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This comforting dessert is well known and straightforward to prepare, though it requires some time, so the following method can be used with a single type or multiple types of rice, along with optional flavor enhancements to demystify and simplify the preparation process ! Arborio round dessert rice, basmati and jasmine rices, whole red rice...
A little bit of this and a little bit of that added, to lighten up the heavier and saltier and denser flavors of the black olives, resulting with a dip or spread that is still powerful but somewhat brightened and better balanced ! Some olives are to be enjoyed as is, when packed in quality olive oil or in a well-balanced brine and some are...
Some food assemblies can remain utterly simple, without any actual mixing and each spoonful of this dessert reveals a difference in taste and texture, depending on how much of each individual element of that assembly is in that same spoonful; nectar and ambrosia ! Usually, I would not dare to publish such a simple recipe/assembly but a slight...
One Easter dessert that fulfills all of those holiday cravings and is triply chocolate in taste as well as visually, with a moist cocoa and coffee cake and a rich mascarpone and melted chocolate frosting and topped with crunchy chocolate easter eggs ! I’m not going to lie by telling you that I made these cakes this spring, but I did make...
The most delicately flavored and comforting winter pasta dish I’ve ever made, using basic sausage meat and that wonderful prepared in advance, pre-cooked and jarred onion-carrot-celery sauce base I shared with you several months ago, with just the simple additions of some white wine at first and then chicken stock and finally heavy cream, to...
This summer in Montreal, I asked my mom to show me how to make "kolokithàkia yemistà mé avgolémono," a summer dish I hadn't had in years. The beautiful weather matched the delicious meal. The bright lemon and herbs, tender and sweetened zucchini shells, savory beef and rice filling, and creamy egg-lemon...
A chilled soup, that you can drink or enjoy with a spoon, that is savory, packed with greener vegetable flavors, inevitably refreshing and an excellent option for the summer heat ! Most of you may be familiar with a red gazpacho which includes red tomatoes and peppers and onions, as well as more water-rich cucumber and of course, garlic (lots...
I find myself often testing “caesar salads” in restaurants, often topped with chicken when I want a one-course quick meal, so I finally decided to make my own version that is fresh yet more filling … :) The first ever Caesar salad was created on July 4, 1924 by Caesar Cardini at Caesar's in Tijuana, Mexico, when the...
A nourishing and hearty winter season pizza, combining fried up and crumbled sausage stuffing and roasted onions and bell peppers, highlighted with a hint of additional accents and spices and topped with different cheeses and fresh herbs and a little story about how I organize my prepping and cooking ! Please understand, I never begin slicing...
It’s a complicated name and a lengthy title and description for a new type of dessert that you may wish to attempt for this year’s Epiphany (January 6th) in order to replace the more traditional king’s cake or the brioche and/or galette des rois, because it’s luminous and festive and creamy and crunchy too ! It’s a...