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Tasting Summer
I am happy to be back helping at Tree House Kitchen, getting ready for Chef Nancy Henley’s next season of cooking classes. We have been collaborating on recipes for teaching and general inspiration. The above plate is steamed Ontario pickerel with dill vinaigrette, marinated beet greens, roasted and raw radish, raw and fried Queen Anne’s…
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A Pastry Tour of Paris
So, it’s been a while hasn’t it? Life in France was hectic for the last couple of months, but I have so much to share now that I am settled in at home! Prior to Grignan, I had been planning (and budgeting for) a pastry tour of Paris as a key part of mine and…
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Working at Restaurant Lulu Hazard: Grignan, France
This is Restaurant Lulu Hazard, where I am working in the town square of Grignan. Tiny little stove in the tiny kitchen. One time during service, the oven door came off in my hand. Although the kitchen is small and charmingly quirky, there is still an opportunity to make great food here, fuelled by the…
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Family Dinner in Valreas
The meal starts with champagne: sweet, dry, bubbly and accented by local strawberries, which taste like a farm, hay and sunlight. We wipe our pink fingers on napkins and toss the green tops in a bowl. Soon, toasted bread and a torchon of foie gras are set upon the table. Generous pieces are spread across savoury bread. Foie gras…