[Oven-baked ratatouille]
It seems that my fondness for wow-this-is-way-too-long post titles is utterly related to the fascination I had, as a child, for French longest word – anticonstitutionnellement.
I was indeed obsessed with dictionaries; which I would read like any other book. This had multiple effects on my grown-up life: I am now very good in orthographe […]
[Savoury candies, really? - Ricotta, basil and black olive caramelle]
I feel a bit like I’m cheating by writing about this recipe. Indeed, I made it a couple of weeks ago; back in the days when I didn’t have a new camera yet.
But I just couldn’t let these lovely easy caramelle (as Jamie Oliver calls them) […]
[Peach with wine, vanilla and crème fraiche]
Saying that my dad talks a lot would be an understatement; he always has something to say. Whether it’s about our new neighbour or a beautiful bug he saw earlier in our garden. Always. A lot.
If you can’t tell straight away that he has some Italian roots you can […]
[When i was a child… - Figs and almonds tarts]
From Jamie’s Italy
Indian summer they call it.
I would rather say ‘opportunity to still get figs at the end of October’.
In fact, France is being blessed with summer-like temperatures and I am, on the other hand, blessed with plump figues noires [black figs].
I am a devoted lover […]
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 […]
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