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3 mai 2007

Une visite au Musée des Arts Décoratifs, A visit to The Decorative Arts Museum

"Nurture in France the culture of the Arts which pursue the realisation of the beautiful in the useful" I visited the Museum of Decorative Arts last week. It is located in a specific aisle of the Louvre Museum, on rue de Rivoli. It is a small sized museum...

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22 avril 2007

Suggestion pour un sympatique menu estival/My suggestion for a great summery Menu

What about a Mojito to welcome your guests and create a warm atmosphere as soon as they arrive ?... Then a nice crispy Crab Cake , reminding you of the Mediterranean Sea ... Still a marine dish with those Tuna and Orange Skewers No summery menu without...

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6 avril 2007

Victor Lustig, l'homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel ! Victor Lustig, The man who sold the Eiffel Tower !

Just a short post to let you know that, beside my very own blog that you are currently reading, I write some posts in english for a communal blog about Paris, made by French, American and Canadian friends. Its name is "Our Paris, variations on a theme"...

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2 avril 2007

3 blogs que j'apprécie beaucoup... 3 blogs I really like...

Today I wanted to share with you my "coups de coeur" ("crushes", if I may say so) about 3 blogs I really like. All 3 of them are written in english, but they are not famous anglophone sites. I preferred to focus on new or recent blogs, made by talented...

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24 mars 2007

Le Crab Cake revisité de Caroline Rostang, My very own version of Caroline Rostang’s Crab Cake

You might remember that, in my last post, I promised a savory and diet recipe ? Well, it seems that I only half-fulfilled my contract with this Crab Cake recipe, which is not exactly “light” . Oh, Come on, let’s forget diet for a second, especially when...

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22 mars 2007

Retour aux basiques : Tarte aux Pommes Amandine, Back to basics : Almond and Apple Tart !

But what's wrong with me ? I have been craving for comfort (translate : simple and high-calories) food for the last couple of weeks ! Is it our current wintry spring following our "spring-like" winter that turns me upside down ? So, after the chocolate...

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20 mars 2007

L’Histoire de la Maison Ladurée, The History of « La Maison Ladurée »

Who said airports magazines were without any content, apart from hundreds of advertisements for duty-free brands ? While waiting for my Miami flight last month at Charles-de-Gaulle airport and getting quite bored, I caught myself reading « aéroports magazine...

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17 mars 2007

Questionnaire printanier, Spring Questionnaire

Merci à Lili de m'avoir demandé de répondre à ce questionnaire ! Je lègue ce questionnaire à Robin . Now, I would like my friend Robin to answer this questionnaire. Si vous étiez : If you were : Une Herbe Aromatique : Les Feuilles de citronnier Keffir,...

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12 mars 2007

Brochettes de Thon et sauce à l'orange de Antigua, Tuna skewers and orange sauce from Antigua

Christopher Columbus first sighted Antigua in 1493. In 1632, Edward Warner came across St Kitts and colonized the island as a British Territory. It has remained British ever since, until it won its independence in 1981. Antigua has retained strong links...

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10 mars 2007

Galettes épicées Poulet/Mangue de Porto Rico, Chicken/Mango Spiced Galettes from Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico, our very first time there…Originally called « La ciudad amurallada », San Juan the Capital was founded in 1521 and is the second oldest city in the Americas. To protect the transportation of gold, silver and other gems, a massive wall and...

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8 mars 2007

Miami et son fameux cocktail "Mojito", Miami Beach and its famous "Mojito" cocktail

copyright sobewine&food festival Miami…We stayed 2 days there for our lattest vacations, before departing for a week-long cruise with NCL (great cruise, BTW). It really was not enough time : We had already stayed in South Beach 2 years ago and rarely...

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6 mars 2007

Mon déjeuner au restaurant "Les Ombres", My Lunch at "Les Ombres" Restaurant in Paris

vegetal wall on the facade and view to the Eiffel Tower. Finally, Here I am, back from a sensational 10 day vacation. I will share my “local” (Florida and Lesser Antilles) recipes soon on this blog. But I have to admit that I missed my blog, even though...

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21 février 2007

My Paris : #2 Around Marché d'Aligre

copyright : marchéd'aligre Overall, The East side of Paris is not a favorite spot for tourists. I understand that first-timers tend to focus on the famous must-dos and must-sees of the Capital, but I consider that not visiting l’”Est Parisien” is missing...

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18 février 2007

Corolle Orange /deux Sésames et Crème semi glacée Mangue/Coco, Orange and Sesame flower-shaped Biscuit, half-frozen mango-coco

Recette en français en bas de page ! Un amuse-bouches sucré... A sweet amuse-bouches... The literal translation of “amuse-bouches” is “mouth amuser”. Funny, isn’t it ? Other words used to describe them are : “amuse-gueule”, “mignardises” or “croque-en-bouches”....

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15 février 2007

Rose, Raspberry and Litchi Rice Pudding, Riz au lait à la Rose, aux Framboises et aux Litchis

A rice Pudding with a Pierre Hermé’s Ispahan® twist ! Une recette inspirée du Ispahan® de Pierre Hermé ! Recette en français en bas de page ! You may certainly have heard of Pierre Hermé : he is a world-famous French Pastry Chef. If you google his name,...

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14 février 2007

Chicken livers, Artichokes and Raspberry salad, Salade de foies de volaille, artichauts et framboises

Recette en français en bas de page ! Yesterday, I had a look at my recipe list and it immediately stroke me that the "appetizers" category was a bit “empty” compared to the other ones. So, to balance my list, I had to make an appetizer. By chance, when...

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4 décembre 2007

Tiramisu aux marrons glacés / Candied chesnuts Tiramisu,

A recipe that has already been posted (in february 2007), but it is so good and so seasonal that I wanted you to have an opportunity to see it if you were not a reader of my blog at that time...OK, OK, the real reason is that I am just back from a fabulous...

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21 septembre 2007

A good Apple Tatin for a good Week-end ! Une belle Tatin pour un bon week-end ! !

Away for the week-end, I leave you in the company of this seasonal pastry which has originally appeared on my blog last january. Absente pour le week-end, je vous laisse en compagnie de cette pâtisserie de saison qui a été initialement publiée sur ce...

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20 janvier 2007

Homemade Green Curry Paste, Pâte de Curry Vert "Maison"

I love Thaï Food ! All considered, I think it’s my favourite foreign food, closely followed by Moroccan Cuisine. I particularly enjoy this combination of spicy, savory and sweet flavours and a very pleasant sourness too, due to the frequent use of ginger...

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11 janvier 2007

Back from the Past III, A visit to the Farmer's Market

In Megève, the Market takes place every Friday, very close to the heart of the village. Food shopping at this market is a real pleasure, the salespersons are actually the ones who have made the produces and they are sooo nice ! Speaking with them is never...

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9 janvier 2007

Back from the Past II, A restaurant review

As has been said in my last post, Megève is full of very good restaurants, the most difficult task is to pick one ! We were 6 adults that evening and we all wanted to have an authentic experience : we were craving for real "comfort" food, that is to say...

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8 janvier 2007

Back from the Past !

Finally, I am back ! After 2 weks in Megève, a small ski resort in the French Alps. Why this title : “Back from the Past” ? First, because during 14 loooong days, I had no computer neither Internet access there and I really felt like I was living in the...

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19 décembre 2006

Yikes ! Another Food Blogger !

Dean&Deluca in NYC My name is Anne, I am 38, married , 2 daughters. You must wonder “she’s French , why a blog in English ?”. First, I was raised in an americanophile family. Don’t ask me why my parents were obsessed with the USA; I have no idea. But...

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1 octobre 2007

Risotto aux Cèpes et au Poulet (avec bouillon maison), Cep and Chicken Risotto (with a home made broth)

Each time I make a roasted chicken, I keep the carcass in order to make a home made chiken broth. OK, stock cubes can be greatly helpful and time saving (I occasionnaly use them) but in no way could you compare the taste of a broth made with chicken leftovers,...

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11 octobre 2007

Soupe de Carottes anisées aux Châtaignes, Aniseed Carrot Soup with Chestnuts

Some years ago, no self respecting housewife would have dared serving a soup to her guests. That would have clearly been a “faux-pas” and her friends would have thought of a total lack of respect. Yes, soup was too rustic a dish to cross the family circle...

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