This is a hard post to write. It will be my last foodie post from my kitchen in Vancouver. I worked so hard to use the little natural light it got to spotlight my food. I am glad that I am ending this particular foodie cycle with such a special recipe. I have been wanting […]
Français Tarte Aux Poireaux – French Leek Tart
Food Network Cooking Club Challenge: Laura Calder’s Creme Caramel
This month’s Food Network Cooking Club challenge is Laura Calder’s Creme Caramel. There is lots of time to participate so please join us if you dare! Creme Caramel, you are so misunderstood. Looking at your recipe, you come across as so simple to make. So, dare I say, easy? Sugar, whole milk, vanilla bean, eggs, […]
Back to Basics: Sweet Crêpes
Back to Basics: Crêpes
Cooking Lesson #4: Chicken & Mushroom Crêpes
Cooking Lesson #3: Gratin Dauphinois / Potato Gratin
The word gratin in the world of food usually means: baked with cheese topping. Even in my book La Varenne Pratique this is the case and according to them the most famous example is gratin dauphinois. Lovely Parisian foodie extraordinaire Clotilde Dusoulier from the fantastic site Chocolate & Zucchini insists that there is no cheese […]