. Make a brown caramel. Make sure that it does not get black as it would give a bitter taste to the pie.
6. Peel, core and cut apples into quarters.
7. Arrange the apple quarters on the cooled caramel.
8. If there are some remaining apples, cut into smaller pieces and arrange on top.
9. Cover the apples with the dough (1/8 inch or 4 mm thick), with a diameter slightly greater than the pan.
10. Fold the dough edges inside the pan.
11. Bake in hot oven (375F or 190C) until the crust is golden brown. The crust is almost done when you can see the caramel rising around it
12. After cooking, cover the pan with a larger dish and unmould the tarte tatin while it is still hot.

Bon appétit!

Last month, we went to Spain for a week. It was nice to warm up our old bones to the sun before returning to Calgary and get ready for the frigid winter. We had a lot of sun and a lot of fun. I even had a tan for a few days after our return.

I was really impressed by this country unknown to me even though it is only one hour away by car from where I grew up. I had to live in Canada before getting an opportunity to visit Madrid. Life is strange…

We drank a lot of Sangria and I had to find a recipe as soon as we landed back in Calgary.

I don’t know about you but when I decide to delete an account from an Internet service provider, I would really like to see all my data gone. Until recently, I was quite annoyed at Facebook for not offering the option. You could only deactivate your account. Now, it is possible to fully delete an account. I found this method in their forums. For me, this is good customer service.

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Go to this page:
http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=delete_account

Click “Submit” and follow the instructions.

Your account will be deactivated for two weeks, and if you don’t log in during that period, your account is permanently deleted.

This method is official and should be complete, i.e. no need to delete individual photos, comments, messages or items from your profile or anywhere else on Facebook!

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I have been in China for almost two weeks now and I will be here for another week.

This country is fabulous. The people, the food, the historical sites…

I am so grateful to have been given this opportunity.

I was given the chance to visit great places on the week end and I took a few photos for you to enjoy.