Tag Archives: finger food

arman’s caviar in aspic

Posted on 09/01/2015 by oneexpatslife

Phew, well, it’s done, the most dreaded recipe in the book. I feel somehow lighter. In 3+ years of cooking through Around my French Table with the French Fridays with Dorie crew, Arman’s Caviar in Aspic has always lurked in … Continue reading →

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tartine de Viande des Grisons

Posted on 05/12/2014 by oneexpatslife

Viande des what now? This week’s French Fridays with Dorie recipe sent me directly to Google to figure out what in the heck we were eating. Turns out that Viande des Grisons, or Bündnerfleisch as it is known in German, is air-dried beef … Continue reading →

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ricotta-filled zucchini blossoms

Posted on 12/07/2014 by oneexpatslife

This week’s recipe was a civilized pause to the World Cup madness which has been going on around me for a little more than a month now. As an american living in Germany working for a Dutch company and with … Continue reading →

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guacamole with tomatoes and bell peppers

Posted on 27/06/2014 by oneexpatslife

I love avocados. I consider them to be one of the world’s most perfect foods. I also love guacamole, though I rarely take the time to really follow a real recipe for it. One of my favorite places for guacamole … Continue reading →

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tuna-packed piquillo peppers

Posted on 19/09/2013 by oneexpatslife

Finding piquillo peppers around these parts was easy. Finding unstuffed piquillo peppers was not so easy. In the end I had to buy some which had already been stuffed with cheese, empty the filling out of a few, and repacked … Continue reading →

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goat cheese and strawberry tartine

Posted on 06/06/2013 by oneexpatslife

I’m guessing that most of you have heard the term “selective memory”. Well, sometimes I think that my husband has selective hearing. This week was a perfect example. the German: What are you making from The Book this week? me: … 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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cheez-it-ish crackers

Posted on 21/12/2012 by oneexpatslife

My husband has a sweet tooth, I have a salt tooth. He’ll take sweets in pretty much any form. I’m a little pickier about my sweets, but put a bag of chips and salsa in front of me and I … Continue reading →

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herbed olives

Posted on 23/11/2012 by oneexpatslife

Good grief, is it really Friday already? I honestly forgot until I logged onto Facebook today and saw that my fellow Doristas were starting to post this week’s French Fridays with Dorie recipe, Herbed Olives, and thought, crap!, better get … Continue reading →

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goat cheese puffs

Posted on 16/11/2012 by oneexpatslife

I’m posting from Amsterdam this week and feel obliged to take a moment to extol the virtues of this city. For anyone out there who still associates Amsterdam only with marijuana and red lights, I urge you to look again. Amsterdam has … Continue reading →

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