Madeleine is a church in Paris that looks like a Greek temple. You can google it, read the history related to it  and at the same time discover a lot of facts about that area/arrondissement. 8th arrondissement or huitième arrondissement, bordering the 9th and the 2nd. My neighborhood.

Madeleine is a “gourmet” area. Fauchon, Hediard, Maille, Maison de la Truffe, Caviar Kaspia, Marquise de Sévigné chocolates are there.

Madeleine is an old fashion biscuit that has  not gone out of style.  Les Madeleines de Marcel Proust are famous in French literature.

Madeleine is a song by Jacques Brel. A classic.

Madeleine is also a California girl I met last summer.  We walked and cooked together.

Madeleine

Here she is after pitting a bowl of cherries to make clafoutis aux cerises. Madeleine loves to cook and is quite talented at it. We made crepes and she commented “these are very similar to the quesadillas I make at home”!. We also made ratatouille in honour of the movie.

Ratatouille

Here are some of the vegetables we bought at the market to make our ratatouille. Madeleine and I had a good fun day and I am very pleased to have added a new dimension to the name “Madeleine”.