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24 septembre 2007

Une citronnade maison, garantie sans acidité ! A non-tart home-made lemonade !

My friend Robin is in Paris, yeah !…Now this is a nice virtual friendship that has become a real one. We met “for real” last year in NYC for a memorable picnic in Central Park. Last week, she did make the trip to Paris. Meanwhile, we both have created...

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9 septembre 2007

Tartelettes Tatin aux tomates confites et au basilic, Tatin slowly-roasted-Tomato Tartlets with Basil

OK, I will spare your valuable time and will not evoke again the history of the Tatin Sisters (well, if you’re really dying to know more about them, click here ). But did you know the origins of the word “tomato” ? One has to travel far from Europe to...

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4 septembre 2007

Mini-Crumbles de prunes (reine-claude), individual green plum crumbles

Yes, yes, I know I have been a very bad girl, the worst foodblogger ever, I left you for more than a month !! I can’t believe I did that, but I have to admit that a blog detox is necessary from time to time, specially when one is having a great time in...

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24 juillet 2007

Summer Food in the French Alps, part VI

Une spécialité locale - A local specialty The "mégevan" (the name of Megève's inhabitants) is a pastry exclusively created at "Au Père Sottieu". It consists of a raspberry tartlet covered with half a hazelnut macaron. Who is tempted to re-create the recipe...

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23 juillet 2007

Summer Food in the French Alps, part V

Symphonie Florale... Floral Symphony... Even if one does not have a gardener's soul (in our Parisian home, it is my husband who takes care of the flowers and I really wonder what he whispers to them to make them feel so happy...but that's another story...

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21 juillet 2007

Summer Food in the French Alps, part IV

A short visit to Turin, Italy - Une petite visite de Turin, Italie As one member of our party had a business meeting in Turin, we decided to go with him and enjoy everything Italy has to offer : wonderful gelati, the best cappuccini served with tiny pastries...

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18 juillet 2007

Summer Food in the French Alps, part II

Lunch at l'Auberge du Christomet, Megève. A wonderful restaurant with a scenic view on the infamous Montblanc mountain. Customers here are pampered from the aperitif taken in the garden with sunchairs and beds, through the café. The food is simple but...

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11 juillet 2007

Des baby-burgers de mon enfance, pour l’apéro ! Baby burgers snacks from my childhood !

Little « burger » snacks with Tuna and Preserved Lemon Paste Petits Feuilletés « burger » à la pâte de Thon et Citron Confit When I was a kid, my family used to drive from Paris to the South of France every year in early july. It was a 10 hour drive,...

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10 juillet 2007

Des restes de Tiramisu transformés en un nouveau dessert ! Tiramisu leftovers transformed into a new dessert !

Do you remember my apricot tiramisu of last week ? Well, I had apricots and mascarpone cream left and I had to make another dessert for the following day, for a small number of guests. After a short brainstorming in my bath, "eureka", I found a new recipe...

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7 juillet 2007

Dinner at "Le Chateaubriand"

Date of dinner : June 2007 Résumé en français : Mon cher Inaki, cela faisait plus d'un an que je "tannais" mon mari pour que l'on aille dîner chez toi ! Enfin ! Mais keskicé donc passé ce soir-là ? Nous étions 4 et nous avons tous été déçus ! Certains...

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6 juillet 2007

Dinner at "Le Beurre Noisette"

Résumé en français : Après réclamations (!) , je vous propose quelques lignes synthétiques en français : Le menu dégustation à 40 euros est d'un rapport intéressant car il propose 2 entrées, 2 plats, 2 desserts. Les plats étaient assez bons dans l'ensemble...

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30 juin 2007

Un Cake avec des restes (de luxe, mais des restes quand même) ! A leftovers Cake !

Apricot and Grated Chocolate Loaf Cake aux Abricots et Râpé de Chocolat Lefovers again !! With the approach of holidays, I limit my food shopping to the bare m inimum and I do my best to feed my little family with what is available in my fridge and my...

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30 octobre 2007

"Le Thon, c'est trop Bon !"

Sesame-crusted and Seared Tuna Fillets, with Orange-Ginger Sauce Steaks de Thon mi-cuits en croûtes de sésame et Sauce Orange-Gingembre A tasty, healthy and easy recipe, what do you think of that ? Tuna is quite an expensive fish but worth its price,...

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12 juin 2007

J’ai reçu mon colis européen ! I received my european parcel !

I am so excited ! I received a gourmet parcel from Great-Britain last week-end ! It was the first time I was taking part in a parcel exchange between foodbloggers and I liked the idea of receiving something from a foreign country ! This event was impeccably...

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6 juin 2007

Tartare de Saumon estival ! Summery Salmon Tartare !

You probably know what “Tartare” means. But in case some of you wonder what I am talking about, let me explain this : the word Tartare, in cooking, means that the ingredients are served raw and coarsely ground or chopped into small dices. The most famous...

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4 juin 2007

Tarte aux Fraises sans chichi ni tralala ! No-frills Strawberry Tart !

Surprisingly enough, I had never made a Strawberry Tart before. Why ? Maybe I was too intimidated by the pastry cream (for me, no strawberry tart deserves this name if not made with the latter). There are some basic recipes like that which, quite irrationnally,...

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1 juin 2007

Poulet au Satay Maison et ses Asperges à la chinoise, Chicken with home-made Satay and Asian-style Asparagus

Have you heard of Ken Hom ? He’s a famous Chef with Cantonese origins but raised in Arizona. I have been the happy owner of his cookbook “ Ken Hom’s quick Wok ” for years. It contains super fast and super simple asian recipes. He started his cooking career...

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21 mai 2007

Une interview ! An Interview !

Everything you always wanted to know about…me ! (sorry, not about what you think) Tout ce que vous avez toujours voulu savoir sur…moi ! (pas trop déçus ?) Some weeks ago, Damien from the culinary website 750g asked to interview me for his «Cuisine and...

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16 mai 2007

Comme à Chinatown : Foie de veau sauté Ciboule-Gingembre, Chinatown-like : Sauteed Calf’s liver with Scallion and Ginger

Actually, I am cheating a little bit : this recipe is not really an authentic chinese recipe but rather an eurasian one : in fact, calf’s liver is used a lot in Italian and more specifically in Venetian Cuisine ! And regarding Scallions and Ginger, it...

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12 mai 2007

Curry Rouge de Poulet, Red Curry Chicken

I make my own Green Curry Paste, which I am quite proud of. But I have to admit that I have not even tried to do the same with the Red Curry Paste. Maybe it is because the ingredients are, for me, far less appealing than the armfuls of fresh herbs needed...

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9 mai 2007

The Tiramisu saga : #2 : Tiramisu aux Fraises et aux Framboises, Strawberry and Raspberry Tiramisu

Yes, I know, a Strawberry Tiramisu is not a very original and creative recipe, as we have seen plenty of them in the blogosphere these last weeks ! But well, when you like something, you never get tired of it, do you ? And this recipe is also a good excuse...

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6 mai 2007

Soupe Froide de Poivrons Jaunes et Citrons Confits, Yellow Bellpepper and Preserved Lemon Cold Soup

Before anything, I would like to share my excitment with you : my Strawberry and Mango Tartare recipe has been mentionned in « Le Monde.fr » on May 4th. “Le Monde” is the most famous newspaper in France and its internet version has many many readers too....

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24 avril 2007

Rendons-nous à l'évidence : je suis macaronulle !! Let's face reality : I am driven nuts by Macarons !!

Yes, I can hear you : you are looking at the pictures and you think : “she’s crazy, her macarons look gorgious !” Oh yes, they do : but they are not my macarons, I bought them at Ladurée because mines were a total disaster !! I swear I have tried my best...

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25 avril 2007

Deux recettes autour du Rouget, Two Red Mullet based recipes !

Red Mullet and Black Olives Tartlets Red Mullet “rillettes” and Parmesan/caraway seeds tuiles Tartelettes Fines de Rouget à la Tapenade Rillettes de Rouget et tuiles de parmesan au carvi (recettes en français en bas de page) Red Mullet is one of my favourite...

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30 avril 2007

Mousse au Chocolat réservée aux adultes, An adult-only Chocolate Mousse

Please don’t misunderstand me, there is nothing mischievous in this chococolate mousse recipe : no alcohol, nor aphrodisiac ingredients (a pinch of grated ginger would have been very appropriate, though). No, it is simply the use of very dark chocolate...

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