This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking with Dorie and was not actually the recipe I had planned to make this week. The other recipe for this month is a sweet recipe and I had wanted to make that but then I read the recipe and realised the dough needs an … Read more
Can’t get to France this summer? How about bringing a little bit of France to you? More specifically – learn all about French cheese from the comfort of your own home! That’s right – Jessica Hammer, a former cheesemonger and she of the fabulous Taste of Toulouse food walking tours (remember that pastry and chocolate … Read more
There’s noone more passionate about cheese than Cheese Boutique‘s Afrim Pristine which is why he’s the perfect person to teach you all about it. From how to select, store and serve cheese to how to make the most of it in recipes, Afrim knows it all and has written the perfect book for cheeselovers that … Read more
If you’ve been reading my Petits Chefs posts for a while now, you will know that as well as exposing the boys to all sorts of different foods and cooking techniques, I also like to show then that their favourite foods can be healthy and easy to make at home, too! One of our all … Read more
France. Cheese. Wine. Sounds like the perfect combination, right? But have you ever stood in a wine or cheese store in France and been so overwhelmed that you simply don’t know what to choose? There are something like 400+ cheeses (and wines???) in France so choosing one can be challenging especially if you don’t know … Read more
Last summer, when we were staying in Languedoc-Roussillon, we ventured a little further afield in our day trips a couple of times. We visited the Camargue and its salt marshes one day and another day we headed to Roquefort-sur-Soulzon in the Aveyron department. Being four big cheese fans, we decided we couldn’t pass up an … Read more