Lamb and artichokes fricassea

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Well, a fricassea, oh my, what the hell it is? Actually it’s something very simple and very traditional in the Mediterranean cuisine: you can find in Italy, Greece and even France. 8 artichokes Juice 1 lemon 700 g lamb leg, cut in chunks 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1 onion 1 tablespoon flour Freshly

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Verrines with Puy Lentils

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As a quick appertizer or a fancy side dish, this verrines are simple and very effective. Why Puy lentils? This are the lentils I have always at home, as they come near-by my in lwas, and the father of a dear friend is a major grower. They are quick to cook and they don’t need

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Foodie presents for your Valentine

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Valentine’s day is near and you don’t know what you can buy for your foodie lover: oh my! Here are 10 (foodies) suggestions: A wonderful artisan foodie gift from Foodzie. Chocolate from the chocolate masters of the world: Valrhona o Richart. An awesome, incredible, unforgettable dessert by Pierre Hermé. One of the most beautiful, strudy

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Me and Nutella: a fairy tale

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On the occasion of World Nutella Day, co-hosted by my dear friend Sara, not a recipe, but a fairy tale. Our heroine was born and rised in Italy, the native country of Nutella. Our heroine felt in love with nutella at first sight. The gouyness, sweetness and velvet flavour of a creamy hazelnut and chocolate

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Bavarois au safran et miel

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Bavarois is something quite simple to make, if you have patience, passion and a predisposition to make desserts. Patience because you need to wait, to let the cream cool before to do anything else. Passion because you need to come up with endless parings to make astonishing bavarois. Predisposition because if you don’t know by

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Saffron

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There is saffron and saffron. Saffron from Africa, saffron from Asia, saffron from North America, saffron from Italy and Spain, and then there is a minor, tiny cultivation of saffron in Aveyron, France, chez my in laws! The picture above is the 2008 harvest from my in laws field: 2-3 grames of one of the

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Le déjeuner sur l’herbe

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Traveling around France in low season, sometimes mean you won’t find a restaurant open, especially if you travel off the beaten track. But is there another way to travel? 😉 Lost in the countryside, far from any “big” town, the only thing open is the local épicerie, what do you do? Well, you simply enter

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Sourdough Bread

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I recently had the fortune to put my hands on a 22 years old pasta madre, levain, sourdough (kind courtesy of Semerssuaq*). I was always afraid of sourdough: I mean, it’s alive! What if it dies? What if I kill it??? Well, apparently it’s not so simple to kill it! If you take good weekly

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La France que j’aime: Aveyron, Saint-Affrique Market

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My husband was born in Paris, but when he was 2 his parents moved to Aveyron, one of the most agricultural, rustic and breathtaking region of France. And even one of the least touristic. As we have a legacy there, we have to fortune to go there at least once a year, in very different

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Pasta with leek, endive and bacon

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A few months ago I opened another food blog, in Italian, and I published the recipe that it’s at the base of this pasta. While I was cooking it I though it could have done a perfect side dish, *and* a perfect pasta dish 🙂 For 2 people 200 g high quality pasta, short kind

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