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ARTICHOKE RECIPE
{STEAMED ARTICHOKES - ARTICHAUTS A LA VAPEUR} Artichokes are actually eatable flowers… which would explain their simple, natural beauty. I often find myself being wood by crates of these lovely...
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ASPARAGUS VANILLA BEAN SOUP Recipe
{SOUPE FROIDE AUX ASPERGES BLANCHES ET A LA VANILLE} While I know that the asparagus season is officially coming to a close, I wanted to sneak in one last recipe, as there are still bunches of white...
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CARROT & PEAR SOUP Recipe
EMILY THE GREAT’S CARROT & PEAR SOUP First there was Catherine the Great of Russia (1729 – 1796), and then a few hundred years later, came Emily the Great, my good friend, who proudly gave herself...
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SWISS CHEESE SHOP: Fromagerie Bruand, Geneva
A MAN OF 300 CHEESE: In my ever growing pursuit to support & promote our local specialty food shops & producers, those who sweat & toil to bring us superior quality, hand made produce...
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ROASTED TOMATO & GARLIC SOUP
Roasted tomato & garilc soup ROASTED TOMATO & GARLIC SOUP Two factors influenced this recipe: The overflowing bowl of tomatoes sitting on my counter- I went on a shopping spree last weekend...
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APPLE SPICE COMPOTE Recipe
The DUTCH Series N°2 ‘An apple a day keeps the doctor away’ This is a great saying however this is just one minor detail they left out…. the cooking instructions! Taking advantage of this little...
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TOMATO SAUCE
TOMATO SAUCE What you didn’t know about true Italian tomato sauce….. Marisa, the concierge in my office building, is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to Italian cooking. Born and raised in the...
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Wild Garilc, Ramsons, Bear’s Garlic
Bear's Garlic Pesto Wild garlic, ramsons, bear’s garlic…. Whatever you choose to call it, it is delicious and currently in season. In French they call it l’ail des ours (garlic of bears) as apparently...
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Asparagus Risotto
Asparagus Risotto Classic asparagus risotto made with arborio rice, onions, stock, Parmesan cheese and fresh asparagus. The season for asparagus always seems too short. In a blink of an eye it’s gone...
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Greens Beans, Hazelnut & Orange Salad
Green Beans Hazelnut Orange Salad Greens Beans, Hazelnut & Orange Salad I recently discovered a new type of green bean, the Purple Queen Bush Bean. In actual fact its outer skin is an aubergine...
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