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Gougères – French Cheese Puffs

Classic French cheese puffs made with choux pastry and grated cheese (Gruyère / compté). How something so innocent can be so addictive .. Continue reading

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FESENJAN : lamb recipe

FESENJAN : Persian lamb recipe Don’t you just love  how life has little culinary surprises in store for you… This year we spent New Years Eve in a quaint Swiss chalet, nestled in the mountains of Eastern Switzerland. It was … Continue reading

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HOLLAND – Rotterdam, Amsterdam trip

My NEW Dutch FOOD ADDICTION….   ROAD TRIP - ok that’s not 100% true as I took a plane, so it’s PLANE trip…  and that just doesn’t have the same ring now does it. Oh well.   Point being, I went to visit my brother in Holland … Continue reading

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NEWS: Olive picking in Provence

  ***NEWS: OLIVE PICKING IN PROVENCE*** We escaped the city this past weekend for a little sun & olive picking. Despite a very trying train journey… apparently booking a ticket does not automatically include a seat…. and the fact that it poured rain all … Continue reading

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EL OLIVIO Restaurant, Deia

LA RESIDENCIA HOTEL – El Olivio ***Restaurant Recommendation*** I am physically back from my honeymoon, but I fear my heart & soul are still sitting on the sunny balcony of our room at La Residencia, a lovely hotel in Mallorca’s hillside village – Deia. The trip … Continue reading

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BARCELONA

{BARCELONA, Summer 2007} This was my first trip, and definitely not my last. A city of nighthawks (we began dinner each night at 22h00 !!), where you quickly realise that one week will never be enough to see & do everything you want. My lasting … Continue reading

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