Creamy Squash Soup

Winter is coming, they said. Hell, yeah! It’s freezing cold these days. And in the South of France, it is not a nice dry cold like the cold you can enjoy in the mountains. Nah, it’s the distasteful humid cold, the one that penetrates your bones and haunts the inside of your apartment’s walls for…

Al-Kabsa. Saudi Arabia.

I assume a culinary trip to the Middle-East would be all about spices, nutty flavors, and perfumed oil dishes. Saudi Arabia being the country of the Thousands and One Nights, it must certainly also be about festive presentation on the tables and a bit of magic in the dinner plates. Is it not? For my World Food Challenge…

Spicy Chicken with Cashew Nuts, Thailand.

A trip to Thailand always is synonymous with Wonders. Tonight, as we have done about once a week since last year, we fell again for what became a habit in our house: cooking Thai food. We can’t help it, this food is just too good to be real. At the moment, our favorite is the Spicy…

Fennel Seeds, Pine Nuts and Sunflower Seeds Shortbread Cookies

First of all, did you know my first cookbook got published? It’s called Cookbook #1: A French Girl’s Cooking Adventures in Her Kitchen, and it’s available online, you’re just a click away, RIGHT HERE! When it comes to creating recipes for shortbread cookies to munch after lunch and dip into our espresso or long American…