Archive for June, 2010

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A quiche unlike others – Cauliflower-camembert quiche with chili-poppy seed crust

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Une quiche pas comme les autres – Quiche de chou fleur au camembert et pâte aux graines de pavot-piment A good friend of mine just had surgery on her foot, and is staying at home recovering, so when I asked her if she wanted me to bring her something, she responded “a vegetable quiche”! So here we [...]
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Have you tried eating velvet? – Cream of fava bean and edamame with poached quail eggs

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Avez-vous déjà mangé du velours – Crème de fèves et edamame aux oeufs de caille pochés Quail eggs are underused in my opinion…aren’t those adorable? l love those tiny and cute eggs, they’re so delicate with a very fragile shell, and certainly can enhance any velouté. I like anything that comes in [...]
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Rillettes from the sea – Smoked mackerel rillettes with potato-cumin blinis

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Rillettes de la mer – Rillettes de maquereau fumé sur blinis de pommes de terre au cumin It’s been a while I ate mackerel…it’s one of those things you tend to forget it exists until you see it at the store. In France mackerel is a quite consumed fish, we eat it fresh and grilled, it’s [...]
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A different kind of pesto from Sicily – Homemade spinach tagliatelle with pesto alla trapanese

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Un altro tipo di pesto Siciliano – Linguine agli spinaci con pesto alla trapanese You can really tell someone is Italian by the quantity of pasta they eat…my family eats pasta almost every day…unlike me…I eat it once in a while, which can be a good reason to question my Italian nationality, let’s [...]
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A cure for migraine – Creamy herb polenta with sauté wild mushrooms and hot tomato coulis

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Per curare l’emicrania – Polenta con parmigiano e rosmarino – funghi selvatici e passata piccante di pomodoro After a gloomy weekend with a terrible migraine, that immobilized me for few days in bed, I decided that I wanted to start the week as best as I could, and of course, when you cannot [...]
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The well dressed shrimps – Shrimps wrapped in soba with pomegranate chili dipping sauce

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Les crevettes bien habillées – Crevettes enroulées de nouilles soba et sauce pimentée à la grenade Well here I am again with shrimps…when we cook we all find our inspiration from different sources, it can be our moms, grandmothers, books, chefs, travels, anything. For this particular recipe, I [...]
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The entire Provence in a jar – Lavender yogurt with peach-apricot compote

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Toute la Provence dans un pot – Yaourt à la lavande sur lit de pêche-abricot Lavender simply evokes Provence. Wherever I go, if I see lavender, that makes me think about the South of France but particularly about Provence, its wonderful lavender fields and cicadas singing. I adore Provence, its [...]
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A crêpe that’s not really a crêpe – Traditional savory buckwheat galette with smoked salmon, grilled tomatoes, caramelized onions, and tarragon sauce

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Une crêpe qui n’est pas vraiment une crêpe – Galette au sarrasin, saumon, tomates grillées et oignons caramelisés, sauce estragon I haven’t made those for so long, I usually make them when we have a “crêpe party”, and those haven’t occurred in a while! Basically, the traditional savory crêpes are [...]
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The palet Breton got dressed up – Pistachio palet breton dressed with mascarpone cream, raspberries and raspberry coulis

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Le palet breton s’est habillé – Palet breton à la pistache garni de crème au mascarpone, framboises, et coulis de framboises Some days are a little more morose than others, and lately my mood has been affected by many things and partly by the San Francisco weather…I hate to talk about weather [...]
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Old soups are back – Roasted vegetable soup and oregano with tofu croutons…and 300th post!

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Les anciennes soupes sont de retour – Soupe de légumes grillés et croutons de tofu…et 300 ème post! Yes time flies and I just realized that this is my 300th post! I completely forgot the 100th and 200th… I knew when I ordered a new washing machine and dryer that something was going to happen and [...]
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