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Chandeleur versus Groundhog day ?
2008-02-01 12:14:00
Note: French version of this post is here on La cuisine de Babeth.London is calling! I'm going to London with all my family for my mother's birthday, so I need to discuss right now important food related events that will occur over the week-end. In France this week-end we are celebrating La chandeleur , basically in every French household crêpes (thin French-like pancakes) will be flying of the pans!And in the US , ok it's Super Bowl but also I'm pretty sure all Americans anxiously waiting for report from Punxsutawney on ground hog Day. More precisely from Phil, the groundhog. Punxsutawney Phil is the only true weather forecasting groundhog. The others are just impostors.There has only been one Punxsutawney Phil. He has been making predictions for over 120 years! On February 2, Phil comes out of his burrow on Gobbler's Knob - in front of thousands of followers from all over the world - to predict the weather for the rest of winter.According to legend, if Punxsutawney Phil sees his ...
Groundhog  Groundhog Day 

Super Bowl material: guacamole flan!
2008-01-31 16:53:00
Note: the French version of this recipe is here on La cuisine de Babeth.Hey, Sunday it's the big sport day, at least in the US! It's the Super Bowl! Well to be very honest with you, I was never a big fan of football while living in the US, but I must admit I always watched the Super Bowl. Not because of touchdowns or quarterbacks but for 2 reasons:1- it always a great excuse to come to a party or throw one, BBQ with beers and finger foods.2- for the never seen before tv ads.If you keen on have more info about the rules here's a great article.On internet there's a lot of Super Bowl recipes, starting with cookies or cakes, or finger foods. Even Heidi (great cookbook's author and food blog's author) post a little recipe: her guacamole.Let me give you my own recommendation, finger food style guacamole: a guacamole flan.I made it in September for my friend Emmanuelle's farewell party. It's super easy, but use a real blender instead of a hand mixer, or you will need to wear you swimsuit i ...
Super Bowl 

Salmon risotto
2008-01-30 09:12:00
Note: the French version is published on La cuisine de Babeth.At the beginning of the week, while unrevealing my favorite papillote recipe, I told you all about the good and the bad effects of salmon (oily fishes in general) on your health. I hope it wasn't a lecture, though. The main point was: yes of course salmon is super good for your health, it's loaded with vitamins and OMEGA 3, but sadly because of human pollution it's also loaded with dioxins and PCBs. So my advice was and still is: eat oily fish but not a huge amount of it, basically don't make oily fish your diet cornerstone.Well I had some fresh salmon steaks' leftover and I don't like to waste stuff, I was trying to figure out how to accommodate it without doing a papillote sequels. They're usually insipid, take Hollywood 's sequels as an example ... So my brain was working hard and BINGO! a salmon risotto!I re-used, as a base, for my recipe the goat cheese and mache one I presented here. I just didn't have any white wine ...
Risotto  Salmon 

[Daring Bakers] Lemon meringue pie
2008-01-28 12:12:00
Note: French version of this post is on La cuisine de Babeth, here.The end of the month smells like contest in the kitchen and yes, you smelled it right: it's Daring Bakers day! January's contest was a great one, especially for a girl with such a sweet tooth like me, it was a delightI was so excited to bake a lemon meringue pie.Well, I must share with you that I was a bit too excited and my first batch as shown below was not a success. Distracted as I am, I forgot to turn off the grill on my oven. The pie burned on top and didn't cook at all.I didn't give up and went back to my kitchen. So lo and behold: the great, the only: Daring Bakers' Lemon Meringue Pie!Here the recipe:Lemon Meringue PieMakes one 10-inch (25 cm) pieFor the Crust:¾ cup (180 mL) cold butter; cut into ½-inch (1.2 cm) pieces2 cups (475 mL) all-purpose flour¼ cup (60 mL) granulated sugar¼ tsp (1.2 mL) salt⅓ cup (80 mL) ice waterFor the Filling:2 cups (475 mL) water1 cup (240 mL) granulated sugar½ cup (120 mL) c ...
Lemon  Meringue  Pie 

Help beat sarcoma!
2008-01-27 12:48:00
Note: the French version of this post is here.Well today no recipes on our plate, but let's talk about a more serious subject: sarcoma. Sarcoma are very rare cancers. Unfortunately when we say rare for a disease, we all know that it's also means less researches and exposure.I got to know sarcoma few weeks ago, one of my friends Nat just replied to my Happy New Year email with that line: for more news check BeatSarcoma.org. I did check that web site and that when and where I learned that she has cancer, sarcoma. I was deeply sad . I don't know what is happening but she is the second friends of mine, in their thirties, who is telling me since 01/01/2008 that they have cancer.I read a lot about sarcoma, I must admit that this word was new to me.I met Nat few years ago in California, in the Silicon Valley. It's a great place to live and to meet people, it's even easier when you're a foreigner to meet other foreigners. And also we share a very special link: she was the first one to sa ...
Help 

Best Italian in Antibes!
2008-01-27 00:36:00
Note: French version of this post is here.Just around the corner there's a small Italian bistro with a nice "Boho" ambiance. None of the chairs or tables there are the same, but all from antic stores. You can see the owner, a petite Italian woman, driving around her Sunday ice-cream color Vespa. Her cute, truly Italian, accent has note of Italian vacations.Once in a while I cross the street and go for diner with friend there. We're always delighted: food is so good and pricing is reasonable.No pizza on the menu but pasta and meat. The special, not always written on the blackboard menu list, is a must have! Cold veal and tuna with mayonnaise, vitello e tuna to named it. If it's not on the menu it's worth to ask for it.Below the business card of Mamalu restaurant and a picture of vitello e tuna dish.Note: French version of this post is here. ...

Mustard salmon en papillote
2008-01-25 10:42:00
Note: French version of this post is here.After all the craziness and the non-sense calories wise and long-preparation wise in our plates and kitchens during the holiday season, let's go back to more simple and healthy cooking, would you?Also I should mention that the recipe I'm about to reveal will not create too many dishes to clean. I love that part.Let's be serious here and talk about the beneficial effects of salmon and also restrictions. Salmon is an oily fish fully loaded with OMEGA 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and vitamins. If you're not been living in a cave for years you know that OMEGA 3 fatty acids are good for your health. But also with human pollution you shouldn't eat too much of oily fish, that's a shame - but true - and can be dangerous. Dioxins and PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyl) can be present in oily fish and may jeopardize your health if you're eating a very large amount and for a long period of time oily fish.But there is no reason to stop eating farmed salmon ...
Salmon 

Uzbek Cuisine sneak pick
2008-01-24 20:25:00
Do you know Uzbek cuisine specialties? Well here a sneak pick of a true Uzbek feast. Leave room for dessert! ...

Comfort food: Japanese pear and pine nuts scones
2008-01-21 13:21:00
Note: French version of this post is here.Antibes almost entered Ice Age lately. It's cold and rainy! This dreadful weather inspires me to bake scones, comfort food that doesn't blow your diet. How nice :-)I was day dreaming of scones still hot with melted butter on top.I remembered some delicious scones I had in San Francisco at Easter brunch last year. I was in California on business trip and Mathieu joined me during his one week break. We went for brunch with friends in the city, in Hugo and Suzanne neighborhood at Pomelo on Church. They served us some delicious scones with pear and pine nuts to nibble on. God those scones were good, so yummy and light that I wrote a note in the moleskin which never leaves my purse.Let me recommend that brunch café: it's a small and friendly place and very affordable.Ingredients: (makes about 20 small scones)-2 cups of flour-2 oz of butter-5 tablespoons of sugar-5 tablespoons of milk-1 egg-1 teaspoon of baking soda-1 teaspoon of salt (regular)- ...
Food 

Chocolate custard pudding recipe
2008-01-11 19:03:00
Note: the French version is here.First excuse the poor quality of the picture. Weather is so gloomy here in Antibes that lighting is bad at any time of the day. Please give me back my sunshine! Being in France maybe I should go on strike to get it back! :-)Being green (or is it blue now?), I don't like over packaging so I've been meaning to stop buying puddings and make my own: produces less waste, it's empowering and taste much better!In France those " La Laitiere" type of puddings come in little glass pots. So even better than recycling them I collected and re-used them.Ingredients: (for about 8 little glass pots)- 1 cup of milk (partly skimmed)- 1 cup of dairy cream (15% fat)- 6 oz (half a pack) of semi-sweet baking chocolate chips- 4 yolks- 3 oz of sugarDirection:1- Boil the mix of cream and milk.2- Stir the yolks and the sugar together till the mix is whitening.3- Add the boiled liquids, don't stop to stir.4- Add the chocolate chips, don't stop to stir. The heat of the mix will me ...
Chocolate  Pudding  Recipe 

Bonjour 2008! Hello 2008!
2008-01-07 19:43:00
Note: the French version is here.Thank you my dear readers for being this last year!2007 was a memorable year filled with many experiences and new projects:a wedding in France and of course starting my own blogs (in French and English) about my passion for food.2008 is already looking to be thrilling in many aspects, Santa has left many ideas behind and I will unfold these surprises shortly but before more French, easy, unique recipes!Stay tuned !!Note: the French version is here. ...

Chocolate Yule Log
2007-12-24 15:10:00
Note: the French version is here.Sorry dear readers I don't have tinme to write the English version. I just did the French one (here). I'm in a motel up North New-York city on our way to Quebec to celebrate Christmas ( a white one I guess). I will do it as soon as I have time, I promise!!Also I would like to say: BRAVO to the Daring Bakers who (not like me, I didnt have time to bake this month, was traveling too much: Nantes, Madrid, New-York, Quebec!) fulfilled the challenge!!! ...
Chocolate  Log 

Foie gras on mango French toast
2007-12-19 18:12:00
Note: the French version is here.A week ago I took my second cooking class at Lenôtre shcool in Cannes. The first class was all about macarons, those lovely cute French cookies.Lenôtre is a top notch pastry shop in Cannes, on rue d' Antibes not far away from La Croisette. Gaston Lenôtre is a top pastry chef. He wrote THE DEFINITE pastry book.Lenôtre's school trained the best stars in pastry like Pierre Hermé. I could write endlessly about Lenôtre, I have such admiration about the art of pastry developed by this talented chef. Oh! one more thing before diving into Christmas menu, don't forget to donate to Menu for Hope IV, I am giving away a prize (code EU28): a lunch date at ... Lenôtre, you bet!In France, Foie gras is truly a luxurious ingredient and a synonym for celebration!! Adding it to your menu will guarantee your feast to be a true success!Here I am sharing with you a great Holidays appetizer: foie gras on mango French toast.Ingredients: (for a party of 6)- one Foie Gras ...
Mango  Toast 

Goat cheese and mache risotto
2007-12-18 16:03:00
Note: the French version is here.Here I'm back after few adventures in the kitchen (a great class at Lenôtre school in Cannes all about Christmas menu and French Holidays cooking, stay tuned for more!), a nasty illness, a surprise Birthday party to organize, the return of my husband and ... work!After that busy period there was very little time left to post my participation for Aurely's Food blog game :"Blog me your recipe". It's pretty simple and amusing too. Participants have to "steal" a recipe from the blog Aurely points you to and badaboom you have to rush to your kitchen and redo one recipe.Flo from "Un Flo de bonnes choses"already stolen one of my cream split peas and bacon soup.My mission was to dig into a great blog: "Beau à la louche" and pick a victim err... a recipe.I took my pick and the winner is: "Goat cheese and baby spinach risotto"I followed the recipe but replaced the spinach by mache salad (a seasonal pick!)Ingredients: (for party of 2)- 120g (3/4 cup) of Arborio ...
Cheese  Goat  Risotto 

Menu for Hope IV
2007-12-10 16:58:00
Note: French version of this post here.You may not be familiar with menu for hope even if this is the fourth edition :-)Menu for Hope is an annual fundraising event in support of the UN World Food Programme. One wonderful blogger is behind all this charitable mouvement: Pim. She's blogging in English from Chez Pim. The devastating tsunami in Southeast Asia inspired her to find a way to help Each year, food bloggers from all over the world join forces to host the Menu for Hope online offering an array of delectable culinary prizes: books, cooking gears or cooking dates. For every US$10, the donor receive a virtual raffle ticket toward a prize of their choice. All you need is $10 and a bit of luck. As Pim says:" We may never eradicate hunger from the face of the earth, but why should that stop us from trying?"This year as usual also the money will be given to the UN' s Worl Food Programme and in particular Lesotho children. Here in Europe menu for hope is managed by Fanny from the l ...
Menu 

Candied onion recipe!
2007-12-08 10:37:00
Note: the French version is here.Once upon a time a plump onion got lost in my kitchen, or how once I bought a bulky onion for clear conscience (healthy-wise). If you know me a little bit you that I have a dreadful aversion for raw onions. Pissaladière (typically French Riviera onion tart) is fine in my menu, more than fine actually :-).This onion stays a while on my kitchen counter; we looked at each other a lot. I really didn't know what to do with it. And one day: Bingo! (No I didn't see the mega lottery winning numbers) I remembered that I have somewhere a recipe of candied onion in kosher salt. I just needed to find the recipe now ...Result is very nice: visually and taste wise (I must admit I will re-try this recipe for sure). The onion is just sweet like it should not too much. I had it with a chicory salad and real vinaigrette (olive oil, balsamic vinegar, mustard, salt and pepper whisked in a bowl). I'm sure it will be also perfect with mayonnaise.Before giving you my recipe ...
Onion  Recipe 

Garlic pork roast with its crispy potatoes
2007-12-06 09:08:00
Note: The French version is here.As I promised, after my charitable duty yesterday and Brad Pitt's picture showing :-) today will be all about food. I love to have diner parties at home (and to go to, in that case I don't have to clean the dishes (my kitchen is too tiny to let a dishwasher in, ARGHHH)). That started a long long time ago (well not so long, I'm not that old anyway) when I was in College, then continued and grow when I was a Californian and never dies. In College diner parties were pretty simple and frugal. Me and my friends didn't have any money. So we had: pasta parties, tartiflette parties (a typical French dish from the mountains, not to mention that it's a winter dish) and crepes parties. Very often I baked a cake, chocolate or fruit one (let me confess: chocolate was and still is my favorite). Then in California I was part of a joyful Wednesday diners group. I was the only French in the middle of bunch of Americans. I was making a serious effort to cook French food ...
Crispy  Garlic  Pork  Potatoes  Roast 

Brad Pitt' s Christmas wish!
2007-12-04 12:56:00
(Today Show, NBC picture)Oh, I hear you even from my screen, not again she skipped the recipe! Yes but I promise, tomorrow I will publish a great one, a so-typically French one!Anyway let's come back to our raviolis.What is Brad Pitt's Christmas wish hum?Well the guy, quite a normal guy (LOL) is part of a great and generous charitable project: the Make It Right project (see the web site here). And on his Christmas list there is: a home for everybody in New Orleans!You can, like me, watch Brad chatting with Ann Curry on yesterday Today Show (video here).If you are still here, and did not rush to watch Bradddddddddddd :-) the Make it Right project is to rebuild in a devastated area: New Orleans (remember Katrina and what happened to New Orleans? The city underwater, people in shelters or in the streets with no water, no food).The MIR project is to build green affordable houses in New-Orleans. They even thought about new possible flooding and houses will be built on piles.On the MIR proje ...
Brad Pitt  Christmas 

Plastic is not eco-friendly!
2007-12-03 11:34:00
Note: The French version of this post is here.Today on our blog-plate no recipe but some exposure for some great and smart eco-friendly products that I love! I'm doing it for free; I'm not paid and will not receive any free gifts, not even a diner with Bruce Willis :-). I just love their products, smart and eco-friendly!Are you, like me fed up by all the plastics cups coming out of your company coffee machine? Plastic cups that are going straight to the trash.Are you, like me sick of all the plastic plates/forks/spoons/cups that you put into the trashcan after a BBQ/party or picnic?Well my friend I found the solution: BIOSYLVA products! (Ok their web-page is only in French but you can contact them or me to have more info)Biosylva plates/cups and silverware are disposable like your red or blue plastic cups but are not made from oil and are not taking centuries to disappear! They are 100% compostable, on other great aspect of Biosylva: the company respect eco-friendly processes.And my de ...
Plastic 

Soup season: cream split peas and bacon soup
2007-11-30 17:08:00
Note: For the French version it's here.God it's cold outside! Ok I must admit I might be a little chilly and I turn into an ice-cube very easily. Let face it: even here in Antibes under the palm trees I think it's freezing outside ... and I'm going to New-York and Quebec for the Holidays ... crazy me!If you're like me: freezing, a little home made cream soup will warm you up, I promise and with not a lot of work!After the cream Hakkaido squash soup featured here, let me introduce: the cream split peas and bacon soup ("velouté de pois-cassés et lardons" ). I had the idea to add bacon to the split peas after having a frozen chickpeas soup from "Mister Picard" (if you live in France you know who is Mister Picard: the king of frozen food, it's a store chain, expensive but meal saver).Ingredients:- 2 cups and a half of split peas (around 250g)- 4 carrots- 4 slices of bacon (150g of "lardons")- 1 cup (around 20cl) of dairy cream- 30 seeds of coriander- gingerDirections:1- Cook the split pe ...
Bacon  Cream  Soup 

[Daring bakers] Tender potato bread
2007-11-26 11:14:00
I'm so happy to post today! I'm now a "Daring bakers" member, I'm so proud!Today all the Daring Bakers members are posting the same recipe, we all prepared, baked in secret. So today on the menu we have: Tender Potato Bread! Let's celebrate because: it's my first home-made bread ever and it looks like a bread from the bakery (I'm even more proud: I did not use any help: human or machine).Here my Bread (and Oh my God it's soooooooo yummmy!):The recipe (is from Tana):Ingredients:4 medium to large floury (baking) potatoes (peeled and cut into chunks)4 cups water (keep the potato's cooking water) (950ml)1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon salt2 teaspoons active dry yeast (16g )6 ½ cups to 8 ½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour (1kg)1 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened (25g)1 cup whole wheat flour (150g)Preparation:1-Mix & stir yeast into cooled water and mashed potatoes & water and let stand 5 minutes.Then mix in 2 cups of all-purpose flour and mix. Allow to rest several minutes.2-Sp ...
Bread  Potato 

Restaurant review "La taille de guêpe", Antibes
2007-11-18 16:56:00
Let's eat flowers!For all of you who wants to have a tasty lunch while keeping control of calories, here's a good spot here in Antibes, on the French Riviera.I went on a mission with my 2 lunch-girlfriends (as you may know, I am working from home and my husband lives in New-York, as a matter of fact I don't see a lot of real people during the day and I'm really in need to go out for lunch/coffee/diner) : we tested this restaurant for you!Food is tasty, plates are colorful and it's not your typical lunch place. You'll find the famous flower salad and a lot of sprouts or quinoa on its menu.The retaurant is located in the old village of Antibes in a very cute and quite boho street (walking distance from my place :-) ).Restaurant La taille de guêpe, 24 rue de Fersen, 06600 Antibes (more details below)For lunch expect to pay around 15 euros (pretty decent price for Cote d'Azur standards).For such a long time I wanted to test and taste flowers, I've been seen a lot of flowers on farmers mar ...
Restaurant  Review 

Controversy in the cookbook aisle!
2007-11-10 19:44:00
I am reading and watching, as much as I can, American newspapers and TV shows. And around a great idea: having American kids eat healthier and fighting against children obesity, a great controversy arose. Two women, who didn’t know each other existence before all that controversial media attention:- on one side Jessica Seinfeld, well connected, the wife of you-know-who- and the other side Missy Chase Lapine a former publisher and founder of BabySpaThere is a lot of similarity in their books and recipes and one can easily questioned why those 2 books got on bookstores shelves at the same time ... Honestly I don't have the answer on who copied on whom or if it's only one of those celestial coincidence!I did talked about Jessica Seinfeld book: Deceptively delicious in a previous post, so I though it would be fair to talk as well about Missy Chase Lapine book: The Sneaky Chef.If you want to make your own idea about the controversy you can read this article in the New-York times or watch ...

New discovery at the farmers market: chayote
2007-11-09 16:29:00
On Saturday I was strolling down the farmers market, market installed just down my building. I must say that it' s pretty convenient, but really noisy and not good for sleeping late. I was daydreaming when a weird flashy-green thing came across. I immediately came back from my dream and ask the old farmer what that green stuff was. He simply and nicely replied to me "It's a chayote and it’s very yummy sauté". I wouldn’t have lost my savings buying the greeny stuff - for one the old guy was asking for 75 cents (of euros but still not expensive).So I tried my luck and bought one. The old farmer gave on more advice (just like in a movie) " to peel it effortlessly cut it into quarters and then peel it".So I was back at home with my usual basket loaded with organic tomatoes, rucola, zucchini and one chayote. In front of the chayote with a knife in one hand I was thinking "à quelle sauce" (just meaning: how) I would eat it. I prepared it with eggplants, bell peppers and extra vir ...
Discovery  Farmers  Farmers Market  Market 

Squash season, cream Hakkaido squash soup
2007-10-23 23:48:00
It's fall season and I love it! All the warm colors: the vibrant red and orange warm up our mind and spirit while the weather is starting to become chilly. It's the perfect time to become a child again (if you were ever a grown-up anyway) and run into the falling leaves.At this time of the year, near Halloween I always got nostalgic of my years in California where at every single cross sections pumpkins patches open, and all homes are decorated with carved pumpkins.While visiting my parents in the Northern-West part of France, I went to help my mother to get her weekly AMAP basket. AMAP (Association pour le maintien de l' agriculture paysanne) is a French nationwide association promoting sustainable organic agriculture. My parents are members and each week they got a basket full of organic vegetables grown nearby so no outrageous amount of gas are used (because everything is coming from not too far away of consumers' homes). In her basket my mom got carrots, leaks, cauliflower, spina ...
Cream  Soup  Squash 

[pink ribbon] pink recipe contest
2007-10-18 15:18:00
If you like my beet mousse recipe you can vote for me on Couture Cupcakes: hereor any other pink recipes featured you may like! ...
Contest  Pink  Recipe 

[Pink ribbon] beet mousse
2007-10-15 18:33:00
Fall is the season for Breast Cancer awareness, in France we' re having " la chaine rose" an e-cookbook realized by bloggers with only pink recipes. You can download it from the pink flashing widget on top of this post (see my previous post).And while reading food blogs in English I realized that Couture Cupcakes is having a pink recipe contest. I wanted to be part of it because breast cancer is running in my family and in my entourage, also I got really scared last year when my doctor send me to do a mammography and a biopsy because I have some solid -alien- stuffs inside my breasts. Thanks God it's not malicious, but I still need to check with doctors every other years.But I didn't want to use the same recipe as the one I used while participating of the French e-cookbook (if you' re curious see page 80 of it) so I dig into the recipes I have and already took pictures of (did not have enough time to create a brand new recipe). And Eureka! my beet mousse is pink and one of my favo ...
Pink 

Deceptively delicious, Jessica Seinfeld cookbook
2007-10-13 14:14:00
As you may know, if:1- you know me2- you read me often :-)I live in France on the beautiful French Riviera, in Antibes, but I love and miss America. I used to live in California few years ago.I do miss many aspects of my life back there, my dear friends of course, ethnic food, weather ... and TV shows! I try not to be a TV junkie but I still like my TV shows and soap opera. Once in a while (OK, very often I must say to be honest) I watch on internet the Today Show, Oprah or Martha Stewart.This week on the Today show and on Oprah I discovered a friendly woman talking about her first cookbook: Jessica Seinfeld, the wife of Jerry Seinfeld the great comedian.In her book: Deceptively Delicious, Jessica Seinfeld reveals all the recipes and nifty tricks she created over the years feeding her children to have them eat the terrific: VEGETABLES ! Her children and other kids she feeds have for lunches and dinners: broccolis, cauliflowers, spinaches, sweet potatoes. Yes you 're not day-dreaming, ...
Delicious  Seinfeld 

Brunch in the city: Effy's Cafe (Manhattan)
2007-10-10 14:33:00
A week ago I was in New-York visiting Mathieu, my husband. Yes we are living far away from each other. He is finishing his MBA and I am in France, Antibes (right on the French Riviera) waiting for a legal US work permit.I spend a 3-day week-end in New-York and we enjoyed touristic stuffs, time spent with each other and some very New-York experiences.In this post I want to write about a very nice cafe where we had brunch and coffee (coffee for me, I cannot live and even talk in the morning without my coffee joint), this cafe was perfect for us:- it has outdoor tables- very good coffee (my favorite is the cafe au lait)- wonderful bagels- salads and omelettes, must have for a brunch- pricing is reasonable- and it's recommended by ZagatI just didn't like their cookies, not baked enough for me too much dough like.Effy's CafeAmerican, Mediterranean Style1638 3rd avenue(between 91st & 92nd ) ...
Cafe  City 

Nice surprise: the mailman delivered a cook-book
2007-10-04 19:04:00
I'm very pleased to present you the gift I found this morning in a nice colorful yellow and red envelope: a desert cookbook. Ok people it's in French but I am very happy like a kid unwrapping a birthday package.A blogger fellow of mine Isa launch a nice game through what we call here, in France, "la blogosphère" (meaning the blog community): sending a cookbook to a fellow blogger she picked and on the nice gesture receiving back one from a surprise fellow food blogger. She named her name Ze BlogBook. -Ze because as you know in France we do have trouble with the prononciation of: THE :-)The mysterious sender is Lucyna blogging on Zapbook.I'm not sure how she discovered my sweet tooth :-) may be, I just say may be -look at my angel smile- she read my French blog "La cuisine de Babeth" which features a loooot of sweet treats.I just browsed through it but it look very well done with desserts for each seasons. Stay tuned for live tests of those recipes! ...
Book  Surprise