Kaa, c’est moi - Artichauts confits au citron et à l’ail

[I’m Kaa – Braised artichokes with lemon and garlic]

Trust in me, just in me
Shut your eyes and trust in me
You can sleep safe and sound
Knowing I am around
Slip into silent slumber
Sail on a silver mist
Slowly and surely your senses
Will cease to resist
Trust in me, just in me
Shut your eyes and trust in me
No guys, I’m […]

F is for… Fleur de Courgette

When something is available for only few months you should rush for it; especially if it’s fleur de courgette.
Fleurs de courgette, or courgette flowers are associated with provençal cooking in my mind because I don’t know other ways to cook them that the way old grand-mères niçoises do.
But they’re also linked with a memory […]

Une soupe couleur rubis - Gazpacho Andaluz

[A ruby-red soup - Gazpacho Andaluz]

From Neil Perry’s The food I love (page 94)
It seems i am into colours at the moment. Pink, bleu-blanc-rouge, orange, green…
I reckon it might be because of the summer; I don’t know about you, but when in summer i agree eating is only brightly coloured food.
This gazpacho andaluz is a […]

My secret love affair with Mr Cheese

Manslois mousse with fraises au vinaigre balasmique.
I have a great love affair with cheese. I love to eat it and even more, to make it. It might be linked to the fact that I’m French and thus, brought up on Camembert and Roquefort…
Indeed, more than 400 different cheeses are produced in France, 42 of […]