They are here at last. Asparagus. Green and white. Purple too.
Perfect with a happy chicken and a bunch of chervil. [recipe inside]

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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!

[recipe inside]
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Today’s special: minute sweet bites for gloomy and not so gloomy days….
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Today’s ‘smile-it’s-Spring-special’: a crunchy and fresh salad, with a touch of apple and the delicate fragrances of anise and ginger…

Bon appetit!
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Looking for fresh inspiration? Curious about what’s cooking in my kitchen in Spring?
Tada! Check out the Winter cloud of gourmandises…

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Today’s lazy summer special: Spaghetti with garden greens for a dinner ‘al fresco’
Buon appetito!
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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…
Bon appetit!
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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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I’ve been away from this blog much longer than I expected. I ve missed you all. Good and bad things have happened in my life the last months, and I just couldn’t keep up. It’s a long and pretty boring story that I’ll spare you but here I am, not yet back at the top of [...]
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Bienvenue & Bon appetit in my kitchen!
Myriam, la gourmande.
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