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A Funny Little Cheese Course - Recipe

posted August 02, 2010 in Herbivoracious

  This was just pure play. I wanted to see if I could do a cheese course that would look like cheesecake, but not be particularly sweet. I landed on a Laura Chenel chevre with a little salty crust and strawberry granita. A cheese course, like (read full article)

passage 53

posted June 27, 2010 in gourmet traveller

We rose early on our final day in Paris, cramming in trips to cookware emporiums Mora and E.Dehillerin, as well as a flying stop at Eric Kayser for financiers and canelés. Lugging our stash of kitchen bounty, we arrived at the capital’s old (read full article)

le chateaubriand

posted June 23, 2010 in gourmet traveller

Our second afternoon in Paris was mostly spent wandering the streets near our lunch venue, in the 7th arrondissement. We browsed the well-stocked aisles of La Grande Epicerie, dipped in (and out) of Le Bon Marché and marvelled at the gorgeous displ (read full article)

l’arpège

posted June 22, 2010 in gourmet traveller

Day 2 in Paris began with a shared croque monsieur and a small bag of chocolate chip chouquettes from a traditional pâtisserie (Aux Péchés Normands), two blocks from our hotel. The rather substantial breakfast was probably unwise, considering we (read full article)

Almost Wordless Wednesday: Dining and Drinking in Brooklyn Edition

Some scenes from our day spent dining and drinking our way through Brooklyn over Memorial Day weekend: Chorizo and Eggs skillet from El Almacen.El Almacen's Baja Fish Tacos.Bacon wrapped, blue cheese stuffed dates at Traif.Traif's Watermelon Gazpacho (read full article)

Food for Thought: Dinner with Laura Calder

posted May 29, 2010 in Unbearable Likeness of an Angel

I managed to get seats for two for dinner with Laura Calder at the Fullerton Hotel.  During the introduction, Hian Goh who spearheaded Asian Food Channel together with Maria Brown very cleverly qualified that Laura is not a chef but a food write (read full article)

Croquembouche + Pâte à Choux + Caramel Corkscrew = a Gorgeous DB Challenge!

posted May 27, 2010 in Pane, burro e marmellata!

Click here to read the English versionEd eccoci all'appuntamento mensile con la sfida dei Daring Bakers!Ormai penso abbiate capito la dinamica, giusto? C'è una padrona di casa che decide la ricetta ed ogni membro deve riprodurla, rispettando alcune (read full article)

Daring Baker’s Croquembouche (Piece Montée)

posted May 27, 2010 in La Fuji Mama

It has been a bit of a crazy month and I seriously thought I was not going to get the Daring Baker’s Challenge done.  But after craving cream puffs, and making them to go with my gold kiwi cream, I decided to go full steam ahead and do the ch (read full article)

Rover’s Restaurant Review

posted May 21, 2010 in Delishhh

Picture from Rover's Website   Rover’s is supposed to be one of the top restaurants in Seattle, very upscale and pricey.  I always wanted to try it but just never got around to it or wasn’t ready for a 3 hour dining experience. But recently (read full article)

Qu’est-ce qui annule le jeûne?

posted May 14, 2010 in Recettes Maroc

Afin que le jeûne soit accepté par Dieu, le musulman se doit de bien respecter certaines limites sinon il y a risque que son jeûne ne soit pas accepté. Voici plusieurs directives à suivre afin que le jeûne soit accepté. L’arrivée à l& (read full article)

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