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A crumble that smells like Provence – Tomato, eggplant, basil and goat cheese crumble

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15 years ago
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Un crumble qui sent bon la Provence – Crumble aux tomates, aubergines, basilic et chèvre It seems like the traditional British dessert arrived in France and turned savory. Crumbles are becoming very trendy in France and quite popular, I can understand why, they’re just really delicious. So, yes, [...]
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Rise and fall – Carrot, acorn squash and taleggio soufflé with goat milk

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15 years ago
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Attention ca retombe vite! – Soufflé aux carottes, courge et taleggio au lait de chêvre I cannot tell you for how long I wanted to make this soufflé with goat milk. I made a vegetable gratin with goat milk that was delicious so I wanted to use this delicate milk in a soufflé and see what would [...]
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Do you know Alain Carro? – Artichokes with squid from Alain Carro

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15 years ago
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Vous connaissez Alain Carro? – Artichauts et calamars d’Alain Carro I got a beautiful book for my birthday called Culina Mediterranea, the book must weight about 10 lb, is 4 inches thick, I can only read the book if it’s laying on a table, it’s too heavy to carry and impossible to be reading it [...]
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Bitter and sweet and not for Thanksgiving – Scallops with mandarin sauce on sauté radicchio

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15 years ago
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Amer et sucré – St Jacques à la mandarine sur lit de Trévise One day before thanksgiving and I am so not in the mood for turkey, but fish, seafood, and more seafood. I think my guests would be disappointed, if I serve them a seafood dinner. Thanksgiving dinner will be a non-American Thanksgiving [...]
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Not that "bête" – Verrines of golden beets with herbed ricotta

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15 years ago
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Pas si bêtes que ca – Verrines de betteraves, ricotta aux herbes I went for a little walk downtown today since my car did not run, the internet and the phone were completely dead, so I decided to take a day off rooming around the city. It had been a while I did not get the chance to do so and [...]
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In the world of vegetable galettes – Zucchini galettes with feta, chili and thyme

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15 years ago
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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 [...]
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Focaccia or Schiacciata? – Stuffed schiacciata with onions, zucchini, mushrooms and fontina

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15 years ago
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Focaccia o schiacciata? – Schiacciata ripiena con cipolle, zucchine, funghi e fontina Even though this week is a crazy week, I think I am even crazier to be cooking, when I should be either packing or painting or working on some menus and certainly not working on my blog. I am just a little [...]
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Feel like savory tarts again? Roquefort, onions and walnut tartlets

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15 years ago
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Encore envie de tarte salée? – Tartelettes au roquefort, oignons et noix My downstair neighbor John who happens also to take care of the building, came to show me a cookbook a friend of his offered him, and he wanted me to take a look at it, see if I knew the chef who was French (originally from [...]
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Rock and Rolls purple rain – Rolls with chards and goat cheese, heirloom tomato dipping sauce

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16 years ago
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Rock and Rolls purple rain – Rouleaux aux blettes et chèvre, sauce aux tomates anciennes I consider those to be Mediterranean tapas, actually tapas don’t have to be Spanish, or do they? …a small bite can be a tapas in my opinion.  I am not too familiar with Spanish traditions but it seems like [...]
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Alain Ducasse's dumplings – Steamed tomato and olive dumplings with soy-balsamic dipping sauce

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16 years ago
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Les ravioles d’Alain Ducasse – Ravioles de tomate et olives vapeur, sauce soja et balsamique Since I have been talking about alain Ducasse and that he is one of my favorite chefs,  and one of the most prestigious in France with its 14 Michelin stars, I thought to present one of his recipes that [...]
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