Archive for August, 2009

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Mamma Lucia's focaccia – Spelt Focaccia with rosemary, onions and rock salt

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16 years ago
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La focaccia di mamma Lucia – Focaccia di farro con rosmarino e cipolla This is my mom’s focaccia or signature appetizer, it’s what they call in the region she is from in Italy “crescia”. Different regions have different ways of calling the same thing and crescia is more like the local name of a [...]
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The drunken melon – Tuscan melon soup with yogurt and white port

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16 years ago
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On a saoulé le melon! – Soupe de melon au yaourt et porto blanc I got inspired by my mom’s traditional appetizer she loves to serve in summer which are called melon au porto, a quite delicious way to serve melon. In France we have those small round melons called melons Charentais, which are grown [...]
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Round and spicy – Stuffed round zucchini with curried lentils

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16 years ago
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Rondes et épicées – Courgettes rondes farcies de lentilles au curry Another version of stuffed zucchini, those are the round kind and this recipe has a little exotic twist with the curry and other spices in it.  I think this kind of zucchini is really made to be stuffed, they have a very inviting [...]
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The tartine that works an appetite – Salmon tartine with a ginger, caper, mustard and herb dressing

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16 years ago
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La tartine qui met en appétit – Tartine de saumon au gingembre, câpres, et herbes mixtes After a beautiful and sunny day, we are back to the grisaille, which literally translates to “greyness”, the good thing about this type of weather is that you can stay home and cook. hat would be the positive [...]
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When you feel like crab again – Crab and shrimp cakes with tarragon and capers on a bed of spaghetti-shaped cucumber salad

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16 years ago
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Quand on a encore envie de crabe – Croquettes de crabe et crevettes à l’estragon et câpres sur un lit de concombre spaghetti Well it might no longer be crab season, but I have urges of a pregnant woman when it has to do with food. Anytime I see crab, I cannot help and buy some. I am a big [...]
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Can I have some polenta please? – Rosemary and parmesan polenta crostoni with spicy wild mushrooms and pancetta ragù

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16 years ago
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Mi dai un pò di polenta per favore? – Crostoni di polenta al rosmarino e parmigiano con ragu piccante di funghi e pancetta – cavolo in padella I have been wanting to make polenta for months now, I had this bag of polenta in my pantry, but did not have the other ingredients I needed to make what I [...]
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Mediterranean style – Grilled stuffed squid on mizuna salad with grapefruit and wild fennel vinaigrette

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16 years ago
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A petit goût de Mediterrannée – Encornets grillés sur salade de mizuna et vinaigrette de pamplemousse et fenouil sauvage When I go grocery shopping and I end up in the fish section, I cannot resist to buy seafood, especially when it’s fresh. I found those at the Berkeley bowl last week and they [...]
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