VACATION DIARY #3

To help you have the best summer ever, here are a few exercises concocted by the experts in the field, to keep you tasting, keep your brain working, and perfect your tan (style).

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EXERCISE 1: Cooking

You're in for a treat. We're sure of it because we've found the best teacher on Instagram: Whoogy's. With him, it's impossible to miss.

This week, "it goes" on a salad of melons feta basil Serrano!

• Prepare the melon by cutting it in half, then scooping out the seeds with a tablespoon.

• Remove the skin by cutting along the flesh with a knife.

• Finally, cut the melon into a cube of about 2cm.

• Remove to a recipient.

• Tear the thin slices of serrano for a more raw look and add them with the melon.

• Roughly crumble the feta over the recipient, this allows you to fully appreciate the texture of the feta.

• Finely chop the basil: pile the leaves on top of each other and roll them lengthwise.

• Once this little tube of leaves is in place, you can chop it very finely and add the basil to the whole.

• Add a generous dash of olive oil and season with fleur de sel, pepper and Espelette pepper.

• Mix gently to incorporate all the elements and serve fresh.

EXERCISE 2: Matching

To continue to sharpen your taste buds, we called upon the sommelier and wine columnist of Très Très Bon: Gwilherm de Cerval, to share with you a weekly tip for matching your wine with your meal.

With a plate of Melon IGP du Haut Poitou :

Since this fruit is mostly water, it is best not to pair it with a wine that has tannins. A dry and slightly vegetal white wine would work completely. The Sauvignon grape variety found in the Sancerre appellation, for example, would be a perfect match.

Ask your wine merchant: a white Sancerre, cuvée "Le Château" 2020, Domaine Vincent Pinard.

EXERCISE 3: Vibrate

ÉTERNEL ÉTÉ - Ezéchiel Pailhès

Listening to our soundtrack of the week: oldie but goodie, iconic or new nugget, every week press play.

EXERCISE 4: Playing

What would a summer be without crossword puzzles? Our summer notebook lends itself to the game, without having to print anything. Read them and make people guess them!