Month: July 2007

This is another French recipe from my mother-in-law, Michèle. This big potato pie is rather delicious, and as often in this case, not the best thing for your diet ! It goes well as a side with some meat, but we also like to eat it as a main course (with salad) since you are… Continue reading Tourte aux pommes de terre – Potato Pie

Pierre loves prawns. He would eat them in whichever way or sauce they are cooked in: spicy, baked, in soup, buttered, steamed, with or without sauce, grilled, deep fried, etc. So we get to cook prawns pretty often, and one of my favorite recipe is this Chinese dish. It’s so simple, easy and fool proof… Continue reading Szechuan Prawns (shrimps)

Today I would like to introduce to you a very simple and delicious traditional dish of Alsace (eastern of France): the tarte flambée (in Alsatian Flammekueche or in German Flammkuchen). It’s a sort of “Alsacian pizza”, although its history is absolutely not related in any way with the famous Italian treat (except maybe as the… Continue reading Tarte Flambée