14th September 2022
Stracciatella soup
This is a simple and delicious soup that takes almost no time to prepare.
14th July 2022
Simple green beans
A simple and straightforward Summer dish. We buy fresh green beans (haricots verts) at a grower nearby, and I just blanch them for later use in salads or other.
18th June 2022
Bresse chicken, morels, and yellow wine
The Doubs area is in the east of France, between the Jura and Switzerland, and is blessed with good products such as the Bresse chicken. These birds with red combs, white feathers and dark blue feet symbolise the French flag. Their special treatment makes them a reference in gastronomy. The yellow wine is a strong kid of wine with a taste close to sherry and […]
10th March 2022
Wonton with shrimps
Wonton are Chinese filled dumplings to use in a soup or steamed, either alone or part of a dim-sum assortment.
This is a simple recipe with shrimps, vegetables and herbs.
17th January 2022
Poire de boeuf, foie gras et cèpes
The poire de boeuf is a rare and succulent cut of beef, that does not need a complicated preparation.
30th November 2021
My father’s favourite dessert with pears, ginger and dough
If there is one thing that my father cherishes from the Amsterdam-Jewish ancestry on his mother’s side, then it is this dessert that he often makes himself.
It’s called “Peren & Kuchel” in Dutch/Yiddish and that means ‘pears and cake’ but that does not really describe it well as the ‘cake’ is a ball of dough that slowly cooks in the pear-liquid.
21st November 2021
Pancakes, à ma façon
Pancakes are so well-known and common that there are many recipes. I started making mine from a Dutch cookery book ‘Margriet” that my parents gave me when I left the house to study. For a while, I added yeast to get thicker pancakes as I was looking for a more substantial dish than the French crêpes that are great for desserts but not as a […]
13th September 2021
Spaghetti with vegetable sauce, squid, clams and olives
An easy and juicy dish using fresh clams and squid, and left-over ratatouille as vegetables like eggplant and zucchini are in season.
1st September 2021
Stuffed baked tomatoes and zucchini
At the end of the summer we have a good harvest of vegetables in our village and neighbours brought me crates of tomatoes and zucchini. I stuffed them and baked them in the oven.