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A SERIES OF SCORCHINGLY HOT DAYS !!! . . .  and this is one of Angel’s hot weather / summer holiday / childhood  memory / favorite REFRESHING tapas dishes : extra large cooked Spanish mussels, served on the half-shell and covered with a cool ‘a la vinagreta’ mixture which is a combination of very finely diced...

“AS PURE AS THE SNOW-CAPPED PEAKS OF MOUNT OLYMPUS” . . . I’m half-Olympian from my mother’s side. Not an Olympian like a citizen of the city of Olympia in the Peloponnese region of Greece, where the Olympic Games first took place. Nor Olympian like the athletes in the Olympic Games. But rather a half-Olympian (in the...

Do you know exactly what is in your "HOTDOGS" ?! I DO . . . which is why I decided to make these little guys . . . even though it obviously takes some time, all good things do ! 3rd week of JULY, a time when barbecuing can safely begin and continue until AUGUST and maybe mid-SEPTEMBER, if you’re lucky. The...

One week ago today, marked the passing of my dear friends’ father. His initials are "P.K." (of course I called him “uncle” because that’s what Greek kids call their Greek friends’ fathers, blood-ties or not). I’d like to express my sincerest condolences to the family for their deep loss...

Dearest UNITED KINGDOM … What is this I hear ?! You want to leave US, your EU, your FAMILY, your NEIGHBORS, your CAMARADES ? your CLUB ? I’ve just made a batch of one your national dishes ?! Won’t you reconsider ? We all know that we can’t always get what we want all the time nor please everyone all at once. And sure,...

Like eating a "ray of warm SUNSHINE", whipped up with the damp earthy cool of a mountainside village and its pastures grazed by sheep. KTIPITI means ‘whipped’ or ‘beaten’ in greek . . .  It’s a summer dip (or spread) with only 2 basic ingredients, roasted red peppers and feta cheese (let’s save...

. . . of the northern Spanish bean & cured meats stew, as prepared by “PEPA” (a.k.a. Angel’s mama) who is visiting us in Paris for 10 days to see us and cook, cook, and cook ! Here’s the wikipedia definition : fabada asturiana, often simply known as fabada, is a rich Spanish bean stew, originally from and most...

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BACK in response to POPULAR DEMAND … the less dense, less messy, lighter, neater and easier version of the CHERRY CLAFOUTIS ! Hundreds of you loved/liked this recipe I recently published on the social networks and many of you made it and sent me photos of your results (which I loved) so here’s a more precise and detailed...

This is not a summer BARBECUE recipe. It's an end of spring (waiting for the summer) recipe for a DEEP-FRYER on a BALCONY or TERRACE, with an extension cord ... (a bit like trying to pretend it was already warm & beautiful outside and we absolutely could & should cook outside) ... Well, you understand that I’m a...

Dried "VEGETABLE FLAKES" are nothing to “snicker” at  . . . (I can almost picture your mocking grins and my hand slowly raising itself and getting ready to give you a little slap) … HOW DARE I ?! It’s that stuff you’ve noticed when face-to-face with a vegetable soup that you add boiling water...

PART #2 of the summer series . . . I could go on all summer long with the different condiments like home-made sauerkraut, relish, ketchup & mustard (it’s easy you know) but I’ll be sharing all 4 of those recipes with you next summer, so I can publish other stuff I’m excited about this year… 1 STEP (or 2) AT A...

"GOAL !!!" . . .  9 HOURS to go until the 2016 UEFA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP SOCCER-FOOTBALL FINAL that will designate the winners ! Here in France, they’re chanting « Allez les Bleus» … in Portugal, they’ll be chanting their slogans too « a glorious past, a victorious...

"EVERYTHING WORTHWHILE TAKES TIME" . . .  even something with only 2 main ingredients and a few EXTRAS to make it SPECIAL … like when you make EGGS ! I REALLY BELIEVE that STRAWBERRIES that you just let SIT in a MIXTURE of SUGAR & CITRUS JUICE can indeed make life easier & better-tasting and gives you free...

RAIN, RAIN, and again more RAIN ! . . .  If it was sunny, I’d be sharing recipes about barbecues, planchas, grilled sausages, roasted vegetables & meats & seafood, fruity pies & desserts, condiments for hotdogs and hamburgers and all that picnic stuff … but it hasn’t stopped raining for weeks...