Sweet afternoon fix: apple and pear gratin

By On March 19, 2011 · 2 Comments

Once upon a time on a sunny Saturday afternoon at the edge of spring…

A wrinkled apple and a slightly overripe pear were getting bored in the fruit bowl. Close by, a gourmande and her dutchie, slightly pekish, were in search of a sweet [...]

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To a scrumptious new year!

By On January 2, 2011 · 2 Comments

I wish you and your dearest a very happy and scrumptious new year 2011!
May it bring you a whole lot of happiness, love, health and many dreams come true!

Thank you all so much for hanging out in my kitchen in 2010! It meant a [...]

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Pastry nostalgia

By On December 9, 2010 · 2 Comments

Today’s sweet tooth special: Champagne, white peach and lavendel layer cake

Bon appetit!

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A scent of ‘anisette’

By On February 22, 2010 · 1 Comment

Today’s special: Winter Cake with candied fennel and orange zest… Or when the Gourmande dreams of Provence while it’s snowing outside

Bon appetit!

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Fighting for the last bone…

By On November 14, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Today’s special: a regressive tajine style slow-cooked lamb, with dates an pomegranate…

Slow-cooeked lamb, dates and pomegranate

Bon appetit!

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Le temps de quelques framboises…

By On July 16, 2009 · 1 Comment

Today’s special: Mini raspberry/hazelnut bites… pour une gourmande en particulier… and all the sweet teeth around

Mini raspberry/almond bites

Bon appetit!

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Le Yasmine or my secret thing for pastry

By On December 17, 2008 · 1 Comment

Today’s French pastry special: Le Yasmine…
An airy entremet made of tender almond meringue cake layers (biscuits Joconde) alternated with a delicate white chocolate and passion mousse and a refreshing raspberry mousse, topped with a deep red raspberry mirror layer and decorated with fresh raspberries.

Le Yasmine (2)
Pour Yasmine et papa, with love…

Bon appetit!

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Missing chocolate…

By On July 16, 2008 · 3 Comments

 

I was updating my recipe index while regularly picking in the box of exquisite chocolates from Adrien et Chocolat that a friendly soul just brought me, when I was struck by a deranging reality…

There’s NO chocolate on my kitchen diaries!

Luckily enough, today is the perfect day to offer you my [...]

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Sunday morning gold

By On June 24, 2008 · 1 Comment

Let it be said… I’m not a morning person:
Take me out on saturday night, and you’ll find no one on sunday morning, and if you do, it will be a wining grumpy lazy gourmande! My dutchie found that out the hard way and after trying to wake me up tenderly a couple of times before sunrise [...]

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Tasty tools: my kitchen grater

By On March 16, 2008 · Leave a Comment

I’m back from skiing! …in one piece, with a finally fading mustle ache, bruises on my sheens (damn ski shoes! why can’t we ski in slippers) and a lovely goggle-sun-tan. I loved it!
Yet, after one week in a foreign kitchen, it feels great to get back to my own kitchen with my [...]

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