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Gratin with a twist not Dauphinois! – Potato, zucchini and roquefort gratin

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15 years ago
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Gratin fantaisie et pas Dauphinois! – Gratin de pommes de terre, courgettes et roquefort There is the traditional gratin Dauphinois (from the Dauphiné region) where the potatoes are cooked in milk, then placed in the oven with butter (NO cheese) the real gratin Dauphinois has no cheese! Even [...]
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Tel Aviv lentil salad – Lentil and beet salad with arugula, feta and mint

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15 years ago
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La bonne salade aux lentilles de Tel Aviv – Salade de lentilles, roquette, betteraves à la feta et menthe On my stay in Tel Aviv, I walked almost all over the city for five days…the weather was beautiful, it felt so much like summer to me so while France was snowed in, I enjoyed my five days as if [...]
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One more thanks to Alain Ducasse – Cod with herb-butter, shiitake and tomato concassée

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15 years ago
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Merci encore à Alain Ducasse – Cabillaud en beurre d’herbes, shiitake et concassée de tomates This recipe has been adapted from an Alain Ducasse‘s recipe, one of my favorite chefs…yes I know I keep repeating this and will do so anytime I prepare something from his kitchen, because I am such a huge [...]
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No soup for the holidays – Soup of cauliflower, chickpeas and quadretti

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15 years ago
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Zuppa con cavolfiore, ceci e quadretti I heard California got a lot of rain this season, all the news talked about it when I was in France and I heard it from my neighbors when I got back. The good things is that it’s clearing up. Eventhough France was very cold with -10C temperatures some days, [...]
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One slice, two slices, ten slices – Almond biscotti from Mrs. Lucia

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15 years ago
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Una fetta, due fette, dieci fette – Fettine con mandorle della Signora Lucia That is a traditional Italian “dry”cookie, maybe what is called in the US, “biscotti” – Biscotti in Italian literally means cookies, and is more a generic word for cookies than for that type of sliced bread shape with [...]
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White smoothness in a jar – Fig-Vanilla and Apple-Kiwi yogurts

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15 years ago
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Douceurs blanches dans un pot – Yaourts Figues-Vanille et Pomme-Kiwi I have been back to the US since last Friday and one thing that I already start missing is the yogurt. If you haven’t tried homemade yogurts, you haven’t tasted the goodness of what a real yogurt can be. I have always been [...]
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Delicious little tentacles – Tagine of octopus with mangoes

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15 years ago
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Délicieuses petites tentacules – Tagine de poulpe aux mangues From what I’ve seen and heard, I have found very few people crazy about octopus…unlike me, I love it, like every thing else that lives in an ocean. The thing with octopus is that it needs to be well cooked, and prepared the right way or [...]
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Simply Irresistible – Coconut bouchées or mini macarons?

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15 years ago
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Simplement Irrésistibles – Bouchées à la noix de coco ou macarons? The weather is getting a little warmer than the past days and the snow is melting which did not prevent me from going shopping today for warm clothes since I realized that my suitcase is filled with summery clothes. Eh oui, [...]
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On the light side – Quick and fake vegetable moussaka

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15 years ago
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Du côté léger – Moussaka rapide aux lentilles This post is overdue, I started it before I went to Tel Aviv, but never managed to finish it, so after days of wonderful fresh food, I came back to France where the bad weather conditions made me want to go back to sunny Israel. There is definitely a [...]
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An ancient tradition – The galette of "The Kings"

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15 years ago
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Une ancienne tradition – La galette des Rois Yes, it’s this time of the year again. Every January 6, in France we celebrate La Galette des Rois (rois = kings), for the pleasure of kids and adults too. I haven’t met anyone who doesn’t like Galette des Rois. It’s this sweet thing that even non-sweet [...]
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