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November 1, 2006

A Walnut Obsession in a Flourless Cake — Une obsession pour les noix dans un gâteau sans farine

Recipe: Flourless Walnut Cakes

I had not touched this cookbook in a while until last week. Sometimes some of my cookbooks can be left untouched on shelves for weeks. I just have too many, even if I know this is not paying them justice. Y’en a de trop ! One pile of books seems to always hide another pile, [...]

November 3, 2006

Can You Really Dislike A Gratin? — Pouvez-vous vraiment ne pas aimer le gratin ?

Recipe: Potato and Celeriac Gratin

“Une bien cuite, s’il vous plaît !” (One well cooked, please!) Do you remember hearing these words while walking into a French bakery? This is pretty much a buzz sentence, a language you need to be able to talk to order your baguette à la boulangerie. Some people like their baguette to be well cooked, [...]

November 5, 2006

Fall Medley Vegetable Soup — Soupe automnale de légumes variés

Recipe: Fall Vegetable Soup

My mum used to make vegetable soups often. Not necessarily the fancy difficult ones, but the good-for-your-health kind of soups, full of nutrients and vitamins. “Mange ta soupe, ça fait grandir”, she used to tell my brother B. and me (eat your soup, you will grow taller). Vraiment ? (Really?) When I told P. about [...]

November 7, 2006

My Chocolate Madeleines for a Sunday Picnic — Mes madeleines au chocolat pour le pique-nique du dimanche

Recipe: Chocolate Madeleines

It was a regular weekend except that it was gorgeous outside. P. and I decided to go out for the day to walk and picnic on Plum island. Only an hour drive North of Boston, Plum island is a tiny paradise for anyone looking for a secluded spot away from the city. With magical natural [...]

November 9, 2006

Fruity Appetizer You Call It? — Vous dites une entrée fruitée ?

Recipe: Kiwi, Grapefruit and Crab Salad

Kiwi, Grapefruit and Crab Salad
P. told me “Mais ce n’est pas l’été” (it is not summer) when I brought the appetizer to the table, to which I had to inquire what he actually meant. “Comment cela ?”, I then said. “Well, isn’t this appetizer more a dish you would eat in summer?”, he responded. “Ah [...]

November 10, 2006

Dessert Preparation — Préparation de dessert

Qu’est-ce qui se prépare ?
(What is cooking?)
So many choices, don’t you think?
More on this later….

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November 11, 2006

Red and Orange Pavlova — Pavlova en rouge et orange

Recipe: Red and Orange Pavlova

What would you say if I told you that my grand-mother used to make the best meringues? Probably that yours did as well, because we all have a sense that someone in our family or amongst our acquaintances makes “the best of something you have ever had”. For example, P. has an Irish uncle, a [...]

November 13, 2006

True Fruit Tartlets — Des tartelettes pur fruit

Recipe: Apple and Quince Tartlets

Monsieur Schneider is one of my parents’ oldest neighbors. Known in the village for his amazingly well-looked-after and immense garden, he is an old man by now. But I have always known him for the gorgeous-looking vegetables that he grows in his garden, which as a young girl, I always wanted to steal but never [...]

November 15, 2006

A Weakness for Rillettes — Une faiblesse pour les rillettes

Recipe: Arctic Char and Smoked Salmon Rillettes

Il y a la mer…
(There is the sea…)

Et puis il y a les poissons…
(Then there is fish…)
Fish — Le poisson
Learning a language is a lifetime story. You can never get bored with it.
One of the most difficult things for me to remember how to translate well when it comes to food is any word in [...]

November 16, 2006

A Taste of Tea and Chocolate in Pear Tartlets — Des tartelettes aux poires au goût de thé et de chocolat

Recipe: Pear Tartlets

Before it gets too late and we witness a ground covered with inches of snow — if it actually really happens this year in view of the thermometer’s whims — this time in the season is simply perfect for walks taken outside to play with fallen leaves tossed around by the wind or walkers’ footsteps. [...]

November 23, 2006

One Year Went By — Une année est passée

And what a wonderful year it has been, full of so many discoveries!
Sorry for the short absence. I am currently traveling to a wonderful country from which I hope to bring you nice pictures and stories. But back to this special occasion for me.
In November 2005, I started a food blog, and one [...]

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November 29, 2006

Such a Beautiful Place — Un si bel endroit

I am making it easy for you to guess. You will know where I went, won’t you? How can you not love these faces and colours?
More on my recent trip soon, promise!

November 30, 2006

Blackberry Tartlets with Lemon Cream — Tartelettes aux mûres et crème au citron

Recipe: Blackberry Tartlets with Lemon Cream

I am physically back in Boston (from Peru indeed, very good guess!) and still need time to be really entirely present so that I can get back into cooking, visiting your blogs and writing the stories about my trip. No need to say that I cannot wait as I have so many pictures I want [...]

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