My little story

It all begins in April 2016

Hello and welcome to my blog dedicated to pastry for home bakers.

My name is Dominique, I am a computer scientist and I am 51 years old as I’m writing this article.

I started making pastry  6 years ago, in April 2016 to be precise. And since then, you could say that I  have been living a true passion.

In fact, my journey is quite unusual. Before becoming passionate about pastry, I used to practice bodybuilding regularly.

I had a very strict lifestyle, where for more than 10 years I weighed my food to know the amount and type of calories I ingested daily.

I alternated between significant weight gains and extreme cuts (a term used to say that you lose fat while keeping as much muscle as possible). I could have variations of 15 kg in less than 6 months. My last preparation had the effect of opening my eyes!

After months of a protein-based diet, I had reached a completely appalling psychological and physical state. On the brink of depression and totally exhausted, I ended up dreaming about food.

And it was once I achieved my physical goal that I wanted to indulge myself by making my own lemon meringue pie. Needless to say, it was a failure.

That’s when I started to look closely at lemon tart recipes and bought my first cooking thermometer. I made this pie again and again until it matched exactly what I had in mind as a real lemon meringue pie. My progress was rapid and my imagination was in full swing. A new passion was born!