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Confiture de groseilles
When summer strikes, it’s time to head to the market for red currants — or, if you’re lucky enough to have them in your garden, to go on a picking spree. These jewel-like berries make a fabulous jam that is … Continue reading
Posted in Drinks
Tagged black currant jam, cassis, confiture, groseilles, recette, recipe, red currant jam, vegan
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Tomates farcies
Stuffed tomatoes are one of the glories of French country cooking. This is peasant food at its finest, and fillings differ considerably. The traditional recipe, which hails from Provence, uses sausage meat, often in combination with beef or veal, and … Continue reading
Salade de concombre sichuanaise
I discovered this spicy peanut-topped cucumber salad just as Sichuan cuisine began making it big in Paris. It’s on the menu of Deux Fois Plus de Piment (‘Twice as Much Hot Pepper’), a small Sichuan joint in my neighborhood that … Continue reading
Posted in 3. Salads
Tagged cucumber salad, cuisine sichuanaise, recette, recipe, salade de concombre, sichuan cuisine, vegan
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Salade d’oranges à la badiane
This light, refreshing dessert of orange slices in a flavorful syrup is best in winter, when large sweet oranges are in season. I first tasted it at the home of my neighbor Manuela, a superior cook. But on that occasion … Continue reading
Posted in Desserts
Tagged dessert, orange slices with star anise, recette, recipe, salade d'oranges a la badiane, star anise, vegan
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Salade vigneronne
This is one of those French salads with an evocative name where the ingredients vary according to the whim of the chef. Salade vigneronne translates as ‘winemaker’s salad’, and in this version you’ll find tender leaves, walnuts, grapes and garlic … Continue reading
Posted in 3. Salads
Tagged grapes, magret fumé, noix, raisin, recette, recipe, salad, smoked duck breast, vegan, walnuts
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Ratafia
I discovered the apéritif known as ratafia one summer when the former owners of my cottage in Burgundy paid me a visit. As they admired the changes I’d made inside, I asked them how they had used the grapes growing … Continue reading
Soupe provençale au basilic
This zingy soup came about thanks to a visit I made to Provence last summer. While staying with friends in St-Rémy during a break between lockdowns, I came across an old cookbook of regional dishes and was intrigued to see … Continue reading
Aubergines farcies aux noix
High summer is the time to make and enjoy this dish of roasted eggplant topped with a pungent walnut sauce. Traditionally served as a starter, it also makes a fine side dish or the star of a mezze spread. The … Continue reading
Posted in 1. Starters
Tagged aubergines, eggplant, Georgian cuisine, noix, recette, recipe, vegan, walnuts
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Purée de haricots blancs
The idea for this Mediterranean-style dip came my way the other day when a friend brought me a packet of beautiful dried white broad beans. I wanted to use them quickly, but they were so large that I feared they … Continue reading
Posted in 1. Starters
Tagged dip, dried beans, ful medames, Mediterranean cuisine, recette, recipe, vegan
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Salade aux grains, sauce sésame
When staying with friends in Provence this summer, I was served a mixed-grain salad that knocked my socks off. The star of this salad was petit épeautre, or einkorn wheat, a rustic grain with a nutty flavor that is grown … Continue reading
Posted in 9. Pasta, Rice, Grains
Tagged einkorn, epeautre, Provence, recette, recipe, salad, salade, vegan
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