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Lunch today: from here and here onto the table - Tarte Tatin aux Tomates
View ArticleUp to my Elbows in Tomatoes
Our kitchen garden is not exactly giving us much joy this year - the zucchini are flowering and flowering but have not produced one single fruit, our lovingly seeded butternut squash does the same, the...
View ArticleI might become a baker yet...
Most people are either a cook or a baker, seldom both. I so do not care for baking that I am grateful for living where I do, as in France we are spoiled for our choice of bakers and patissiers. I have...
View ArticlePrimeur Beaumes de Venise - the new wine of 2014
Primeur 2014Last night we were among the first to taste this year's "Primeur" - the new wine of the prestigious Beaumes de Venise wine cooperative. Beaumes de Venise is famous for its fortified sweet...
View ArticleRaspberrry Financiers
One thing I have learned in France is, when invited to a dinner party you don't just graciously accept and then think about what to gift your hostess. Oh no! It seems the polite thing to do is to ask...
View ArticleHere we go again - Countdown to Christmas 2014
What a busy weekend this has been! Our "Countdown to Christmas" started on Saturday by volunteering for the "Banque Alimentaire", the local food bank. They do an annual collection where you hand out...
View ArticleTartiflette: One Dish Winter Comfort Food
It is cold outside. Just overnight it has become so cold in Provence, you don't want to leave the house without a big scarf and mittens. And a beanie won't hurt either. But there is reason to rejoice -...
View ArticleChristmas In Provence
A children's Christmas in Vaison: kids can post their letters to Father Christmas in the little red letter box Having our photo taken with Père NoëlWhat do you do on a beautifully sunny Sunday...
View ArticleLes Pastras - Truffle Hunting in Provence
Expert truffier Jean Marc with his adorable truffle hunters - Pupuce and MirabelleThis summer guests ofCuisine de Provenceasked me to find them a truffle hunt - not easy during the summer months as...
View ArticleI am Charlie, you are Charlie, we all are Charlie
A heartfelt thank you to all my wonderful Cuisine de Provence guests who sent very moving messages of support during these trying times in France. All of you said: We are Charlie!Last night we took...
View ArticleMy Top Three Provence Cookbooks
Guests at myCuisine de Provence cooking classes often ask me to tell them about my favorite Provençal cookbooks. Although I am a self confessed cookbook junkie, the books I turn to again and again when...
View ArticleAlmost Wordless Wednesday
As found in "Azucar" the very best ice cream parlor in Little Havanna, Miami
View ArticleRustic Goat Cheese Lasagne
If you would just look at the view from my study into the garden and over the vineyard next door you'd be jealous: brilliant sunshine, blue sky, the first daffodil is blooming - it looks just like...
View ArticleParisian Priorities
We would say "Eat & Drink", wouldn't we? But it seems the Parisians have different priorities. "Drink & Eat" this clever poster says. Found in a brasserie on Rue des Abesses in Montmartre.
View ArticleRachel Khoo's Little Paris Kitchen
When in Paris we always make it a point to visit all the English language bookshops. Until recently this used to be WH Smith on Rue Rivoli and the wonderful and rightly famous "Shakespeare &...
View ArticleThe first Sign of Summer in Provence
It has been real sunny for last last two weeks here in our corner of Provence but since the Mistral has been very busy too, we still have the central heating on and cannot plant all those beautiful...
View ArticleFreezer Soup - Sunshine in the Kitchen
Somehow I always buy too many vegetables. So there is the odd zucchini left, two carrots, half a red or yellow pepper, a celery stalk - you know how it is. But since I think it is kind of sinful to...
View ArticleSpring Leeks with a Fishy Twist
Even in deepest winter it is a pleasure to visit Provence's beautiful farmer's markets but now that nature empties its horn of plenty full of fresh spring produce on all those stalls I can hardly...
View ArticleCulinary Snapshots from Provence
What a busy month of May this has been! In May the tourist season starts to really pick up in Vaison la Romaine. This is the month when friends who know when Provence is at its best start to appear on...
View ArticleBold and Adventurous: Marrow Bone Appetizer
Even when we were still real young our parents took me and my sister and brother travelling. One of our first foreign trips was to a farm in Denmark, where we played with little piglets and the lady of...
View ArticleSummer Market Bounty - Heirloom Tomatoes
Who could resist? Every Tuesday I get one of these crates full of the most beautiful assortment of heirloom tomatoes at Vaison's Provençal market. We are suffering a real heat wave here in Provence...
View ArticleCuisine de Provence meets The Café Sucré Farine
I know, I know - not too long ago that I said I wouldn't blog anymore, but I guess I will just have to eat my words. Because something great happened and I just have to share it!A little while ago I...
View ArticleTime to say Goodbye
Foto: Scott Scheuer It has been a great five years writing this blog, reading lots of other blogs, exchanging comments and recipes, even meeting some fellow bloggers, developping online friendships...
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