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A wild side – Wild rice "à la forestière" with mushrooms, carrots and walnuts

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15 years ago
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Un côté sauvage – Riz sauvage à la forestière aux champignons, carottes et noix I haven’t realized Thanksgiving is coming soon, then I am leaving to visit my family in France shortly after, not sure I will have time to make it to Italy but we’ll see. It’s been one year I did not go home, and I am [...]
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It's quince time! – Grilled brioche sandwich with ricotta, honey and caramelized quince

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15 years ago
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C’est la saison des coings! – Sandwich de brioche grillée à la ricotta, miel et coings caramelisés Again, one of those days where I made a trip to la Boulange to get some Brioche, among many other things…I keep forgetting that Whole Foods distribute it. We are so used to savory sandwiches that I [...]
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Mother duck just laid some eggs! – Duck egg omelette with onions, tomatoes, goat cheese and herbs

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15 years ago
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Mère canard a aussi pondu – Omelette aux oeufs de canard, onions, tomates, chèvre et herbes I found those beautiful duck eggs at Whole Foods a couple of days ago, among quail and ostrich eggs! I bought six and just two were left so I figured that was going to be my lunch. First I wasn’t sure if I [...]
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The cheese from the pretty Island – Mâche salad with grilled pears and haloumi – thyme and lemon vinaigrette

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15 years ago
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Le fromage de la belle île – Salade de mâche aux poires grillées et haloumi – vinaigrette au thym et citron I met haloumi cheese in the US, I never saw it in France nor Italy. Maybe because France has about 400 kinds of cheeses, so they don’t have any lacking in that category, you can eat one [...]
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The almost unknown vegetable – Cardoni "gratinés" with a tomato fondue, olives and parmesan

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15 years ago
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I cardoni di nonno Luigi – Cardoni gratinati con pomodori, olive e parmigiano I wanted to give a little “hommage” to this wonderful vegetable that seems to be unknown or almost unknown. Anytime I get to the cash register, either the cashier or the person in line behind me asks me about what those [...]
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Something to deal with traffic – Riz au lait with strawberry compote

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16 years ago
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Une petite douceur pour se remettre du trafic – Riz au lait à la compote de fraises My Friday afternoon was spent driving back and forth from San Francisco to the East Bay. I completely forgot that on Friday afternoons when it rains the freeways are completely insane and the traffic is worse than [...]
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Another version of pot-au-feu – Monkfish and cod Pot-au-Feu with orange-saffron broth

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16 years ago
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Pot-au-feu de la mer – Pot-au-feu de lotte et cabillaud à l’orange et saffran Traditional Pot-au-feu in France is mainly a dish of boiled beef slowly cook in a broth with various vegetables such as carrots, celeri, leeks, onions, etc…and a bouquet garni which is a bunch of different herbs tied [...]
Veggie4web

Let’s have a picnic – Grilled vegetables sandwich with goat cheese and tapenade

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16 years ago
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On se fait un pique-nique? – Sandwich aux légumes grillés, chèvre et tapenade I am still in the middle of boxes and no kitchen cabinets and no silverware and tons of boxes filled with junk stuff…the bad news is that I need to cook tomorrow for some new clients and that I am still wondering how it [...]
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Apple games – Apple, ricotta, raisins and almond butter pancakes

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16 years ago
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Jeux de pommes – Galettes de pommes, ricotta et beurre d’amande I started this little post a while ago and never managed to finish it, since I have a 30 minutes break in between this craziness move, I just wanted to finish it and move on. Originally I wanted to make savory frittelle with the [...]
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Focaccia or Schiacciata? – Stuffed schiacciata with onions, zucchini, mushrooms and fontina

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16 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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