I am a curious eater. When I´m eating out, I´ll probably order something I don´t know just to find out if it´s good. When I come home from the market, I´ll proudly present my latest discoveries. I´m taste hunting. The idea to miss any deliciousness due to sheer ignorance drives me crazy. Last week at […]
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Crevettes & tarragon mayonnaise
The weather has been warm and inviting during our first weeks here in Paris, making it easy to explore the possibilities of daily life: where to buy the best baguette, to find the butcher´s and the nearest supermarket, where to go for a walk or the nicest view over the city. Last sunday, we discovered a tiny, […]
peach & rosemary tarte Tatin
auf Deutsch: Tarte Tatin mit Pfirsisch und Rosmarin We arrived here in Paris about ten days ago, happy and exhausted. An old life left behind, a new one waiting for us, and a new house to begin with. To make new walls a home, it always helps to get things started in the kitchen. To […]
madeleines
In contrast to the much-cited scene in Proust´s novel when the taste of a madeleine elicits the fondest childhood memories, my own first encounter with the little French tea cakes was not quite as overwhelming: When I was a kid, the supermarket version of madeleines used to help us out as an easy snack on […]
Asparagus with pancakes & Sauce hollandaise
deutsche Version Late april is all about asparagus here. As soon as the first ones see the light of day, little roadside stands pop up everywhere to sell these ivory treasures of spring. A few grains of soil here and there tell from their journey through the darkness, protected from the sun, until their heads […]
The draw
deutsche Version It´s been a while since my husband surprised me with this dessert. By the time, all his attempts to make me fall in love with beer had failed, which he pretended to take somewhat personally. The “defeat” before his eyes, he came up with a little trick: One night, he cooked dinner, and whipped […]
rhubarb frangipane tart
deutsche Version Rhubarb is not my favorite fruit, and I have never ever heard anyone else calling it that (plus I´ve learned it´s a vegetable anyway). In spite of that, I always buy a few of these awkward stalks as soon as they´re in season. For I feel, in some nostalgic way, committed to it: […]
Potato pie with carrots & marjoram
deutsche Version Ever since I bought that bunch of marjoram some days ago, I couldn´t get the image of a Palatinate Saumagen out of my head: this traditional, hearty German dish from the Southwest region is a potatoes, marjoram, bacon and sausage meat stuffed pig´s stomach that is first poached, then oven roasted for hours. […]
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