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Author Archives: oneexpatslife
play it again Dorie
After 4 plus years of cooking along with the French Friday’s with Dorie crew, we have come to the end and are now reminiscing about all the wonderful food we have cooked together. This week’s challenge is to write about … Continue reading
never doubt Dorie
After 4 plus years of cooking along with the French Friday’s with Dorie crew, we have come to the end and are now reminiscing about all the wonderful food we have cooked together. This week’s challenge is to write about … Continue reading
Favorites
Picking a favorite anything always seems an impossible task, there are simply too many variables in life. Trying to pick a favorite recipe from Dorie Greenspan’s Around my French Table is equally impossible. My answer would depend on the season, … Continue reading
the cover
Denial. It’s usually bandied about in such a negative context, but I happen to think that denial is unfairly maligned. As part of my work I’ve attended many courses on Organizational Change and Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’s 5 Stages of Grief is … Continue reading
Posted in french fridays with dorie
Tagged Around my French Table, main course, poultry, seasonal - winter
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seafood pot au feu
Pot au Feu, where have you been all my life? Somehow in many years of visiting France (heck, even living there for a while), visiting French restaurants, and generally nosing around for all things good to eat, Pot au Feu … Continue reading
cheesecake tart
This week’s recipe, Cheesecake Tart, is our last dessert at French Fridays with Dorie:-( My husband, our resident sweet tooth, has gone into full mourning. As I may have mentioned before, there are some general differences between American cake and … Continue reading
Posted in french fridays with dorie
Tagged Around my French Table, dessert, pies & tarts
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sardine escabeche
Sardine what now? This week’s French Fridays with Dorie recipe sent me straight to google to try to get a hint as to what the heck we were supposed to be making. Somehow escabeche has never crossed my plate before … Continue reading
pork roast with mangoes and lychees
Pork may well be my culinary nemesis. As I may or may not have complained about again, and again, and yet again, I can just never seem to hit that two-second window of cooking time between raw and bone dry. … Continue reading
waffles and cream
I feel like my mojo is off these past two weeks. First of all, last week’s French Fridays with Dorie recipe, Waffles and Cream, was a decided miss. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? Seriously! I love waffles. I love cream. How … Continue reading
Posted in french fridays with dorie
Tagged Around my French Table, breakfast, dessert, fish, salad
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next-day beef salad
So, the other day I mentioned to my husband that we are in the final countdown at French Fridays with Dorie and that there are now less than 10 recipes left! He looked up with an expression genuine concern and … Continue reading
one expat's life 