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ODDUR THORISSON (PORTRAIT); COURTESY OF CHANEL (BLUSH); BRYAN GARDNER (OTHERS)

Mimi Thorisson | Food blogger and author, Médoc, France

It was the post—about a cake decorated with berries and flowers—that launched a thousand tweets

and pins. Just like that, Manger, Mimi Thorisson’s vivid blog, took off. She writes about her life in the

Médoc countryside with her photographer husband and eight children (yes, eight), offers mouthwatering

recipes, and has just published her second cookbook. Even as the busy mom and Instagram star

(226,000 followers and counting) juggles work and family, she always looks effortlessly chic. Her secrets:

Never leave home without a bit of blush, and keep a pared-down yet elegant wardrobe. A simple black

dress and comfortable Porselli ballet flats (“I have them in nearly every color!”) take her from outings

with the kids and trips to the market to mealtime in the kitchen, in style. C’est magnifique!

“Cook i ng

is my

passion,

my work,

and my

hobby.”

“This doll-pink

shade works

well with my

complexion.”

1. ”I keep a small note-
   book with me for recipe
   ideas.” $26 each, john
   derian.com.


2. “My morning routine
   begins with a cup of
   Mariage Frères French
   Breakfast tea. It’s luxu-
   rious.” $27 for 30 bags,
   deandeluca.com.

3.Thorisson’s second

book, French Country

Cooking (Clarkson

Potter), is packed with

100 recipes inspired

by her home in Médoc

(her family moved from

Paris six years ago).

$40, indiebound.com.

4. “I always have
   chilled Champagne—
   like Ruinart—as well
   as eggs and at least
   five packs of butter
   in my refrigerator.” $75,
   astorwines.com.


5. “My grandmother
   said that rosy cheeks
   exude beauty and
   health. I wear Chanel
   powder blush in
   Pink Explosion.” $45,
   chanel.com.


6. “I love a truffled
   Brillat-Savarin cheese—
   it’s my 2-year-old
   daughter’s favorite,
   too!” $35 for 500 g,
   oldehudson.com.

HER

FAVORITE THINGS

THE COUNTRY CUISINIÈRE

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GOOD LIVING

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