Vegetarian – dairy

Artichoke heart – Artichoke and sundried tomato velouté with herbed ricotta tartine
316 years ago
Un coeur d’artichaut – Velouté d’artichauts aux tomates séchées et ail avec sa tartine de ricotta aux fines herbes
I bought too many artichokes so we are going to have an Artichoke fiesta for the next few coming days. Artichokes are wonderful in soups, salad, pasta, side dishes, they can be [...]

It's time for spring crumble – Mixed curry vegetable crumble
416 years ago
C’est le bon moment pour un crumble printanier – Crumble de légumes au curry
Another delicious crumble for the pleasure of everyone, adults and kids. For people intimidated by cooking vegetables that taste good, try this one, no one will be disappointed.
The world of crumble is infinite…start [...]

The fake tartine – Potato tartine with mushrooms and leeks, topped with fontina cheese
016 years ago
La fausse tartine – Tartine de pomme de terre aux champignons, poireaux, et gratinée à la fontina
Another one of those words that will be tough to translate…what is a tartine? A toast? When we talk about tartine, we think baguette or pain de campagne (country bread), so it’s a slice of bread [...]

We want it curly and tasty – kamut spirals with olive pesto and grilled zucchini
216 years ago
La vogliamo riccia e saporita – Fusilli di kamut con pesto di olive e zucchine
Kamut is also called Khorasan wheat, it’s an ancient wheat and is a part of organic agriculture, its does not need any pesticides or chemicals to grow unlike regular wheat. It’s also very rich in protein, it contains [...]

Summer treat – fava bean, roasted red peppers, feta salad on tomato carpaccio
416 years ago
Plaisir d’été – Salade de fèves, poivrons grillés, feta et menthe sur carpaccio de tomates
It looks like summer is coming…at least in San Francisco, it might be a false alarm, but I am in such a summer mood those days. Today is a very hot day, sunny, no wind (what a day for the city, the wind is [...]

It smells like "the cocotte" – Eggs cocotte with mustard greens, peas and cream
1216 years ago
Ca sent la cocotte – Oeufs cocotte aux fanes de moutarde, crème et lardons
Another traditional French dish…cocotte has different meanings in French but is used in our modern slang, calling someone “ma cocotte” is somehow like “honey” or an endearing word. It probably goes back to last century [...]

A quick stop in Italy – Zucchini polpette with green olives and parmesan cheese
916 years ago
Un salto in Italia – Polpette di zucchine con olive e parmigiano
Now I have been a little nostalgic, my parents are in their house in Italy and I have been dreaming of the wonderful food they are being exposed to, especially the amazing seafood and vegetable dishes. I grew up eating meat [...]

The hat is well filled – Grilled portobello mushrooms topped with onions and blue cheese on wilted rucola
016 years ago
Le chapeau est bien rempli – Champignons grillés avec fondue d’oignons et roquefort sur roquette sautée
Portobello mushrooms are just cremini mushrooms grown to a huge size…I have never seen them that big in France or Italy. Americans are so great at marketing that they came up with an Italian [...]

Tofu is back from Cairo – Curried tofu pyramids with broccoli and mushrooms
416 years ago
Le tofu est revenu du Caire – Pyramides de tofu au curry avec broccoli et champignons
Those little tofu pyramids are not only adorable, but also delicious…tofu can be unappealing for some people, it is certainly bland as an ingredient, but when slightly spiced up with herbs and spices, it’s simply [...]

In the world of pesto – Roasted red and orange bell pepper pesto
016 years ago
Nel mondo del pesto – Pesto ai pepperoni gialli e rossi e basilico
I can see that pesto is something quite popular in the US. The funny thing is that pesto being a “paste” originally from Genoa, in Liguria region…my parents being from Marche region, pesto is something that has never been part of [...]