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22/04/2010
Passion. Ambition. Butter. Do You Have What It Takes?

I recently saw the based on true stories movie “Julie & Julia”, by Nora Ephron, with Meryl Streep and Amy Adams. It has probably become one of my favourite movies… you wonder why. To make a long story short, in 1949, Julia Child is in Paris (like me), the wife of a diplomat (I’m the daughter of one), wondering how to spend her days (my case a few weeks ago). She tries hat making, bridge, and then cooking lessons at Cordon Bleu. In parallel, in 2002, Julie Powell, about to turn 30 and underemployed with an unpublished novel, decides to cook her way through “Mastering the Art of French Cooking”, Julia Child’s published cookbook, in a year, and to blog (oh!) about it. I couldn’t stop but taking screenshots of the fabulous images.

Creamy mushroom veal
Chopping oignons
Stuffing the chicken
Artichokes and sauce hollandaise
Raspberry dessert
Boeuf bourguignon
 

21/04/2010
Karl & Coke


Coca-Cola (Light of course!) has asked Karl Lagerfeld to design its new bottle and special edition box. The bottle will be sold at Colette from April 24th for 1.50€. The case will be worth 50 € and will contain a bottle-opener.

17/04/2010
Meringue lemon tart


The Ingredients
– 375g shortcrust (homemade or not)
– 200g sugar
– 40g starch of corn
– the zest and the juice of 3 or 4 lemons (depending of your acid likings)
– 4 eggs (white and yolks separated)
– 200ml of water

The Recipe

1. Spread out shortcrust on a board with a little bit of flour. Garnish a mould with it (approx. 20cm of diameter). Prick the bottom with a fork.
2. Put it 15 minutes into the refrigerator, then into the oven for 15 minutes at 190 ∘C.
3. In a salad bowl, blend the 75g of sugar, starch, the zests and the egg yolks.
4. Mix the lemon’s juices with the water, and boil this liquid. Then add it progressively into the salad bowl.
5. Transfer the whole mixture in the saucepan and boil it while whipping until it thickens.
6. Display this cream over the mould.
7. Stiffly beaten eggwhites. Incorporate the rest of sugar progressively and continue whipping until it becomes a very firm mixture.
8. Display this meringue over the pie.
9. Put in the oven at 180 ∘C during 15 – 20 minutes until the meringue is glazed.

13/04/2010
2 Minutes noodles


The ingredients of this quick and easy recipe are mainly black chinese mushrooms, grated carrots, fresh bean sprouts, fresh coriander, fresh grated ginger and some transparent rice noodles with soy sauce.


Lemon and poppyseed minicakes


The Ingredients

-160 g butter
-140 g sugar
-2 (or 3 if like me, you like bitterness) organic lemons and their zest
-1 big spoon of poppyseeds
-3 eggs
-130 g flour
-1 big spoon of baking powder

The Recipe

  1. Pre-heat your oven at 180°.
  2. Mix the butter and sugar.
  3. Add the zest, the juices, the eggs and mix thorougly.
  4. Blend slowly the flour.
  5. Pour the mixture into small muffin moulds, and bake for 25 minutes.