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January is the month of the galette des rois—the King’s cake. These round, flat galettes are made of puff pastry filled with almond paste and traditionally presented on the day of the Epiphany, January 6th. If you want to know more about this famous and delicious custom, read my blog post.
This is an all-shades-of-orange soup, full of vitamins and fiber. It’s also a great source of antioxidants and minerals that reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases.
Eggplant is delicious and, on top of that, excellent for a healthy diet. They are high-fiber and low-calorie fruits known to reduce the risk of heart disease and help control sugar levels in the blood.
This mango salsa is a refreshing salad for summer or a colorful side dish for fall. It goes perfectly well with scallops, shrimp, or any white fish. The acidity of the lime, the sweetness of the mango, and the smoothness of the avocado make it also a great accompaniment for pork and veal.
Restaurants in NYC are opening, slowly and cautiously. So before talking about my experiences at some of them, I wanted to share this delicious recipe.
There are all kinds of beurek, burek, or börek, in the Middle East: meat beurek, cheese beurek, Armenian beurek, Turkish beurek, Lebanese beurek … I’m not sure exactly which beurek is this one, but let’s call it beurek for busy bees!
This recipe is inspired by Guy Martin, a three Michelin-starred chef.
He is the chef of Le Grand Vefour; a gastronomical restaurant in Paris, a jewel of the 18th century!
Summer is the perfect time to make this recipe, as we are in the middle of tomato season. They are at their sweetest, ripest, and full of flavors.
Now that countries around the world are opening phase by phase, I hope to be able to talk again about restaurants and give you some ideas in the near future. Maybe I will add a section about social distancing and how restaurants are handling COVID-19.
Fennel runs in the same family as carrots, celery, dill, and parsley. It’s somehow a strange combination of these vegetables that tastes somewhere between celery and black licorice: a sweet and very mild anise flavor.
