About a month ago, my husband felt an irresistible urge to try making a homemade version of the worldwide known Twix chocolate bar. We had a piece of that delicious treat in a small café of “La Petite France”, a famous district in the city of Strasbourg where is held every year the world’s largest…
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Pan-Roasted Poached Pears with Spices
Winter has been busy with lots of things, and free evenings have often been dedicated to unwinding from the busy day on the sofa, watching all sorts of TV cooking shows with my husband. Or sometimes just by myself, because I am watching so many of them…! Instead of just watching the shows the way…
Egg Tarts, Macau.
In the Spring of 2004, when I was living in Guangzhou, my best Chinese friend Gisèle and I went for a weekend away in nearby Macau. It was only a couple hours drive away from home, and the perfect getaway for anyone who needed a break from the craziness of China without totally leaving the…
Cherry Clafoutis
OMG I want Summer to come RIGHT NOW!!! Obviously, screaming it out will not make it come faster (nor at all), but it gave me a good idea today. If Summer can’t come to me by itself, I’ll have it come to me by force. In my plate. Mmmmm I have made a delicious Cherry…
Mouhalabieh. Syria.
Long gone seems to be the era when one talked about Syria for its culture, its folklore or its food. Partly because of that, and partly because I never really wondered about it before, my own knowledge of Syrian food actually is close to none, and although what I know of Middle-Eastern food encompasses the…
French Meringue
Last October, my husband and I went to visit my favorite cousin in Auriol, in the beautiful countryside of the region of Provence. We traveled by bus to the neighbor city of Aix-en-Provence, where I began University in 1997. The city has changed a lot, and so have we, and no longer being students makes…
Fresh Figs & Custard Tart. Turkey.
I have been willing to bake this Fresh Figs and Custard Tart for ages. In France, there’s only a short time-frame during which one can come by fresh figs of excellent quality, and it seems that I have missed this window every single year, for many years! When I thought I had been cursed one…
Po’e from Wallis & Futuna
A little dessert for us, fellas of the Northern hemisphere who refuse to give up on Summer and want to continue living the dream (!!!). This dessert is as well dedicated to my friends in the Southern hemisphere who are now approaching Summer for real, especially those living near the Pacific Ocean, whether in Australia…
Apple Pie
Baking an Apple Pie may sound like basic beginners pastry to most home cooks. To me, it was a tremendous challenge to achieve an apple pie that would both be delicious and look fabulous. I attempted many times before and never quite succeeded. With time, I have learned the reasons of my failure. Pastry is…
Yogurt and Oven-Baked Apples with Cinnamon and Walnuts
Since I’ve lived in China for many years, eating dessert has become the opposite of mandatory for me at the end of a meal. I even ended up not enjoying so much anymore the taste of sweet foods, and developed a larger interest for savory dishes. But my husband hasn’t lived in Asia, and he has…
Lemon and Lime Fondant
This dessert recipe definitely is a Winner! My Number One Rule in the kitchen, though, usually is to NEVER come close to the idea of baking any type of pastry, ever, since I suck at it big time. I mean, really big time. I’m only good at cooking savory dishes. I don’t know why, but when it…
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