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A picnic at the beach – Crane Beach, Ma; January 1st, 2012 I wanted to start the new year with delicious salads. Made with légumes secs (legumes), vegetables, and fruit. Offering zest and crunch. With mixed flavors of the earth and sea. This verrine recipe has it all. It showcases black chickpeas, which I had [...]

The chicken barn “I am completely mesmerized by the color of the grass,” I tell Dan who is sitting next to me in his red Chevrolet pickup. The road is fairly bumpy and dusty but I don’t pay any attention to it. My eyes are glued to the scenery that slowly unveils as we approach [...]

Cauliflower I forgot to tell you on thing. Back in early December, I wrote a cauliflower recipe for the Boston Globe. I had found beautifully colored varieties of cauliflower at the market and I fell in love. I bought more than I needed, but I yet knew I would find home to these jewels. They [...]

Hello everyone, It’s been a while now since my friend Lara and I started talking about running a food styling and photography workshop together. Yes! It took us some time to find a time when it both fitted our schedules. Yet we had found an amazing place to run it. In my homeland. We will [...]

Bonjour à tous, Cela fait déjà un certain temps que mon amie Lara et moi parlons d’organiser un atelier de stylisme et de photographie culinaire ensemble. Alors voilà ! Ca y est. On se jette à l’eau. Nous avons réussi à trouver une date qui nous convient à toutes le deux. Et nous avons trouvé [...]

Beet chips This weekend, I wanted to prepare something fun for Lulu. She’s been sick with a cold. She’s rarely sick. But she’s been a real trooper. And so despite her fever and runny nose, she wanted to spend time in the kitchen with me. “Je veux cuisiner avec toi maman,” (I want to cook [...]