The almost grumpy, very sniffy, but lucky gourmande

Today’s special: Oeuf cocotte with fresh herbs from the garden and radish cress silky peppery soup for a revigorating brunch against yearly spring colds…

Bon appetit!

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Bittersweet

Today’s special: Caramelised belgian endive and goat cheese tatin

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Moroccan pancakes for a grumpy gourmande…

I had a bad feeling for that weekend all along. And here we are: It’s cold, raining melted snow, I have a flu and I just lost the complete last post I’ve spent at least 3 hours writing (first time since I moved to wordpress)… So far so good for the first weekend of spring. [...]

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Brioche at last!

Brioche is one of the things I miss from France. When you live abroad, there’s always things you miss about mom and dad’s home, the place where you grew up, the place where you lived and made your life for sometime or even for just a couple of months. Being a nostalgic and food addict at heart, I’ve got [...]

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The “1001 nights” breakfasts of my childhood

Moroccan pancakes have the taste of my childhood. It tastes of my summer holidays in moroccan paradise, at my lovely aunt Mina, my mum’s little sister. The whole summer, she would spoil us like kings…  Her modest house was our palace.

That’s me, a long time ago: a little gourmande in moroccan paradise…
Among all, the [...]

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