Avez-vous d\u00e9j\u00e0 remarqu\u00e9 qu\u2019une assiette de sucre \u00e0 la cr\u00e8me est plac\u00e9e pr\u00e8s de la caisse\u00a0dans les restaurants Cora? Qui n\u2019aime pas terminer un repas avec une petite bouch\u00e9e sucr\u00e9e?<\/p>\n
L\u2019histoire de ces d\u00e9licieux petits carr\u00e9s d\u2019amour offerts tout sp\u00e9cialement pour faire plaisir au monde remonte \u00e0 No\u00ebl\u00a01987, dans le premier restaurant Cora. Comme vous le savez, apr\u00e8s mon divorce du p\u00e8re de mes trois enfants, j\u2019ai pass\u00e9 plusieurs ann\u00e9es \u00e0 travailler comme g\u00e9rante dans un restaurant six \u00e0 sept jours par semaine pour arriver \u00e0 faire vivre ma famille. Au bout de quelques ann\u00e9es, ces longues heures m\u2019ont ext\u00e9nu\u00e9e et j\u2019ai \u00e9t\u00e9 forc\u00e9e de prendre plus d\u2019un an de repos. Lorsque je me suis relev\u00e9e de mon sofa, la route que j\u2019empruntais pour conduire mon fils \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9cole m\u2019a amen\u00e9e \u00e0 passer devant un restaurant \u00e0 vendre. J\u2019y ai ouvert le premier restaurant Cora et vous connaissez la suite, comme on dit.<\/p>\n
La pauvret\u00e9 nous avait appris \u00e0 tendre la main pour demander et, d\u00e8s que nous le pouvions, pour redonner. C\u2019est sans s\u2019en rendre compte que nous sommes devenus chaleureux et g\u00e9n\u00e9reux. \u00c0 force d\u2019avoir besoin d\u2019amour, nous nous sommes habitu\u00e9s \u00e0 faire plaisir aux autres. Tout \u00e7a s\u2019est forg\u00e9 comme la mousse sur les arbres, sans qu\u2019on s\u2019en aper\u00e7oive vraiment. Nous adorions surprendre un habitu\u00e9 du restaurant avec notre g\u00e9n\u00e9rosit\u00e9 en lui proposant gratuitement un deuxi\u00e8me bol de soupe ou en lui remettant une pointe de dessert emball\u00e9e pour emporter \u00e0 la maison. D\u2019un jour \u00e0 l\u2019autre, l\u2019amour s\u2019est mis \u00e0 germer dans nos oreilles pour \u00e9couter de plus pr\u00e8s notre monde; sur nos paupi\u00e8res pour \u00eatre certains de reconna\u00eetre nos clients \u00e0 chaque visite; dans nos mains pour les \u00e9blouir chaque fois; et dans le fin fond de la coquille osseuse de notre cerveau o\u00f9 grandissait une cr\u00e9ativit\u00e9 bienheureuse.<\/p>\n
Cette \u00e9nergie salvatrice a fait son chemin \u00e0 travers nous, affectant au passage notre volont\u00e9, notre raisonnement et l\u2019imagination constructive qui allaient nous aider \u00e0 b\u00e2tir la r\u00e9putation de notre restaurant. Chacun de nos employ\u00e9s apportait sa pr\u00e9cieuse touche de magie! C\u2019est ainsi qu\u2019est n\u00e9e la tradition d\u2019offrir un petit plaisir suppl\u00e9mentaire \u00e0 nos clients apr\u00e8s le repas. Durant ce fameux souper de No\u00ebl\u00a01987, une de nos serveuses avait emball\u00e9 de gros morceaux de sucre \u00e0 la cr\u00e8me dans du papier cir\u00e9 afin que chacun puisse en rapporter \u00e0 la maison. Le lendemain, au poste dans mon \u00e9troite cuisine, j\u2019ai d\u00e9cid\u00e9 qu\u2019on offrirait gratuitement un morceau de sucre \u00e0 la cr\u00e8me \u00e0 chaque client qui viendrait d\u00e9jeuner. Chaque personne qui mangerait Chez Cora recevrait donc un chaleureux \u00ab\u00a0Bonjour\u00a0\u00bb en arrivant et serait remerci\u00e9e d\u2019une petite douceur \u00e0 emporter en nous quittant. Oui, oui! Et la tradition persiste encore, 38\u00a0ans plus tard. N\u2019h\u00e9sitez pas \u00e0 prendre votre sucre \u00e0 la cr\u00e8me\u00a0: un morceau pour vous et un deuxi\u00e8me pour moi!<\/p>\n
Si vous avez envie de ravir quelques becs sucr\u00e9s, voici la recette\u00a0: Pr\u00e9paration\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Cora Avez-vous d\u00e9j\u00e0 remarqu\u00e9 qu\u2019une assiette de sucre \u00e0 la cr\u00e8me est plac\u00e9e […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":414,"featured_media":67521,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lettre-mme-cora"],"acf":{"img_en":"","contenu_en":"Have you ever noticed the plate of complimentary fudge next to the cash register at Cora restaurants? Who doesn\u2019t like to finish their meal with a bite of a little something sweet?\r\n\r\nOffered with the simple desire to bring delight to others, these delicious morsels of love go all the way back to Christmas\u00a01987, in the first Cora restaurant. As you know, after divorcing the father of my three children, I spent many years working six or seven days a week as a restaurant manager to earn a living for my family. After a few years, the long hours wore me down and I was forced to take a leave of more than a year to recuperate. When I got off the couch, the route I took to drive my son to school led me past a restaurant for sale. I opened the first Cora restaurant there and the rest, as they say, is history.\r\n\r\nPoverty taught us to extend our hand to ask, and, as soon as we could, to give back as well. And without knowing it, we became warm and generous. Our need for love meant we became good at pleasing others. Imperceptibly, like moss on a tree, it became a part of us. We loved to surprise a regular customer with our generosity, offering them a second bowl of soup for free or a slice of dessert wrapped up to take home. From one day to the next, love worked to tune our ears to listen more attentively to people, to sharpen our eyes so we would recognize a customer when they returned, to guide our hands to delight them and to ignite joyful creativity deep within our brains.\r\n\r\nThis redeeming energy made its way through us, shaping our willpower, our minds, our industrious imaginations that would became the reason for our success in business. Each employee added their own magic touch! And that\u2019s how offering our customers an extra small treat after their meal became a tradition. During a Christmas dinner in 1987, one of our waitresses had wrapped large fudge squares in wax paper for each guest to take home. The next morning, at work in my tiny kitchen, I decided that we\u2019d offer a complimentary piece of fudge to every customer who\u2019d come in for breakfast. Everyone eating at a Cora restaurant would be greeted with a warm \u201chello\u201d upon their arrival and would be thanked with an indulgent sweet moment to take away upon their departure. And the tradition persists to this day, 38\u00a0years later. Don\u2019t hesitate to take your fudge: one square for you and a second one for me!\r\n\r\nIf you\u2019d like to delight the sweet tooths in your family or circle of friends, here\u2019s the recipe:\r\n\r\nIngredients<\/strong>\r\n
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