Spring vegetable terrine

‘La Terrine de legumes’ – An Easter brunch favorite

By On March 17, 2013 · 2 Comments

‘La Terrine de legumes’, spring vegetable terrine – An Easter brunch favorite while longing for spring [recipe inside]
Spring vegetable terrine | photo Geralda @ Spresso.nl

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Turnip greens

Turnip greens… Bite the seasons!

By On March 10, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Bite the seasons -Spring: Turnip greens. The first delicate spring greens that pop out on the market stalls while the spring has yet to settle.
And my first spring lunch of the season.. Dutch style!
turnip tops & egg sunny side up
[recipe inside]

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On clementine curd, design and letterpress…

By On February 25, 2012 · 1 Comment

An odd combi you might think. Anna wouldn’t.

She’d just wipe up some orange macarons and letterpress a cute card to go with it.

Anna is an ‘a la julia child’ food lover , a talented graphic designer and a charming entrepreneur who is [...]

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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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Not a cat person…

By On August 9, 2009 · 4 Comments

Today’s sunday brunch special: Blueberry pancakes or how a lazy gourmande handles ‘disappointing’ revelations

Blueberry pancakes

Bon appetit!

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The almost grumpy, very sniffy, but lucky gourmande

By On May 1, 2009 · 3 Comments

Today’s special: Oeuf cocotte with fresh herbs from the garden and radish cress silky peppery soup for a revigorating brunch against yearly spring colds…

Oeuf cocotteVeloute de cresson

Bon appetit!

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Bittersweet

By On April 6, 2009 · 2 Comments

Today’s special: Caramelised belgian endive and goat cheese tatin

Caramelised whilte loaf tatin

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Moroccan pancakes for a grumpy gourmande…

By On March 22, 2008 · 11 Comments

I had a bad feeling for that weekend all along. And here we are: It’s cold, raining melted snow, I have a flu and I just lost the complete last post I’ve spent at least 3 hours writing (first time since I moved to wordpress)… So far so good for the first weekend of [...]

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Brioche at last!

By On February 11, 2008 · 2 Comments

Brioche is one of the things I miss from France. When you live abroad, there’s always things you miss about mom and dad’s home, the place where you grew up, the place where you lived and made your life for sometime or even for just a couple of months. Being a nostalgic and food addict at heart, I’ve [...]

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The “1001 nights” breakfasts of my childhood

By On November 6, 2007 · 3 Comments

Moroccan pancakes have the taste of my childhood. It tastes of my summer holidays in moroccan paradise, at my lovely aunt Mina, my mum’s little sister. The whole summer, she would spoil us like kings…  Her modest house was our palace.

That’s me, a long time ago: a little gourmande in [...]

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