Chocolate & ZucchiniDaily Adventures in a Parisian KitchenOn Fresh Peas, and How to Shell Them- May 27, 2008 I did not grow up eating peas. My mother didn't like them so they never appeared on the family table, and the revolting stuff we were served at school didn't do much to dispell the notion that peas were, well, beurk (that's French for yuck). Fast-forward a decade or two and what do you know, I find out that petits pois, freshly shelled and cooked with grace, are in fact a delicacy, to be savored in proportion to the manual labor they require. The first time I bought fresh peas at the...http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2008/05/on_fresh_peas_and_how_to_shell_them.php Tahiti Vanilla- May 20, 2008 Long-time readers of this blog (and those who sift through the archives while pretending to work) may remember me mentioning that my source of choice for vanilla was a small family-run company based in Mayotte. Alas, when my sizeable stash dwindled and I decided to place a new order late last year, I found that the online shop had been dormant for months. My email enquiry was left unanswered and, a few weeks later, the website had evaporated. La Vanille de Mayotte had, for all intents and...http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2008/05/tahiti_vanilla.php Petites Meringues- May 16, 2008 My freezer is not exactly in its prime, and it suffers from ice buildup syndrome. I put stuff in there, all wrapped up and all, and a few weeks later everything's covered in frost like the beard of a North Pole explorer. And after a while, there's so much ice covering the shelves that I half expect to see penguins skating around. Part of my job, as this freezer's caregiver, is to defrost it regularly -- i.e. use up everything that's inside, turn it off, let the temperature rise, detach...http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2008/05/french_meringues.php Edible Wallpapers- May 10, 2008 Inspired by the brush tutorials that Delphine has published on her ever delightful blog, I have whiled away a few air travel hours drawing three edible wallpapers to be used as a background on your computer desktop. After the jump, you'll find the cupcake wallpaper, the croissant wallpaper, and the religieuse wallpaper. Each of them comes in three shades, so you have nine to choose from. Enjoy!Continue reading "Edible Wallpapers" View comments Copyright Clotilde Dusoulier ©...http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2008/05/croissant_religieuse_cupcake_wallpaper.ph... |