A special shout out to all the mothers in the world. Today is your day to shine!

And to commemorate this special day, here’s my latest story for The Seattle Times Pacific Northwest magazine.

It features a very special mother and woman–Food Network star Melissa d’Arabian–cooking with her two twin daughters, Margaux and Ocèane, and was quite a fun one for me to write and for Spencer and Seattle Times staff photographer Ken Lambert to shoot. (These are Spencer’s adorable shots.)

Here’s the beautiful Pain Perdu (Chocolate French Toast) that mère (mother) and the girls whipped up the morning we visited.

And here’s the final product fresh out of the oven with unsweetened whipped cream oozing over the top. Très magnifique!