January 4th, 2010

Mad about Macarons....and Happy Feet!

A tale of Macarons, with a very happy and steady ending!

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September 6th, 2009

A tale of lemons and peaches

I actually started writing this post a few days ago and am only just finishing it off!

Saturday night’s dinner…and sunday morning’s brekkie. You must think I’m obsessed with all things French. And maybe Italian. First it was the Tarte Tatin and then the Caprese millefeuille and now it’s the Clafoutis.

Anyway, I’m in London this week, as in right now…finishing off this post - part business, part pleasure. Last weekend was the one weekend I had to use up all my peaches which had been lying in the fruit basket ehmmmm since last friday evening. Can you tell I’ve been scheming to make a peachy dessert for a while now?

In the oven

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September 5th, 2009

Chicken caprese millefeuille

Chicken caprese millefeuille

For a while now, I’ve been considering making a millefeuille – a kind of stacked tower of ingredients. I guess I’d put it off  because of my fear of all things complicated with french names – bain marie, tarte tatin….and all the rest. However, I was feeling very confident that success was close by and feeling the need to apprehend it, I got about a-thinking and decided that a chicken version would do. That was one part.

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August 23rd, 2009

Pear Tarte Tatin…my inspiration

Upside down cakes….I love ‘em. The first one I ever had was a pineapple upside-down cake. That was long before I became allergic to some varieties of pineapple. Yes, allergic.

One edge

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