Desserts
My Twin Peaks pie
Who has never seen the David Lynch mythic series Twin Peaks will never understand. All along the show, characters swallow thousand of cherry pie slices with a never ending ecstasy,…
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Main coursesPastilla with chicken and nuts
Still in these time of back to school, where temperatures begin to cool down, days to get shorter and trees to turn sneaky to yellow behind our back, it’s a…
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StartersBeluga lentils salad with figs, feta cheese and honey
On this back-to-school period, the late figs and Beluga lentils bend over backwards to please us and play the caviar card… Champagne !…
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Main coursesThai sliced chicken
This recipe is a memory, but above all, it’s exotic enough to bring holidays back on your table……
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ElixirsMacerated cherries in eau-de-vie
“When we sing of cherry time and the happy nightingale and the mockingbird will all be celebrating, pretty girls will have foolish ideas in their heads and lovers will have…
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Main coursesCrazy salad with caramelized tofu
Yes, because we have vegetarian friends too. And we are open minded. And when you taste it, you adopt it……
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DessertsPassion fruit dessert cream
Coming directly from Brazil, here is a fast and easy recipe, with a deliciously exotic taste… (But it will never help your bathing suit to fit you…)…
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Main courses, StartersSmoked salmon fillet with black radish and sprouts, citrus dressing
Temperature is rising and summer is coming, with the desire to lighten the body before the feared situation of bathing suits (for some of us at least). So, here is…
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DessertsSmall jasmine cream puffs
There is something magical in the fragrance of jasmine, that airs out the mind and instantly enlarges the space around us. In the perfumed flowers trail, there is a scent…
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DessertsThin apricot pies with rosemary ice cream
This is a dessert that foretells the soon coming summer, and that one can imagine eating on shaded terraces… The thin pastry is crispy, the slightly acid taste of apricots…
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AppetizersQuail eggs with truffle mayonnaise
Just for the record: “Any resemblance to real or actual quails is purely coincidental”. Those birds don’t lay these eggs. This doubt being eliminated, these « bouchées » are just exquisite and…
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LifestyleA new guest at les petits bonheurs’s table: porcelain by Bernardaud
Bernardaud does us the honor of lending some stunning porcelain to sublimate our recipes. We… are happy!…
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SweetsAcacias flower fritters
The smell is heady, the taste is delicate. It’s a happy days sweet, a childhood memory, a fleeting pleasure. This time the recipe is from my cousin, and it’s such…
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DessertsRhubarb and passion fruit soufflé
Behind the house, the rhubarb flower is taller than children. It should be said too that it bloomed faster than its shadow. Inside the clusters of tiny flowers, there are…
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StartersShrimp avocado and mango salad
All credit for this recipe belongs to my baby brother (funny thing to say, considering he is almost twice my size). He cooked it for my birthday and I stole it, but…
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DessertsStrawberries and raspberries fluffy cloud
Ok I invented that name, but it’s my cake and I’m allowed to call it “fluffy cloud”… Red tulips are not my favorite in the gardens. And as a very…
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StartersMeadow Salad
Well, spring has finally settled. The meadows are covered with daisies, primroses and violets. This is the time for delighted children to play outdoors and bring back thousands of tiny…
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DessertsPanna Cotta with violets
Here comes the season of violets. The borders of the garden have turned to purple. The scent of violets is so delicate that you need to get close to smell…
