A few days ago I was browsing Elise’s wonderful blog and her last blog entry was about a pumpkin risotto which actually reminded me that I had never cooked nor eaten a risotto ever before. First I had to find out where to get the special, medium grain rice that you need for risotto, called “Arborio”. While walking around town this morning I actually discovered a charming little Italian grocer. Read More ...
It’s autumn which means it’s pumpkin season! Normally every market should be filled with a great variety of pumpkin/squash/acorn. Yeah well that’s normally :p Unfortunately here in the south of France pumpkin is not really a staple food. When Halloween approaches the big supermarkets import a few pumpkins but whatever they don’t manage to sell is sometimes being offered for weeks after as prepacked pumpkin slices. I’ve had a lot Read More ...
Before flying to Germany this summer, I bought a magazine at the airport called “Cuisinez comme un chef” (Cook like a chef) with a few recipes from French celebrity, 2 Michelin-star chef Joël Robuchon. Usually I’m not a fan of “celebrity chef recipes” because I’ve been disappointed one too many times. Often these recipes are extremely complicated, require an arsenal of ingredients and spices which are either hard to get Read More ...
Gnocchi is one of my favorite Italian dishes. Usually I eat them with just a little grated cheese and I don’t think that any type of sauce is necessary for them to taste good. It’s actually not easy to find a good sauce for Gnnochi and I’ve been searching for a long time :p For me usual pasta sauces (bolognese, basil pesto, carbonara etc.) were simply to heavy for a Read More ...
How to make California Rolls? Let’s start with the list of ingredients & utensils. 2 cups of Japonica Rice (There is no good substitute for this, check this post for more information) 4 cups of water 1/4 cup of sushi vinegar (You can get this in Asian/Japanese supersmarkets, but if you have troubles finding this -I’ll add a recipe later) 2 nori sheets – cut in half (If its full Read More ...
“Indian curry is really the best!” “Nah, I love the curry they make at the Chinese restaurant not far from here…” “Personally, I prefer Japanese curry ” “What??!!? Japanese don’t make curry!” As a matter of fact Japanese do have a curry dish :p It’s actually one of the most popular dishes over there. According to some recent surveys the average Japanese family eats curry about 2-3 times a week. Read More ...
“Les soupes, c’est pour les vieux” (Soups are for old people) “Errm… mais moi j’aime la soupe :p” (Uhm… but I like soup :p) “Pas possible!” (Can’t be!) I remember having a similar conversation with my husband’s adorable aunt. Well I’m not quite sure if young people really have come to hate soup nowadays, but I can’t imagine autumn without colorful vegetable soups. I must admit that the above soup Read More ...
[image to come soon]“Ok, what would you like for dinner tonight?” “Pasta, Pasta!” “Again? :p” “Yes ” I’m sure you know this type of conversation just too well. What can you do if your family likes Pasta a lot but if you’d still like to cook something healthy? While strolling over the vegetable section of a local shop here in Aix en Provence, I found a bunch of different vegetables Read More ...