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What a nouille! – Soba noodles with edamame, grilled zucchini and Chinese cabbage – lemon basil pesto

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8 months ago
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Quelle nouille!!! – Nouilles soba, edamame, courgettes grillées, chou chinois, sauce basilic et citron Nouille in French means noodle of course, but if you call someone a “nouille“it’s not really a compliment and means you are calling this person an idiot. So today, I do feel like a nouille, [...]
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The sweet taste of childhood – Pain d’épices or Spicy bread

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8 months ago
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Douce sensation d’enfance – Pain d’épices I decided out of the blue one day to make pain d’épices…I think last time I had one slice I must have been 10 years old. What is pain d’épices? Well it’s another one of those traditional French breads or cake that is popular in Alsace region. It’s [...]
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Pâte à Choux, part II – Divine Chouquettes

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9 months ago
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Pâte à Choux, 2ème partie – Divines Chouquettes After gougères, I thought to continue with pâte à choux and make something special for the sweet tooth crowd: Des Chouquettes! It’s basically the sweet version of gougères with a sweet dough and sprinkled with pearl sugar. Chouqettes in France are as [...]
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So French – Gougères with comté cheese and thyme

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9 months ago
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Si Français – Gougères au comté et thym These are one of those delicious appetizers that are so good, so easy to make, that everyone loves, but yet, I never think of making them. So I figure by posting them on my blog, it will make me remember that they shall not be forgotten! Gougères are a [...]
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Pause-café – Matcha tea financier with grilled peaches and strawberry coulis

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9 months ago
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Financier au thé vert, pêches grillées et coulis de fraises Financiers are a traditional individual little French cakes made with almond powder and brown butter. Usually they’re rectangular but I gave them their original round shape. They’re sometimes called Visitandines, due to their original [...]
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Cocotte of rainy days – Oeuf cocotte with endives and morbier cheese

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9 months ago
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La cocotte des jours pluvieux – Oeuf cocotte aux endives et morbier I made these oeufs cocotte while I was back in France last June, the days were long, day light lasted until 10:30 pm. I love the month of June, it’s the longest and the most exciting of all the months where people have not left [...]
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In season – Roasted white peaches with Grand Marnier, honey and rosemary

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10 months ago
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De saison – Pêches blanches rôties au Grand Marnier, miel et romarin My favorite fruit is finally back in season! Cannot get tired of eating peaches…Of course, we don’t need to do anything to the fruit to enjoy a juicy and sweet peach, but sometimes we can turn them into an elegant and delightful [...]
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The great seaweed – Spirulina tagliatelle with vegetables, shiitake, shrimps and sea spaghetti

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10 months ago
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Tagliatelles à la spiruline aux légumes, shiitake, spaghetti de mer et crevettes I have been quite excited today, I managed to prepare this colorful pasta dish and my parents really liked it. I was not expecting such a reaction from two traditional Italians eating a pasta dish that has nothing to [...]
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Why not? – Spaghetti squash with artichoke pesto

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11 months ago
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Perchè no? – Zucca spaghetti con pesto ai carciofini Crushing these gorgeous baby artichokes into a pesto broke my heart. I have always wanted to make artichoke pesto but never really managed to turn the artichokes into a paste. They’re so cute and delicious as hearts that really putting them [...]
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Mango-Tango – Mango pudding with coconut milk and raspberries

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11 months ago
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Mango-Tango – Pudding de mangues au lait de coco et fraises Here is a refreshing pudding for the summer, filled with fruits and exotic flavors. My lovely neighbor Rui gave me this mango pudding a couple of months ago and I fell in love with it. This is an Asian dessert, served in many Chinese or [...]
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