Bonjour chers lecteurs! True to my usual sense of planning I decided last weekend I had to get my body into shape before I hit my native Brittany’s beaches… in two days. Five days into my supernatural efforts (no more Nutella or cookie dough ice cream, tough), the scale this morning showed I shaved off 500g. Of course I weighed myself straight out of bed, after my morning wee, before ingesting a single drop of water and without my watch or glasses – these can be so, so heavy. I was really pleased, especially given that I ingested all of the gorgeous dishes below. But then, I did the unthinkable in the evening. Under the greenish light of our energy saving bulb, I tried my bathing suit on, turned my back to our full length mirror and looked over my shoulder. Arghh!!!! How stupid could that be!! I am now considering buying a full length wet suit and making a big intervention – a fake tan. Since black is slimming I reckon a bit of flesh colouring should have the same effect, shouldn’t it? It will be a first though and I don’t want to end up like Ross in Friends (see here what I mean), so before I go to the salon, any vital advice on do’s and don’ts, readers? Write these in the comment section at the bottom please, my looks at my brother’s wedding are in the balance. All of this to tell you this issue is the last Tasty Diaries of the Summer. I started in September with only 60 readers and you are now well over 4,000 reading me every week. It has been a wonderfully exciting year and I look really forward to keep growing Tasty Diaries and sharing more yummy recipes with you in September. Until then, I wish you all a hot, fun, stress-free and super tasty Summer. A bientot mes amis! Anne-Laure x