Quick, light and refined – Pineapple carpaccio with a mint and rum marinade

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Rapide, léger et raffiné – Carpaccio d’ananas à la marinade de rhum et menthe I had this dessert at the Brasserie Lutèce in Paris after a huge plateau de fruits de mer (seafood platter), the carpaccio was served with a pineapple sorbet, and it was the perfect sweet touch to that wonderful dinner. [...]

Now it's the goose's turn – Farro brioche with goose egg and orange blossom water

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C’est au tour de l’oie de pondre – Brioche d’épeautre à l’oeuf d’oie et eau de fleur d’oranger I went to whole Foods again this morning, and I decided to buy a goose egg after the last week experiment with duck eggs. Instead of another omelette, I wanted to try and bake with them since I heard [...]

A soothing trio – Shrimps chermoula with mung beans and red kale, red bell peppers

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Un trio appaisant – Crevettes en chermoula, haricots mungo et chou frisé aux poivrons Some days, you just feel like something hearty, healthy with lost of flavors…so I decided to finally cook those mung beans I had for a while in my pantry. They’re round with a bright green color, they’re very [...]

Black is black – Homemade squid ink tagliatelle with spicy calamari sauce

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Il nero è nero – Tagliatelle con nero di seppia e salsa piccante di calamaretti Here is my favorite pasta, that I had been thinking to make for months. I had two tiny squid ink bags in my refrigerator and was obsessing about them. Today, I finally decided to go ahead with my project. I can no [...]

Oeufs à la neige for Marillyn – Sweet Wholesome Wednesday

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2 years ago
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Lovely Marillyn from “Just Making Noise” and living in Costa Rica with her family asked me to be her Sweet Wholesome Wednesday special guest and I proudly accepted, no one has ever asked me to be a guest on a blog, so I was very flattered. I really wanted to make something that would fit her [...]

No I did not miss you – Roasted chicken thighs with lemon, herbs, olives and sunburst squash

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2 years ago
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Non, tu ne m’as pas manqué -  Cuisses de poulet rôties aux herbes, citron et olives à la courge Since I don’t really eat meat, I know my blog lacks meat recipes, I figured that when I cook for some non-vegetarian people who do eat meat, I take the opportunity for putting up the recipe on the blog. [...]

In the world of vegetable galettes – Zucchini galettes with feta, chili and thyme

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On ne se lasse pas des galettes de légumes – Galettes de courgettes à la feta, piment et thym I have been thinking lately about Thanksgiving menu and I am not sure what to make yet. Last year was mainly a “French” Thanksgiving with of course a Turkey but prepared the French way since the guests [...]

A wild side – Wild rice "à la forestière" with mushrooms, carrots and walnuts

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Un côté sauvage – Riz sauvage à la forestière aux champignons, carottes et noix I haven’t realized Thanksgiving is coming soon, then I am leaving to visit my family in France shortly after, not sure I will have time to make it to Italy but we’ll see. It’s been one year I did not go home, and I am [...]

It's quince time! – Grilled brioche sandwich with ricotta, honey and caramelized quince

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2 years ago
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C’est la saison des coings! – Sandwich de brioche grillée à la ricotta, miel et coings caramelisés Again, one of those days where I made a trip to la Boulange to get some Brioche, among many other things…I keep forgetting that Whole Foods distribute it. We are so used to savory sandwiches that I [...]

Mother duck just laid some eggs! – Duck egg omelette with onions, tomatoes, goat cheese and herbs

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Mère canard a aussi pondu – Omelette aux oeufs de canard, onions, tomates, chèvre et herbes I found those beautiful duck eggs at Whole Foods a couple of days ago, among quail and ostrich eggs! I bought six and just two were left so I figured that was going to be my lunch. First I wasn’t sure if I [...]
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