Chicken liver, really? I don’t know what came into my mind when I bought that! I don’t even know how to cook them! And as much as I love to learn, those don’t look appealing at all! But they are in my kitchen now, and no way for me to bail. A few Youtube videos … [Read more…]
One day last year, my other half decided to take over my kitchen! “are you sure” did I ask him. He was. It doesn’t happened often I must say, but when it happens, I learnt to let go and let him in charge, because there is one thing I learnt with time: he can be … [Read more…]
When I was younger …waaay younger, I was a lot into Disney. And I used to love the recipes I found in the magazines. So one day my mum offered me a whole recipe book, my first one actually, called “Les recettes de Disney”, or “Disney recipes” to translate the title. I loved it and … [Read more…]
I love salmon, even if I don’t cook it often (or at least not as often as I would like to). I knew that the pear and blue cheese combination was a killer, but I have never expected them to share the yumminess of their mix with the salmon. That was until I tried that … [Read more…]
My parents are a little bit picky when it comes to food. They have their habits, and usually don’t change them, and it is hard to please them both. So every time they visit us, it is a real challenge in the kitchen. But I don’t mind, I am bold, and I always take the … [Read more…]
In Lebanon we usually have those biscuits for Easter. In the old times, the women, family and neighbour, used to gather around and bake them in huge quantity all together. That’s how my grandmother did it when she was young. With time the tradition of the gathering faded, but the maamouls remained. And my Teta’s … [Read more…]
I am a little bit bored with the usual side dishes: mashed potatoes, rice, green beans? I want something different. Not necessary sophisticated or complicated, just different. And those “hasselback” potatoes will perfectly do! Ingredients for 4 portions: 4 large potatoes 4 garlic cloves 4 tablespoons of olive oil 1 tablespoon of grated Parmesan 1 … [Read more…]
I am really craving sugar lately, in any form, cakes, chocolates, basically everything that I shouldn’t eat! And to be honest with you I haven’t been really good recently. So the best way I found to deal with those cravings, is to replace all the refined sugars by fruits as much as possible (fructose being … [Read more…]
I stole this recipe from my father-in-law, last time we went over to visit them. One more thing that I learnt to like: the chicory. I knew I liked it mixed in a soup, but didn’t like them in a salad. I changed my mind though, after trying this one, which became one of my … [Read more…]
Have you ever heard about the famous French author Marcel Proust? One of his book: “Du côté de chez Swan”, is particularly famous for a scene where he describes how the smell of biscuits reminded him of his childhood, and all the memories that started flooding into his head along with that smell. So when … [Read more…]