I am in my favourite city, the one I feel I belong to, the busy, crazy and thrilling London. I want to make the most of it so time for me to go back to my friends, my habits, my usuals and favourites…. I am running a bit, on the move I maid those 3 […]

So I had my first peach cobbler last week…. It was dry, tasted yeast and the peaches were tasteless. Knowing that, you can be sure that I ‘m not going to give you the restaurant name.  My friends all agreed that it was not a real peach cobbler while I couldn’t really say anything except […]

I couldn’t be a vegetarian, just because of that : prosciutto.  I’ve always loved it and had the chance to taste some of the most delicious in the world, from Parma, from Corsica, the famous patta negra from Spain…. It’s just divine. The name prosciutto is Italian and regions have different variety and can take […]

All it take is 3 ingredients and 5min. Yes, that’s all it takes to make these delicious, exotic Bounty bars.  The first coconut/dark chocolate bars called ‘Mounds’ were made in 1920 and sold only in the US.  Mars created a similar candy in the 50′ and marketed it internationnally first with milk chocolate then with […]

I wanted again, to start this post with : ‘once upon a time’ as you know that I love to start my stories that way, but I don’t want to sound boring but really… this story deserves a ‘once upon a time’… so… Once upon a time, a girl coming from Lithuania freshly arrived in […]

I love ginger.  I so love it that I have some every single day, first thing in the morning with my hot lemon juice. I grate it, also add some turmeric and then after that, I can start my day, have breakfast etc… I researched about it trying to find out if I could find […]

For someone who doesn’t have a sweet tooth, I realize that lately, I baked quiet a lot.  I am a bit late on my blogging schedule, it’s because I was waiting for the rhubarb to come 🙂 That’s one good thing done as the rhubarb is here, the season has started and it doesn’t last […]

What I love is when I make up my own recipe and that turns out delicious.  Late for a picnic last week (yes in San Francisco we can sometimes do picnics in March, sorry guys) as It was a last minute picnic kind of, I made a farro salad and this delicious cake.  The original […]

I am on my way to Los Angeles, at least in my head, I am leaving tomorrow… To be in the LA mood and share a bit of that with you, I  made this cute and delicious vegan cheesecake.  LA, where everybody is beautiful, beach hair down and perfect skin, eating seaweed and grains while […]

I am doing pretty good with my daily routine. For those who follow me, you probably heard (read) about the experiments i’m doing on me, for you.  I still do my weekly, once a day homemade facemask (this week is tomato paste week) oil pulling,  lemon toner…. I still pack my plate with healthy, super […]

 I was planning on giving you the recipe of my sweet potato cake but in between, i heard about Abby Fisher.  Abby Fisher was the first African-American known to have published a cook book. That makes ‘ What Mrs Abby knows about Southern cuisine, soups, pickles…’ the oldest book known written by a former slave. […]

I made my very first and tasted my very first pumpkin pie (my own) late November.  I couldn’t really compare with any other as it was my first one.  It was made with fresh pumpkin as it is something more normal for me, then I fund out that most people make it with pumplin in […]

It’s been a while that I haven’t talked about chocolate. It has to stop. Actually I don’t talk about chocolate much as, as I said in a few of my post I am a cheater, I love tampered chocolate, the milk one and above all, the white chocolate. The most fatted one, the less natural […]

In my  new flat, there is my new kitchen and in this new kitchen, my new kitchen tools.  So happy to have a juicer and go back to a routine left in London 1 year ago, so happy to think that my greyish complexion will make place to a pinky-healthy skin color thanks to the […]

Endorsed by the hottest stars, packed with nutrients, source of protein and calcium (4 x more than milk) the chia seeds are one of the healthest food on the planet.  Native of Mexico and Guatemala, chia seeds are coming from a plant, categorized under the mint family, the name derived from the Aztecs Nahuatl chian […]

When I think about canelés, I think about the smell first.  Divine smell of vanilla, caramel… the kind of smell that brings you straight back to your childhood and when I was coming back from school, my mum always behind the stove, enchanted the kitchen with beautiful smells… Canelés are those little cute things, brown […]

I am in a sweet period which is not very often.  I also felt the need to cook something and the laziness of not going further than my kitchen.  So I made this chocolate and olive oil cake with almonds and pine nuts. Why olive oil ? Because I don’t have butter anymore. You know […]

I’ve always found apple a bit boring… I’ve tried different ways to eat them. In winter I always have to push myself to eat fruit because apart from the usual banana, orange and pear, there’s nothing very exciting.  I found a recipe called ‘March jam’. The name doesn’t really matter as, as you know me,  I […]

I was preparing a list on this sunny balcony in King’s Cross (yes, for those who missed the last few posts, I am not in Ladbroke Grove anymore, I mean, for the time being as it’s still MY area, but in King’s Cross after being obliged to leave my flat from one day to another) […]

Aller faire son marché à Londres ou tout du moins mon marché (Portobello raod) est juste pour le plaisir d’aller faire son marché. Juste pour dire fièrement que j’achète mes légumes et fruits sur le marché, évite les supermarchés, alors que pour certains, acheter sur le marché veut dire acheter plus sain. Eh bien… Malheureusement […]

Going to the market in London or at least to my market (Portobello road) is just for the sake of it. Just to say proudly that I buy my vegetables and fruits on the market and avoid supermarkets, while for some, buying on the market means buying healthier. Well… Unfortunately it’s not. If you check […]

As a chef, I always travel in order to discover food, ingredients, recipes… I had cooking lesson in San Miguel de Allende in Mexico, made Feijoada in Maceo, Brazil, learnt how to make a tajine in a tent in the Moroccan desert a few years ago with 3 berbers, one making tea and playing drums, […]

Voilà, voilà…. Here we are… The cherry season has just started… But not in UK yet. Clafoutis is one of my favourite cake, while I am waiting for the cherries to be fully in season, bordeaux, chubby and juicy to make a classical French clafoutis, I made an exotic one with mango and coconut milk. […]

Because normal people are on a long bank holiday week-end, doesn’t mean that others like me, the abnormal,are. It doesn’t matter, I will have my revenge as I will be off when you will be at the office. So while you are gallivanting in London, France or somewhere else in the world I made this […]

Last Saturday, I went to the Borough market in London. I hadn’t been for a while and I stopped to a middle-east restaurant, Arabica, where I wouldn’t go if I were you. So disappointing. I had to resend the uncooked chicken, the waiter explained that it’s because they are corn-fed that we can eat it […]

On peut le dire, le Printemps est là ! On ne met plus le chauffage, les fenêtres restent ouvertes, le soleil entre et brille sur ma table où je prends mon petit-déjeuner… Le Printemps c’est ça aussi, ces petites choses de la vie de tous les jours qui nous font sourire et apprécier ce que […]

We can tell now that Spring is here ! We don’t put the heating on anymore, the windows stay open, the sun come through and shine on my table where I have breakfast. Spring is also that, little things of everyday life that make us smile and be thankful for what we have. Before strawberries […]

I heard deep fried… It can’t be that… It must be a professional deformation and the lack of sleep.The commentator in Wimbledon was talking about Venus Williams who was moaning so loud after one hour game. So no it can’t be deep fried, I doubt that Venus Williams has a calamari and aioli diet for […]

I was thinking about smells today. I hope that if not all my senses are overdeveloped, at least my taste and smell are. And Spring, oh Spring… the best season for smells… Trees are in bloom, smell of jasmine, lawn freshly cut… My strawberries are also out in my garden in their most beautiful red […]

I am back to my first love : sea, cicadas and rosé wine. I am in Nice as my brother is getting married. I heard that I would be the cook … A lot of pressure. The menu is done, we’ll start the shopping today. Just a bit of time to give you one of […]

I am not a real chocolate amateur, I like dark chocolate, I love milk chocolate and I adore the tamper one, white chocolate. White chocolate is the less natural one, they even call it chocolate derivative…oups! It’s full of butter and milk and doesn’t contain any antioxidant (the one I glorified on my post on […]

Spring makes me so dizzy with joy, it is the end of the pomegranate season but the beginning of loads of colorful, deliciously beautiful fruits. Spying at work again but this time behind the bar while the bartender was making its own grenadine syrup. OMG! Grenadine ? The real one? The one I miss since […]

Rhubarb looks like celery a bit, but pink…cuter. Originally from North Asia known as a medicinal plant, the rhubarb has been introduced in Europe by Marco Polo. Considered as a vegetable we consume the stalk only as the leaves are toxic. Raw, cooked, with salt or sugar to palliate its acidity. It’s commonly cooked for […]

As promised here is a recipe for churros and Caribbean hot chocolate, we need comfort food still now in Spring, because London and most part of Europe are still freezing. Let’s be patient and drink hot chocolate with rum, we have an excuse it’s so cold ! Churros (for 20 small) Ingredients : -250 ml […]

Nice, where time goes slowly, where ‘apero’ is a religion and where elderly walk their dog on the ‘Promenade des Anglais’ I am writing from my second office, my sister’s terrace. I am here for a very quick sun blush and for the carnival. Yes, in Nice we have a carnival. All right, it is […]

St. Valentine’s Day began as a liturgical celebration of one or more early Christian saints named Valentinus. The most popular martyrology associated with Saint Valentine was that he was imprisoned for performing weddings for soldiers who were forbidden to marry. During his imprisonment, he is said to have healed the daughter of his jailer Asterius. […]

One of my client is ‘Pall Mall Fine Wine’. I make cakes, sweets and other little treats for their events. Tonight is whisky tasting… My mission is to make cakes and chocolate mousse with whisky. It is perfect timing as I am in my ‘I am craving for sugar’ period. Strange as I normally don’t […]

One of my greatest pleasures in life is to spend hours at a table, eating with friends and family… That’s why I am always so excited when Christmas is coming. There will be serious cooking this year, my sister and I wi cheap viagra ll put the apron on. She is passionate and meticulous so […]

So…. After 10 days (ok, more than 10 days) away from what I like to do most, my blog, I am back. My sister came to London for my birthday. A few parties, a lot of food and far too much wine and champagne, I am back to cialis price normal, healthy food, sport and […]

It is Autumn today… Are coming seasonal fruits and vegetables as baies, figs and the whole squashes family… One of my favorite dessert is clafoutis and I think that I found the viagra order perfect blueberry clafoutis recipe. Bon appétit ! Serves 6 -300g blueberries – 40g butter (+5g for the baking tin) -4 eggs […]

Summer is nearly over… To extend it, let’s put our summer fruits in a jar… Peaches, apricots, cherry tomatoes burst with sunshine… Just for fun, I also made pickled radishes, per viagra in the uk fect for aperitif or to go with meat. For the tomatoes : It can be ‘normal’ tomatoes, cherry tomatoes… Wash […]

I have just moved into a new flat… My bedroom looks like a battlefield and I will have to step over the boxes to go to bed tonight. I am very happy as I have now a big kitchen with a proper oven, a conservatory and a garden. After 6 years in London it’s time […]

It is done, I will do it today : My first canapés tasting. It usually takes me a while to pass over my fears and my questions : ‘Will they all show up ? Will they like my food ? Will I mess up one of my recipe and I will be late and it […]

I have always found crazy to pay £2.50 for a latte…. Sometimes I feel like I am in my home town on the ‘Côte d’Azur’ where traders double their prices in July and August because tourists arrive. So I feel a bit like a tourist except that I am not one. If tourists are considered […]

I don’t have a sweet tooth, that’s also why I don’t bake a lot… When I do so, I try to do it properly in sort of taking pictures and if they look good enough to add them on my website. I tried last week a new recipe : ‘Grapefruit and pepper meringue tartlets’. I […]

A lot of ‘normal’ people had a long and cosy 4 days off week-end for Easter… While others, like me, worked on Good Friday, Saturday from 3pm to 3am… And Easter Monday as well. There are however a lot of advantages, the restaurant was quieter so I had time to spy on chefs in the […]

Carrots soup, serves 2 – 500ml of beef or vegetables stock – 4 big carrots – Cream cheese – Coriander – Cumin or curry spices Boil the stock and add the carrots peeled and chopped. Once the carrots are softs, put carrots and stock in a food processor, add cream cheese, coriander and curry. That’s […]