This weekend, I planned to do some serious cooking. Ever since we had seen the Disney/Pixar movie Ratatouille, we were aching for some good ratatouille. Funny actually, that you can get hungry from watching CG imagery of food cooked by rats. But then, I found out that star-studded, best-of-America cook Thomas Keller from The French [...]
This recipe is a great starter, but make sure your guests are OK with goat cheese! I found the recipe one day in the laser printer at work, and it left a strong impression with me. Moreover, it’s very easy to do.
Ingredients for 4 persons:
1 head green oak leaf lettuce (actually, just a [...]
This recipe is great for when you want to spend some time with your guests, and not only spend time in the kitchen. It does take some prep effort, but once we’re entering the “hot phase”, everything is done in the oven just fine. The ratatouille is based on the Confit Byaldi recipe by [...]
Over Easter, we stayed in Paris. To the surprise of everybody we tell this to, we were very satisfied with the restaurants and the service. Maybe just dumb luck. Only once during that stay, we managed to get into a tourist trap with bad wine, bad food and even worse service, But don’t worry – [...]