Gravadlax

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Gravadlax sounded like the perfect recipe to come back writing on this blog. I have the great fortune to have found a wonderful fishmonger at the Saint Louis (in Alsace, France) market on saturdays morning: she has everything fished, nothing from farms, and most of the fish is from French part of sea and ocean.

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Pizza dough

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If I say pizza and what do you think? I hope you think of Italy, because it comes from here and more precisely Naples. No pineapple, no salami, no strange, exotic  toppings. The one I prefer is the simplest of all, a pizza margherita: tomato sauce, mozzarella and basil. Sometimes the better pleasure in life

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Finnish buns

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This buns are just perfect! There is nothing more to say about this velvety dough and sensational French brioche texture! The original recipe is from Falling Cloudberries: A World of Family Recipes, by Tessa Kiros: I recommend this book to anyone interested in real, down to hearth, simple and satisfying recipes! I’ve tried many and

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Special Edition: World Nutella Day – Nutella Crêpes

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Last 2nd February in France was Chandeleur, a holiday once religious, known now days as the Crêpes Day! It’s basically a day dedicated to crêpes, during which all French eat crêpes. As it was in the middle of the week, and despite the fact that making a single crêpe is fairly quick, but making them

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Chocolate biscotti

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Those are real bis-cotti, which in Italian means cooked twice. The inspiration comes from Cantucci, the world wide acclaimed Tuscan biscotti, made with almonds. Those are a little different, and they probably look like a heresy to Tuscan people 😉 They are part of my hamper for Menu for Hope (read about the whole hamper

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