When life gives you lemons, make Tarte au Citron (Lemon Tart)! At least, that's what I did in class today. I was a little nervous, because I'm not the best meringue-maker, but today was my day and it turned out to be beautiful. We started with a pâte sucré, followed by almond cream, lemon curd, and meringue sprinkled with almonds. 
After making this, we had a fancy luncheon in Bistro Bleu, the Le Cordon Bleu casual resaurant. The food was amazing, featuring flavors of Normandie-camembert in phylo pastry, with greens and apple chutney; Sole Dieppoise (sole, shrimp, and scallops arranged beautifully around a pile of rice, sprinkled with fried leek shreds and all covered in a fresh butter sauce). For desert we had Normandie apple pie with a Calvados sorbet-like the creamiest, sweetest frozen applesauce I've ever tasted. It was fantastic, and after it was well digested, I walked down the canal to Parliament Hill where the sun was setting and several balloons were floating carelessly across the Ottawa skyline.
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