Tag Archives: Around my French Table

financiers

Posted on 11/04/2013 by oneexpatslife

No WordPress! No you did NOT just post only half of the post that I stayed up late typing. No, I refuse to believe that you would be so mean. But here I am the next morning, reading my published … Continue reading →

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pierre herme’s olive sables

Posted on 05/04/2013 by oneexpatslife

Now I’m a big fan of traditional sables. They are rich buttery cookies which seem fit for just about any occasion. But after being underwhelmed by our previous forays into the non-traditional sable realm with first cocoa and then seaweed … Continue reading →

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lemon-steamed spinach

Posted on 28/03/2013 by oneexpatslife

This week I am going to have to post and run because we are heading out of town for the holiday weekend. We get Good Friday and Easter Monday off here in Germany and my husband and I usually try … Continue reading →

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ispahan loaf cake

Posted on 22/03/2013 by oneexpatslife

Through no fault of Dorie’s, this week’s French Fridays with Dorie recipe, Ispahan Loaf Cake, was a complete failure. I don’t know why. There are times when it seems that my subconscious is deliberately trying to sabotage a recipe by … Continue reading →

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orange-scented lentil soup

Posted on 15/03/2013 by oneexpatslife

We had a strange weather week here in Frankfurt. For a city that doesn’t know how to deal with snow (waiting for it to melt seems to be the preferred clean up method), we’ve had a heck of a winter. … Continue reading →

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cheesy creme brulee

Posted on 09/03/2013 by oneexpatslife

I love cheese (seriously, it’s an addiction) and I love creme brulee. But this week’s French Fridays with Dorie recipe, Cheesy Creme Brulee, just wasn’t pulling at my culinary heart strings. Sometimes I get excited about the weird-sounding recipes (I … Continue reading →

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spice-poached pears

Posted on 03/03/2013 by oneexpatslife

This is a long overdue catch up from last September. I was on vacation when the rest of the French Fridays with Dorie crew made Spice-Poached Pears, and I thought that I had better get it checked off the list … Continue reading →

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chicken breasts diable

Posted on 01/03/2013 by oneexpatslife

Well, this should be an interesting month. For the first time ever, not a single recipe for which I voted made the roster. What the heck! Are my tastes really that weird? Probably best not to contemplate that question for … Continue reading →

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long and slow apples

Posted on 27/02/2013 by oneexpatslife

I was apparently pretty useless over the holidays and ended up missing quite a few French Fridays with Dorie recipes. Among them was this one, Long & Slow Apples. Not the most exciting sounding recipe in the world, but my … Continue reading →

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2012 – a FFwD year in review

Posted on 24/02/2013 by oneexpatslife

Well, it’s February, and long past time for the ubiquitous year-end posts. Why am I even bothering at this point? Good question, and I guess the answer is that this is more for me than for you. I kind of … Continue reading →

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