Hello and happy French Friday! I’m writing this from Dublin where we are spending a couple of days before we head home. It’s been a wonderful summer – much more relaxing (yes, even despite the 200km I walked on the Camino and keeping up my running training) than previous years, which was very welcome! Last […]
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French Fridays: Chicken with Mustard from My Paris Kitchen
This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays from David Lebovitz’s My Paris Kitchen – Chicken with Mustard – is notable for two reasons: It’s the recipe on the cover of the book and It’s our FINAL RECIPE from this book Yup – since February 2016, twice a month I’ve blogged about the recipes from […]
French Fridays: Ratatouille Tian from In the French kitchen with kids
(image © Kyla Zanardi) You may not know what a tian is, but if you’ve seen the movie Ratatouille, you’ll be familiar with a version of this presentation of vegetables sliced thinly, cooked and served in an elegant stack. The dish you see in the movie was created by Chef Thomas Keller (of The French […]
French Fridays: Tarte Tropézienne from My Paris Kitchen
This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays from David Lebovitz’s My Paris Kitchen – Tarte Tropézienne – is one I’ve made before, for Tuesdays with Dorie (from Baking Chez Moi) back in 2016. It’s basically a giant brioche bun filled with pastry cream (or a variation) and topped with pearl sugar. I’ve actually tasted […]
French Fridays: Shakshuka from My Paris Kitchen
This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays from David Lebovitz’s My Paris Kitchen is one I make a variation of quite often. Shakshuka is a dish of eggs poached in a tomato stew – according to Chowhound: a warmly spiced vegetarian dish of saucy tomatoes, often with peppers or onions, with eggs cracked right […]
French Fridays: Featured in Living France magazine (and an interview!)
For French Fridays this week, somethng a little different… I was recently interviewed about buying property in Nérac for Living France magazine (click to open a PDF of the article). Paola, the journalist compiled the information she wasn’t able to use into an interview piece and she’s kindly allowed me to share a version of […]
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