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  Chose promise, chose due : il vous a fallu patienter un peu, mais les recettes typiques du Cambodge, évoquées dans mon dernier billet, sont bel et bien là ! Je peux vous dire que je me suis régalée à les faire :  elles sont simples et savoureuses, et surtout ultra-rapides ! La seule vraie difficulté technique rencontrée a été de concevoir des petites caissettes en feuilles de banane : les arts manuels et moi, ça a toujours fait deux pour ne pas dire trois ! Après quelques essais tragi-comiques, hourra, je suis... [Lire la suite]

  Pour la version en français, cliquez ici. Like many of you, I guess, I had never heard nor had the opportunity to taste Khmer cuisine. Fortunately, our trip to Asia last summer and, to be more precise, our short stay in Siem Reap, Cambodia (home of the temples of Angkor) put an end to our scandalous ignorance!  We literally fell in love with this cuisine rich in flavors and spices and found ourselves frequently wondering why it was so misunderstood, not to say underestimated ! The beauty of Cambodian children... ... [Lire la suite]

Nouilles sautées au Boeuf à l'AsiatiqueStir-Fried Beef noodles with vegetables This is not a scoop, but I really feel I am getting older...Of course, every morning, my "mirror, mirror" tells me the awful truth  when it reflects my face with new wrinkles...and I am not even mentioning the mornings after good wine + food excess evenings (of course, this happens only once in a while..ahem...). No, what really changes is that I can not stand anymore throwing food away. It makes me really, really mad! Isn't that an... [Lire la suite]

Tartare de Saumon aux Granny Smith et à l'AvocatSalmon Tartare with Avocado and Granny Smith Last summer, I was in Alaska. Mind you, I was wearing fleece and a raincoat while you were parading on the beach in your tiny bikinis, lol !  But there, I had the priviledge to see tons of wild fish happily living their lives in the ice-cold rivers, swimming against the current. Sometimes I had the feeling that the river was made of salmons, not of water ! One has to know that wild salmon is not an endangered species in Alaska thanks... [Lire la suite]