Healthy, French, Home-cooking, always fresh, (almost) no cream required!
This is about simple cooking for my kids away from home, family and friends and friends of friends. Not quite recipes, just inspiration.Often, no exact quantities, certainly no scientific potions, but a bit of magic and lots of love! and you could always ask for more details.
Share my love of cooking, enjoy the Pacific West Coast bounty and help me pass along the French Heritage from my Grand-mothers and my Dad who taught me.Salt and Pepper
Even when I don't say so, use Baleine sea-salt and fresh ground pepper from your Peugeot pepper mill, goes without saying!
Tag Archives: travel
Icelandic Delicacies: Puffin, Whale, Foal and Fermented Shark
The Atlantic Puffin forms part of the national diet in Iceland, where the species does not have legal protection. Puffins are hunted by a technique called “sky fishing”, which involves catching low-flying birds with a big net. The meat is … Continue reading
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Tagged fermented shark, foal, food, iceland, icelandic food, laekjarbrekka, minke whale, puffin, recipes, restaurants, travel, whale meat
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Icelandic gourmet fares
Four days in Iceland were not nearly long enough to discover all the fine foods grown , raised or fished locally. The island is a gourmet’s paradise providing staples of very high quality and most unusual choices for the daring … Continue reading
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Tagged food, horse carpaccio, hotel ranga, iceland, icelandic lobster, laekjarbrekka, lamb neck, recipes, reindeer, skyr, smoked lamb, travel
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Colorful dishtowels from France:Jacquard Français,Garnier-Thiebaut, Gerardmer
Made in France by Jacquard Français and Garnier-Thiebaut, old traditional manufacturers of table linens. I picked those dish towels for their amazing vibrant colors. It was an idea from my friend Jennifer and they make my kitchen look like it … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking, culture, dish towel, food, garnier thiebaut, jacquard francais, kitchen, recipe, recipes, travel
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