This week’s Cook the Book Fridays recipe from David Lebovitz’ My Paris Kitchen was the perfect dish to celebrate the end of summer tomato bounty. This is quick gazpacho made with tomatoes, peppers, red onion, cucumber and garlic with some Piment d’Espelette, a dash of red wine vinegar and some vodka (to make the soup … Read more
We are big fans of merguez (spiced lamb sausage) in this household so were happy to see a homemade version for this week’s Cook the Book Fridays recipe from David Lebovitz’ My Paris Kitchen. As a friend of David’s says, “you’re not Parisian until you’ve had a merguez sandwich, stuffed with sausage and frites at … Read more
I’m a huge fan of roasting cherry tomatoes and it’s something I often find myself doing when I go a little crazy at the markets – both in France and here – because it’s an easy way to preserve them before they go bad and then you have a very versatile ingredient. When they roast … Read more
This week’s Cook the Book Fridays recipe from My Paris Kitchen is a wonderful way to celebrate the summer bounty of apricots here in South West France. After nine days walking the Camino (read my first post about my experience here), I was itching to get back into the soothing routines of the kitchen and … Read more
This week’s Cook the Book Fridays recipe from My Paris Kitchen follows a theme that’s close to my heart: “Feed the Future”, the focus of this year’s Food Revolution Day. Over the past three years, those of us who were working through Around my French Table did our bit by participating virtually in Food Revolution … Read more
As David himself says about this week’s Cook the Book Fridays recipe from My Paris Kitchen “There’s not much I can say about this. One bite will leave you just as speechless.“ He’s right. This is, simply put, very very good.. This was the very first recipe I made from the book, back when I first received … Read more