In Praise of Inventiveness: Three Kings Apple Pie Recipe

In Praise of Inventiveness: Three Kings Apple Pie Recipe

What do you do with a left-over of sweet pastry and almond paste, and three Macintosh apples which have been brooding in the lowest drawer of your refrigerator and are begging you for attention? You invent a new dessert! I call this dessert the “Three Kings Apple...
In Praise of Laziness: Coconut Curry Ginger Sauce

In Praise of Laziness: Coconut Curry Ginger Sauce

I know of at least three good reasons why you would pose at the entrance to the kitchen and ask yourself the following question: “Do I really have to cook today ?” (yes, you probably have to cook. It’s raining cats and dogs outside and the wind is howling. Not a good day to go out!):

In Praise of Tradition: Galette Recipe

In Praise of Tradition: Galette Recipe

The argument has been going on since before we were married, but notwithstanding my husband’s opinion that crêpes come from Normandy (where he was born), crêpes – and galettes – originate from Brittany (where I was born).

In Praise of Staples: Caramel Custard

In Praise of Staples: Caramel Custard

I have a sweet tooth. It originates with my childhood (again!), when my mother sent us back to school after lunch with a plain slice of bread and two lumps of sugar in a brown paper bag. This was our snack.

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