Monthly Archives: January 2014

Paris Brest

Posted on 31/01/2014 by oneexpatslife

Oh how I love the pastry shops in France. The windows are loaded up with temping goodies and I often find myself, nose pressed up against the glass, leaving drool marks as I consider my options. Eclairs and Macarons get … Continue reading →

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moules mariniere

Posted on 25/01/2014 by oneexpatslife

I have a love-hate relationship with my induction stove. Have these caught on in the US? I discovered them first in Germany, but that may have had more to do with the timing of my transatlantic move than anything else. … Continue reading →

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3 simple soups

Posted on 17/01/2014 by oneexpatslife

As you may have heard, I was a bit confused last week and made the soups instead of the baked apples. Oops. Not sure why, but there I was on Sunday night, trying to drum up the energy to make … Continue reading →

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baked apples

Posted on 10/01/2014 by oneexpatslife

I don’t know where my brain is this week. This past weekend I made the party soups. At some point earlier in the week I realized that I was off and we were actually making Baked Apples. So I bought … Continue reading →

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dressy pasta “risotto”

Posted on 04/01/2014 by oneexpatslife

This week, French Fridays with Dorie introduced a familiar technique to a very different recipe, Dressy Pasta “Risotto”. This recipe also, once again, demonstrated that I need to start paying more attention to Dorie’s punctuation because, despite the quotation marks, … Continue reading →

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