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Top 5 Potato Recipes: Ranked
A friend of mine recently asked me and a few others what were our top five potato recipes ranked from 1 to 5. You can tell a lot about a person based on what their top potato recipe is. In fact, it’s a great way...
IN DEFENCE OF FROZEN FOODS
Yesterday, I cooked the best dish I have made in a while and the entire recipe was made from frozen foods. It was a Bisque aux pétoncles et légumes du printemps, a Scallop bisque with spring vegetables. Now this may not seem like such a...
5 COOKBOOKS TO START A NEW LIFE IN PARIS
When I was a kid, my mother’s cookbooks were a thing of wonder. She was always a very adventurous cook and she piled up copies of cookbooks, covering everything from chinese to french cuisine. I remember spending hours flipping through them, salivating in front of...
Moving out of Lebanon?
Here’s a checklist of food to take with you
Lovingly illustrated by my dear friend Suzanne Anhoury.
Pommes de Terre Forestières
For those of you who are faint of heart, please refrain from making this recipe. You may even want to consider not reading this post all the way through. Also, consider yourselves warned, looking at the below images may increase your cholesterol levels. This week...
My Grandmother’s Sfouf recipe
After raving about my Grandmother’s Sfouf in the Montreal Checklist I am going to share her recipe with all of you. I’m not a very accomplished pastry chef myself. The closest I’ve ever come to making a cake is Banana bread (or in darker days:...
Decorating Easter eggs the old fashioned way
So it’s that time of the year again, the time of the egg battles. Growing up, I have to admit, the egg taping contest was my favorite thing about Easter. My mother was always very good at picking the winning egg. It had to be...
Food checklist – the Montreal edition – 10 Foods you have to have while in Monty
I have been coming to Montreal every year since I was two, and over the years I have built a food checklist of things I have to have in this wonderful city in order to feel like the trip was worth it. Most of my...
This Valentine’s Day I’m declaring my love for food
My story with food started as a little girl. I was born into a family where love is expressed in the amount of food that we make for someone. The more we like you, the more food on the table. Skipping a dish is a...
Mashed Potatoes
My mother’s mashed potatoes is the stuff of legend. Smooth, creamy, heart warming mashed potatoes. My childhood has a tummy full of the golden goo. The secret to good mashed potatoes is butter, butter, butter. From Robuchon’s Michelin Star winning purée to my mom’s homey...
