January 2010

Endive Salad with Blood Orange, Avocado and Radish

January 31, 2010

Winter is the season for endives (pronounced ahn-deev in French), and nothing could have said that more than their prevalence at every single stand at the market last weekend.  Red ones, white ones, Belgian endives are totally in their prime right now.  They are a crunchy and slightly bitter salad green whose flavor pairs well [...]

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Chicken and Spinach Lasagna, Gluten Free

January 27, 2010

I was so excited to see my boxes of stuff arrive in the mail this week, but until the moment where I ripped them open with the glee and enthusiasm matching a six-year-old’s on Christmas morning, I had totally forgotten that in one of those boxes was a great set of gluten free lasagna noodles. [...]

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Sensuous Writing Exercise

January 25, 2010

Dianne Jacob is a celebrated food writer who led a workshop at Food Blogger Camp on writing (which, by the way, I would LOVE to attend one of these someday).  While I did not go to Food Blogger Camp, I saw her post about the workshop and her writing contest, challenging people to write sensuously, or [...]

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Winter Market Risotto

January 23, 2010

Did I ever mention that it is really cold here in the Winter?  Well, the temperatures aren’t so cold (usually +/- 5? C), but so far it has been a very wet Winter with some type of precipitation almost every day.  My husband even took a picture during one of the snows we had last [...]

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Chanterelle Omelette with Saucisson Vaudois

January 20, 2010

So last weekend I successfully navigated the market (very similar to a farmer’s market in the States), and was able to buy things – speaking in French!  Woohoo!  The market here is insane – there are SO many different types of food along with produce.  One stand just sold olives – there must have been [...]

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Chicken and Veggie Thai Coconut Curry

January 17, 2010

I don’t think I’ve ever met a nicer group of people than the Swiss.  For example, one evening my husband and I went to buy some food at a local shop, and much to our dismay realized when we went to pay that they only took cash.  Being total rookies in the country still we [...]

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