Mango Verrines

I found astonishing mango: they were perfectly ripe, big, juicy and chosen by a very cute and gentle guy! 😉And I had them there, altogether with some FRENCH petit suisse (I would like to stress on the French origin of my petit suisse, because they are creamier then the horrible one you find in Italy…),

Boiling

What do you normally do to free overwhelming anger?Avoiding killing someone, I mean! 😉 Ok, maybe beginning a list of people you hate, but I need something physical…Personally, I cook difficult recipes. Very difficult recipes…As at this very moment I’m not surrounded by my cook book collection, but I have a wider option: the world

And the winners are…

First of all the children of Lesotho, for whom we could rise, all us food blogger around the world, the wonderful sum of $91,188.00!!! And today Pim announced all the winners! Are you among them? Have you won one of the San Lorenzo hampers, EU02 or UK35??? Claim your prize!!! Write me at peppermintpatt [at]

Carrots and cumin soup

Carrots are good… Carrots are nice… Carrots are orange…And when outside everything is grey, orange CAN save you! Orange can make you happy! Then you open the pressure cooker you had used to cook everything, and you see everything orange, because the steam just burnt your finger! And life is less nice then before, but,

For an Happy 2008

After spending Christmas surrounded by too many dozens of oysters, still recovering from all the required family eating (roasted roe dear, petit salé, Bûche de Noël, kidneys with scampi, not exactly in this order) I’m ready for tonight fish revellion 2008 with my French husband, trying not to think about the head of state of

Daring Bakers: Yule Log

I know, I’m late, but I had permission from Ivonne, as I spent Christmas at my in laws, whom live in the French countryside, in Aveyron, near Roquefort (actually more near Saint Affrique, but Roquefort is a bit more known! Or at least its stinky cheese is!) and they do not have any internet connection,

Merry Christmas!!!

I won’t be home, neither in front of a computer, for the next 7 days, as we are heading to south of France, to see my in-laws: seafood, oysters, buche… Stuff like that!!! My deepest seasonal greetings!I will never leave you without a Christmas recipe, so, if you want to know how I made the

The Kitchen Pantry, San Lorenzo e Menu for Hope!

The Kitchen Pantry is pleased to be part of Menu for hope 2007, the wonderful event launched by Pim, of Chez Pim. After last year huge success, raising more then 63.ooo US$, this year we are working to raise money for the UN World Food Program. In collaboration with San Lorenzo, and hosted by Fanny

Program for the week-end

Location: London… I’m actually already here, doing this!What am I going to do? Ahah! that the best part!While I was here working, well, I worked! I hang out for a wonderful lunch with Girl Geek Dinner friends (Maz, Nicole, Sarah and Steve) but that was all!I mean, I enjoyed myself in the company wonderful people,