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Celebration! celebration! It starts with this….

The story is very simple. If there is a time of year when I wish I were in my home country France, this would be one, not for the celebration of Beaujolais nouveau, la fête de la musique or smell lavender in Provence (although those things sound pretty good to [...]

Vive les tartes!

For many many years now, I have always had on my mind that one day, I would have my small quaint place where I can leisurely bake tarts, savoury or sweet, that people coming for lunch can taste with a simple soup and salad. The idea of a perfect lunch! Simple but filling [...]

The following topic, yogurt making, has always been very central to animated conversations in which, I do not know why, I would throw myself deeply into, and find myself talking passionately about how important a good yogurt is, and how difficult it is to find one generally speaking in regular supermarkets here. Now no offense [...]

In 1993, I came to the US for the first time, in beautiful San Francisco. I was then a group leader for teenagers on a linguistic trip; all of us were hosted in families. My host family lady was very welcoming, so welcoming that for some odd reason ( I had only mentioned I liked [...]

At this time of year, there is nothing better than making comforting food. What is this you would say? I suppose people have various opinions as to what food feels comforting to them, but for me, that means slow cooking, simmered food, plat unique (one single dish) that you proudly place on the [...]

A few days ago, I came across an article published in Salon , a review of the newly published book Hungry Planet

I immediately loved the idea developed in the book by both participants: Peter Menzel photographed 30 families in 24 countries along with the food they consume in the course of a week, and Faith [...]

To me, the tradition of foie gras is long and very controversial. When thinking about the whole process involved in the making of foie gras, I start having a few doubts about whether to be in favour of this delicacy. Hence for years, I have lived an inner conflict Eat or Not to Eat Foie [...]

As I am new to food blogging, I am also very proud and happy to participate to the A Menu for Hope campaign organized by a great food blogger Chez Pim, in order to raise funds to support the victims of the earthquake in the Kashmir region of India and Pakistan. A truly great [...]

I belong to this group of food lovers who, when they go to a restaurant they like, they cannot help it: after tasting a dish they like, and making sure they have inquired and received answers to their subtle questions–because of course, we would not steal the chef’s secrets–, they go home, quickly, actually as [...]

What is Christmas if there is not a little bit of chocolate and sweets involved?
A while ago, I wrote about the typical not-to-be-missed Bûche de Noël. What a delight! And as mentioned before, there are so many good recipes to make fancy, unusual or traditional bûches. Today, on my habitual trip to my usual supermarket, [...]

A few days ago, my husband and I went to the PRX Christmas party (Public Radio Exchange) held in Harvard Square, Cambridge. So much fun! Like a lot of those end-of-year social events, you end up meeting friendly people whom you realize you somehow know, but you were not aware of it. I happened [...]

I always try to think about easy dessert that come handy when I have nothing at home, for those sudden dessert cravings that need to be quickly fulfilled! Now, those chocolate cakes might look very complex and long to make, but I promise, they require little time and are easy. A real piece of [...]

So this morning, I decided to enter a chocolate contest, Grand Concours de recettes au chocolat with Epucirien , and experimented more with my chocolate cakes from yesterday. I had little time–a few hours this morning only– since the date to submit the recipes is tonight (European time), so I just took whatever I had [...]

Two days ago, I was the unlucky winner of a ticket to go to have a root canal done. This came when I did not both expect and want it. Who really wants root canals anyway? I still had the memory of earlier this year, when I had had a tooth emergency and had spent [...]

Yellow Beetroot and Ricotta Cheese Layered Cake
I think I must already have mentioned that a long time ago, when I still lived in France and I was a little girl, a friend of my dad’s, who owns a farm (he is the farmer in my home village all things considered as he owns pretty [...]

Ginger
I am a big fan of ginger in all forms, although for many years, I kept arguing how much I disliked ginger cookies for example. For some reason and the longest time, I did not “think” ginger in sweets was the same as ginger in savoury food. Go and figure! Ginger snaps, No, no!, would [...]

Yeah they are here! The season has started.
Our lovely Maine shrimps are now occupying the fresh fish sections of our stores. Why are they so special? I do not know, a certain je-ne-sais-quoi, small, tasty, full of juice. Very delicate and yummie! You cannot help but eat them with your fingers!

I was delighted to [...]

A Passion for CookBooks: the title of the radio show on Radio Open Source I called in yesterday. So interesting!
If you go to the link above, you will be able to hear the show.
Guests :
Julie Powell
Blogger, The Julie/Julia Project
Author, Julie & Julia: 365 days, 534 [...]

And following on the topic here, A passion for cookbooks I discovered this:
Cookbooks and Other Food Reads
All for now.