Saturday 17 July 2010
You’re my favourite flavour – Culinary obsessions
When it comes to food (and many other matters: hello knitting, long bike rides, and papermater felt-tip pens collection), I’m a terribly boring person.
I can eat the same thing everyday: breakfast, lunch and dinner; and still feel happy about what I eat. Obviously, those things will change every now and then.
This habit must come from my dad who has been known to have paella for lunch for a month before enrolling in a mussel and chips extravaganza for another thirty days.
At the moment, I’m in love with the five listed below. Now I’m curious, what are your current five favourites to eat?
One. Guacamole. Slice a ripe avocado, place it in a bowl. Squeeze out the juice from one lemon. Mix in some finely sliced red chili pepper, a handful of cherry tomatoes, and rings of spring onions. Sprinkle with a little maldon sea salt. Top with fresh coriander leaves, slighlty torn.

Two. Ben and Jerry’s cookie dough ice-cream. Bike to the closest convenience store. Bike home. Grab a tablespoon. Open the tub.
Three. Salt and pepper prawns. Mix rice flour with a good dose of maldon sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. Roll a handfull of prawns (with their shells on) into the flour. Heat a pan of oil. Deep-fry until golden brown. Top with sliced spring onion. Eat with your fingers.

Four. Banana pancakes. Combine 150g flour, a little sugar, one teaspoon of baking powder, half a teaspoon of baking soda. Mix in 250g milk (full fat, or I might as well go back to bed) and one egg. Fold in two ripe bananas, slightly mashed. Cook on a well buttered pan, flip over until lovely. Have with a drizzle of dark maple syrup.
Five. Find a watermelon, preferably ice-cold. Make sure not to drop it on the floor. Using a serated knife, slice a big fat wedge. Allow the juices to splash on your face.



Saturday 17 July 2010
Super! J’ai presque le même top 5!
T-M-S said something sweet:Guacamole, Ben&Jerry Cookie Dough, Banana Pancakes (normal..vu le nom de mon blog!), chocolate chips cookies, tapenade noire!
;)
Saturday 17 July 2010
I love the drawings – amazing.
I can eat everyday a an Achiote Grilled Chicken Breast –
christelle is flabbergasting said something sweet:Fulton Valley Farms grilled chicken breast served on focaccia with Provolone cheese, chipotle-lime aioli and pickled onions
Saturday 17 July 2010
Ahah ! L’obsession du Ben&Jerry’s cookie dough… je ne me pose même pas de question, c’est ça. Point.
Mon top 5 :
1- artichauts (cœurs, a la brasa…)
2- tomate-mozzarella-basilic
3- tartelettes aux fruits (matin, midi, soir)
4- N’importe quoi avec de la fleur d’oranger
5- N’importe quoi avec du basilic (pesto, tomates-mozza-basilic, smoothie fraise-basilic, basilic-basilic…)
Bonne fin de semaine !! :)
Guusje said something sweet:Sunday 18 July 2010
1. Vanilla yoghurt with raw nuts and raisins
2. Soup and a piece of a fresh loaf of bread.
3. Spelt pasta with homemade tomato soup
4. cookies made with butter
5. CHOCOLATE
xxxxx Guusje
qmmf said something sweet:Sunday 18 July 2010
En ce moment, c’est ton numéro 1 et 2 pour moi aussi. 1 pour me souvenir du Mexique… et 2, car cookie dough, c’est à tomber.
Ensuite, ce sont les fruits de saison
3 – Fraises (natures!)
4 – Framboises (un petit sorbet framboise recette Ladurée à tomber… je rajoute quelques feuilles de basilic, et tu fonds (de plaisir) aussi vite que le sorbet en ces journées caniculaires)
5 – ma petite salade tomate concombre sauce soja barbecue… je mange ça tous les jours!
Allez bon dimanche ;)
Delphine said something sweet:Sunday 18 July 2010
1. Mozzarella avec de tout, des tomates, une salade, tout seul.
Margot said something sweet:2. Smoothie fraises / vanille, bien frais.
3. Jus d’orange / pamplemousse avec un trait de limonade et de la grenadine, à siroter entre copines sur la terrasse.
4. Ben & Jerry’s icecreams (all)
5. Tartes de légumes.
Sunday 18 July 2010
What a great flavours Fanny, banana pancakes sound divine! :)
mam said something sweet:At the moment I’m addicted to waffles with raspberry jam, all kind of melons, cheese sandwich with butter and fresh radishes, egg omelets with onion, peppers and hot sauce and Carte D’Or mascarpone ice cream… but it will definitely change very soon as I’m pregnant and I’m going through some very strange cravings :)
Sunday 18 July 2010
Je veux un lien juste pour les dessins please biz
carrie said something sweet:Sunday 18 July 2010
Watermelon is on my list, too. I’ve been eating lots of blueberries, too. There’s a farm nearby where I go to pick them. My other three would probably be: green bean gratin (boiled green beans with a splash of heavy cream, topped with cheese like san simon and then topped with panko and broiled for a couple of minutes), greek salad (romaine, diced green peppers, halved cherry tomatoes from my garden, dices red onions, cucumbers, feta, fresh parsley, thyme, and oregano with lemon and olive oil), and lemon bars.
I love watermelon! It’s the best summer food ever.
rebecca said something sweet:Sunday 18 July 2010
i bless whoever had the idea of freezing cookie dough pieces into ice cream !
i’ll say…. :
1. a tomato salad, sliced in small dices with olive oil, lemon, fresh basil, sea salt, ground pepper
2. two whole wheat tortillas with ceddar in the middle, in the oven. the simplest quesadillas
3. iced earl grey (no sugar, no lemon, nothing, just a pan of tea in the fridge at all times)
4. a black beans chocolate cake.
i only had in once so far but i’ll count it in because i think about it everyday. that’s how amazing it is.
5. treating lemon as a veggie.
cathy said something sweet:i slice it with the skin and all, cut it into pieces and add it to asparagus, broccoli, anything happening in my frying pan.
on pasta, wild rice, risotto, or just as side veggies, it’s so good.
Monday 19 July 2010
sometimes boring is the best :)
1. figs. the season here is short (3 weeks!) so i am eating as much as i can before they go away.
2. butter + bread + fleur de sel… it helps me deal with not being in normandy :(
3. tomatoes! lots of them. roasted, raw, baked, it doesn’t matter, i love them.
4. iced tea
5. peaches
Le Cookie Masqué said something sweet:Monday 19 July 2010
1. Raw cookie dough, without the ice cream
2. Samana chocolate from Chocolaterie de l’Opéra
3. Figs, picked up in the garden tree in Greece, summertime
4. M&S soups, this winter
5. Crème pâtissière, flan, custard, and all that jazz …
xoxo
hanna said something sweet:Monday 19 July 2010
my top 5 of the moment:
1. Mango
Elisa_Croatia said something sweet:2. Anything involving chocolate
3. Lemon iced tea
4. Chicken curry
5. Zucchini
Monday 19 July 2010
I love the artwork!
1. Mangoes
2. peppermint tea
3. salsa and chips
4. tomatoes
5. omeletes (especially with fresh basil and capers and crushed red pepper)
Kinka said something sweet:Monday 19 July 2010
your pictures are just amazing =)
1. watermelon
2. olive cake
3. curry-cheese soup
4. coffee with vanilla ice cream
5. fresh fruit salads
yummy!!!! i feel a rumbling in my tummy…
Gail said something sweet:Monday 19 July 2010
1. anything from a true french patissiere
Laura said something sweet:2. Wisconsin – Leon’s frozen butterpecan custard- it rivals anything in catagory 1.
3. Green and Blacks organic chocolate almond bar – better than La Maison du chocolat (in my opinion)
4. watermelon (only I like it room temp)
5. Leon’s chocolate frozen custard.
I get so jealous of the french who have such amazing patisieres, but you have no idea how outrageously good Leons is. Fanny, I think you should open a sideline frozen custard cart to go with the pastry cart.
Wednesday 21 July 2010
Hard to choose, but here goes:
Annfrid said something sweet:1. guac and chips
2. chocolate chip cookies
3. fresh baked bread (with butter and jam)
4. Persian kabob sandwich (especially bought from this rinky-dink kabob-shops in Glendale, CA)
5. and finally, a can of ice cold diet coke around 2pm!
Wednesday 21 July 2010
1. Bouillabaisse
2. French chocolatepie
3. Vanilla icecream with berryes
4. Brie cheese with white bread
5. Coffee or tea
Oh, I just realise that you have a wondwrful taste. Have a nice last summer!
Aïda said something sweet:Wednesday 21 July 2010
Fanny, tu es vraiment officiellement mon idole (tant par les dessins que par l’article lui-meme).
Aïda said something sweet:BORING PERSON? Blague. T’es certainement celle avec qui je ne pourrais jamais m’ennuyer.
D’ailleurs, Guacamole hahaha. De bons souvenirs! Yum. Et j’ai moi meme découvert plus ou moins récemment les ben and jerry’s cookie dough ice-cream, un délice.
Je n’en ai pas finit avec ce roman que j’écris :). Parce que je vais te dire ma propre liste!
1. Oeufs
2. Abricot
3. Churros (normal, où je suis!)
4. Magnum ego caramel (une chose de plus que j’ai découvert avec toi!)
5. Flocons d’avoine.
Tu me reconnais bien la je crois.
Wednesday 21 July 2010
(Euh je me permets d’ajouter un 6 que je ne peux actuellement pas manger mais qui reste en moi sans arret, tu le sais: KRESPY KREME DOUGHNUTS)
cmi said something sweet:Thursday 22 July 2010
Lately it’s been ice cream sandwiches. I cheat. Pre-made nestle tollhouse cookie dough. Throw a scoop of ice cream between two cookies and roll in sprinkles for color. Hello Summer! =)
holly said something sweet:Friday 23 July 2010
1. Beetroot and chocolate brownies
2. Paprika Chips/Crisps -discovered on a recent holiday to Croatia.
3. Orange Juice
4. Dorayaki
5. Green Tea with Rice
Deborah Dowd said something sweet:Saturday 24 July 2010
1. I am with you on all things avocado.
zara said something sweet:2. Coffee Ice cream
3. Cherries
4. Chicken livers
5. Bacon
Saturday 24 July 2010
First things first: I looove your drawings!
Peter said something sweet:Second:
1. basil&tomatoes, with a pinch of salt, freshly ground black pepper and olive oil
2. courgettes
3. spinach
4. pasta with butter&parmesan
5. chocolate
Monday 26 July 2010
haha!
my sister-in-law introduced me to banana pancakes (drop a few thick slices of ripe banana onto the pancake before you flip it over on the other side for the final cook)
oh, so yummy – I do so like the way the sugar in the banana caramelizes when fried…
and yes, a good watermelon on a hot summer day is truly sublime.
Paula said something sweet:Saturday 31 July 2010
Yummy, and the drawings are darling