http://www.latartinegourmande.com In Love with Beautiful Food Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:09:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Coconut and banana muffins I could hear the rain pat against the window pane. I was sitting at my desk, finishing an article I had been working on, and then I looked at the clock. 5:45. Déjà!I thought. Not much time before I feed and put Lulu to bed and start ... http://www.latartinegourmande.com/2009/06/27/coconut-banana-muffins-gluten-free/ Orange-flavored Strawberry and Rhubarb Clafoutis Not long ago, P. asked me whether the verb clafoutir existed in French. I smiled. I found the question so sweet that just for a day, or two, I pretended that it did indeed. It would have read like this: "je clafoutis, tu clafoutis, il clafoutis, nous ... http://www.latartinegourmande.com/2009/06/10/orange-strawberry-rhubarb-clafoutis/ Shrimp in Coconut Milk Broth for the Boston Globe It's a good thing that I am still able to make dishes like this for dinner these days. Even better when they go in the Boston Globe, and well, you can enjoy them too. P. and I like Asian food. A lot. Anything ... http://www.latartinegourmande.com/2009/06/03/shrimp-coconut-milk-broth/ Spring green vegetables and whole soft-cooked eggs eggs, vanilla-flavored vinaigrette June. Juin Is it real? Tomorrow is my older brother B.'s birthday. He will be 43 -- and he will probably spend his day in his wonderful garden. A gift. So I can't believe it's June! I know, you've heard me say this before. ... http://www.latartinegourmande.com/2009/06/01/whole-soft-cooked-eggs-oeuf-mollet-poached-eggvanilla-sauce/ Chocolate mousse, dark and white chocolate My friend Y. loves chocolate. Well in fact, more than anything else, she loves dessert. She is quite happy that I know this distinctive trait of personality of hers. In the hope, I know well, that whenever she stops by at our house, there will ... http://www.latartinegourmande.com/2009/05/20/chocolate-mousse-tonka-bean/ Lulu's mamie left tonight. We are all sad. Lulu and I decided to bake a carrot and hazelnut cake for her, one that she could easily pack and take with her on the plane. Tomorrow, she will be back in France. We are already missing her, everywhere in the house. And ... http://www.latartinegourmande.com/2009/05/19/carrot-cake/ It was 4 am and Lulu was hungry. The soft chirruping noises she was making sounded like "hello, anyone here? I am hungry, pick me up!"; they were also becoming louder and more frequent. Her legs were stretched out into the air above the bassinet, pedaling like someone going up ... http://www.latartinegourmande.com/2009/05/12/so-happy/ A special note from P: This is the first time that I have hijacked my wife's blog, but if there was ever a good occasion to do so, this is it. For those of you who read regularly, you will know that we have a lot going on in our ... http://www.latartinegourmande.com/2009/05/04/joyeux-anniversaire-bea/ Herb and Red Peppercorn Goat Cheese We love soft fresh goat cheese. Everyone in my family, in fact, except my dad. One of the best memories I keep from the yearly summer trips my family took to southwest France was the weekly expédition to the marché where, invariably, we would return ... http://www.latartinegourmande.com/2009/05/01/herb-peppercorn-goat-cheese-st-maure/ Coriander-flavored Mashed Carrots with Coconut Milk Carrots. It’s funny, really, to get excited about carrots. I have friends who think that I am crazy to find carrots sexy, but I secretly know that they’ve probably not been as lucky as me, to have grown up near the best carrots one can imagine. ... http://www.latartinegourmande.com/2009/04/27/coriander-carrot-mash-coconut-milk/