What to cook for old friends who come for a visit and arrive in pouring rain? Not even Paris looks good with that kind of weather, or, as Hemingway put it (in ´A moveable feast´): “All of the sadness of the city came suddenly with the first cold rains of winter, and there were no more […]
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Blanquette, mon amie
Cooking the French classics is something I´ve been passionate about long before I moved to France. Though I´ve tried many, I´m far from knowing them all, but I know that some dishes will always be close to my heart, no matter what. Blanquette de veau is one of them. The recipe is long, but simple. From the […]
îles, endives & a sleeping beauty
Discovering Paris more is one of the things I look most forward to this year. Since we came here last year, going to town on a saturday has become one of our most loved habits. Often my son starts to make plans friday night, his top three destinations being 1) the Eiffel tower, 2) a particular magasin (shop) where […]