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The Bluffs, Block Island in RI
It only takes one hour on the regular ferry to arrive to Block Island. Many people prefer to board the more recent high speed ferry too — shortening the trip to only thirty minutes — but P. and I were not feeling in a rush, even if we were keen [...]

Eggplant, Zucchini, Potato and Cheese Millefeuilles
Back to the kitchen.
Back to the Eggplants.
Les aubergines.
We will have to agree that eggplants belong to the family of vegetables that triggers all sorts of animated debates. I have met people who would immediately turn their nose away as soon as they overhear that eggplants are part of a [...]

Corn Soup, Fresh Herbs and Paprika
“Qu’est-ce que tu fais ?” (What are you up to?)
“Je prépare une soupe au maïs,” (I am preparing a corn soup) I told my mum when she and I chatted on the phone a few days ago. She stayed silent. And then I remembered that she does not like corn [...]

Amaranth, Quinoa and Dark Chocolate Cake
Chocolate is season-less food. It does not matter whether it is cold, hot, humid or dry outside, chocolate does not follow a calendar. With P. and I, it is on the menu at any time, any day of the month, as long as it is dark: eaten raw, this is [...]

Snapshots taken from one of our trips, September 2003
Perhaps I should think about packing a nice lunch with me, non ? You would too, wouldn’t you?
I had never cooked with Amaranth leaves before — thank god for the Asian guy at the farmer’s market, he always has the most exotic and intriguing vegetables. When [...]

Dinner at Bernardus Lodge, CA
“What does Curiosity killed the cat? mean?” I asked P. when we walked out of the fun boutique we had found on Grant street, holding my new T shirt in one hand. I bought it because I fell in love with its light-grey color, thin fabric and cheerful design. Yet I [...]

Cinnamon-Plum Brioche Pudding
It was meant to happen. Since we have returned from California, we have kept thinking about the delicious plum brioche pudding that we greedily devoured at Tartine Bakery’s. I knew that the pressure to make one at home would be rather high, as shown by P.’s persistence. “Did you make bread pudding?” he [...]

L’été indien à Boston
“Ça, c’est l’été indien.”
Excuse the digression today but I like Indian summer so much that I had to talk about it, even if only with a few words.
The thing is that it is simply too nice outside to be doing anything that involves pots and pans in the kitchen. Or am [...]

Dark Chocolate Custard and its Colored Seasonal Fruit
“Is the recipe on your blog?” my friend H. asked after he finished his dessert, cleaning his glass so thoroughly that it clearly showed that he would happily have gone for a second serving. But for once, I actually did not make more than the number in our [...]