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A flavor of Belgium – Spéculoos with almonds and cinnamon essential oil

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14 years ago
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Un goût de Belgique – Spéculoos aux amandes et huile essentielle de cannelle Belgium is a tiny country, but it sure does how to make cookies. I grew up with spéculoos, probably because I lived close to the Belgium border. My friend Laurent who is Parisian never heard of Spéculoos. So that’s why I [...]
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On the thumb – Green bean salad mimosa with herb-butter shrimp tartines

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14 years ago
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Sur le pouce – Salade de haricots verts mimosa et tartines de crevettes au beurre d’herbes Sur le pouce, is literally translated by “on the thumb”, je mange sur le pouce, or I eat on the thumb, which means eating fast. It originated in the XIX century when workers didn’t have time to eat, they cut [...]
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Birthday treat – Verrines of pain d’épices, peach compote and fromage blanc mousse

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14 years ago
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Gourmandise pour un anniversaire – Verrines de pain d’épices, compote de pêches et mousse au fromage blanc Another year is going by, who likes getting older? I don’t and people who say they do, I am not sure they really mean it…yesterday was my birthday and I got up with a massive headache! So I [...]
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Life is full of contrasts – Lentil and marinated smoked salmon salad

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14 years ago
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La vie est pleine de contrastes – Salade de lentilles et saumon fumé It’s quite a fun way to eat lentils…lentils are very versatile and I think not popular enough especially since they’re highly nutritious. I have rarely seen them in restaurants other than in soups. In France they’re considered [...]
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What a nouille! – Soba noodles with edamame, grilled zucchini and Chinese cabbage – lemon basil pesto

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14 years 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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14 years 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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14 years 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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14 years 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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14 years 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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14 years 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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