Meeting with alix lacloche

Passionate chef and culinary author, Alix Lacloche blends creativity, authenticity, and a love of beauty with precision, mirroring her cuisine. Her style is free, instinctive, and deeply sincere.

Fine-knit accessories and clothing, for you?
Absolute comfort.

Can you describe yourself in 3 words?
Frank, curious, and stubborn.

A word you love to hear?
Biscuit.

A superpower you would misuse?
Being able to eat without ever gaining weight — I would test the limits... very seriously.

The most useless thing you know how to do?
Fold a t-shirt in two seconds flat… and then leave it lying on a chair.

Something no one knows about you?
I prefer rainy Sundays to sunny Saturdays.

A moment you'd like to replay again and again?
A fit of laughter that hurts your ribs, in the middle of the night, over nothing.

What's the biggest mistake of your youth?
Changing schools every year — not always a mistake… but rarely a strategy.

What's your best grandmother's secret?
Always add more butter, even when it's not called for.

What's your book of the moment?
Tastes of Paradise by Wolfgang Schivelbusch.