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One of my favourite things to do is entertain. I have this need to feed people and have them smile back at me across the table or from across the living room when they take a bite of something I have cooked for them. It probably stems from some odd form of insecurity...Freud would have a hey-day with me and oral fixation theories I suppose.

The most simple way to entertain (which is a necessity when you have a rather rambunctious 5-month old in need of almost constant attention) is to have people over for coffee. For me this "course" doesn't mean simply plunking down a pot of coffee on the table and saying "enjoy" to my guests. Oh no, not the domestic goddess. :)

Recently I had my in-laws over for coffee and although I had more than a week's notice I didn't make anything in advance to serve my guests alongside their warm, delicious beverages. I had had enough of baking chocolate delicacies (although my brother-in-law is one serious chocolate-lover) and decided that the pears sitting on my dining room table would be perfect used in a dessert.

So that morning, before rushing out I baked a delicious clafoutis - pears and cinnamon and cream and maple syrup...oh so good and so lusciously scrumptious. Just warm from the oven it made me not want to leave the apartment (but I had to). Room temperature, a few hours later with guests, accompanied by some deliciously strong coffee, it was the perfect late morning snack.

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