Ahem. Notice anything new? I have included a new tab on my landing page entitled “Cuisine” and it has all the recipes I’ve posted on my blog, almost all of which are French and fairly easy. (If you click on the word Cuisine it will take you there). I’m very excited about it. I hope you will try some of… Read More
How do you like your flan? Nice soft and pudding-y? Sweet chewy and stick to your ribs-y? I sure hope it’s the latter cuz that’s what we’re dishing up today. I almost called it “Happy Flan” because it’s the first recipe I’m posting from my nearly finished new kitchen. Some have been clamoring for pictures (thank you for feeding my… Read More
When in Brittany, one must learn how to eat crab. In fact, it is likely you will need to prepare them yourself. You may even need to go out and fish them yourself since fishing is what they do here. The word for this large crab (King Crab?) is « tourteau » (toor-toe). I kept calling it a « tortue » for the longest… Read More
This recipe is my last hurrah before we break the kitchen with these tiles to put a new kitchen in with a huge stove (hooray!), with a lot of counter space so I’m not tempted to use the lid of the garbage can (hooray!), and with a dishwasher (hurrah!). I’m going to paint it pink to match these towels. No… Read More
Young Lady has been clamoring for zucchini soup. (I know right?). It’s too soon to get them from the garden … See that zucchini forming along with the flower at the end? Most of you didn’t read me back then, but I have a recipe for making zucchini flowers here. Anyway, zucchini’s are like rabbits and I’m sure this one… Read More
This recipe for Ladurée macarons was chosen as one of the 2011 Blogher Voice of the Year in the Visuals category. Thank you to the judges! Edited: I’m having blog-wide technical issues because of the accents in many of the photo titles and to resolve the issues quickly, I’ve needed to remove all the unnecessary pictures and upload a few unedited replacements…. Read More
