Archive for February, 2010

Peasant Soup – Minestrone soup

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2 years ago
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Minestrone di verdura Dachary Carey of The Peasant Chef, asked me if I would be interested in a guest post discussing healthy food, organic and local raised products and why I decided to be a chef. I thought that Peasant Chef was really in line with my values and beliefs and without hesitation [...]

Always so special – Green risotto

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2 years ago
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Sempre così speciale – Il riso verde Riso verde is a specialty I used to eat at our family restaurant in Italy, I haven’t eaten it anywhere else. My dad’s relatives have un’albergo-ristorante (an hotel and restaurant) Al Lago in San Lazzaro that also has a restaurant where they make wonderful [...]

Monday crisy crisp – Warm mango, banana and pineapple crisp with mascarpone cream

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2 years ago
by silvia in
Le petit croustillant du lundi – Croustillant chaud de mangue, banane et ananas, crème au mascarpone I adore filo dough but never use it. Do you believe it? I can drool over appetizers and desserts made with filo dough but when it’s time to buy it, I always forget or buy something else. So people [...]

One spoon for me and two for you – Scallops with mango and blood orange vinaigrette

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2 years ago
by silvia in ,
Une cuillère pour moi, et deux pour toi – Cuillères de St Jacques à la vinaigrette de mangue et orange sanguine I bought so many different kinds of those cuillères (spoons) while in France, which was not really a necessity since they are also available in the US, but my mom shoved them in my [...]

Gratin with a twist not Dauphinois! – Potato, zucchini and roquefort gratin

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2 years ago
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Gratin fantaisie et pas Dauphinois! – Gratin de pommes de terre, courgettes et roquefort There is the traditional gratin Dauphinois (from the Dauphiné region) where the potatoes are cooked in milk, then placed in the oven with butter (NO cheese) the real gratin Dauphinois has no cheese! Even [...]

Tel Aviv lentil salad – Lentil and beet salad with arugula, feta and mint

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2 years ago
by silvia in ,
La bonne salade aux lentilles de Tel Aviv – Salade de lentilles, roquette, betteraves à la feta et menthe On my stay in Tel Aviv, I walked almost all over the city for five days…the weather was beautiful, it felt so much like summer to me so while France was snowed in, I enjoyed my five days as if [...]

One more thanks to Alain Ducasse – Cod with herb-butter, shiitake and tomato concassée

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2 years ago
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Merci encore à Alain Ducasse – Cabillaud en beurre d’herbes, shiitake et concassée de tomates This recipe has been adapted from an Alain Ducasse‘s recipe, one of my favorite chefs…yes I know I keep repeating this and will do so anytime I prepare something from his kitchen, because I am such a huge [...]
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