Asian Soup
Today January 23, 2012 at midnight will start the first day of the Chinese New Year. This is one of the most important Chinese Holidays, it lasts for 15 days, each year is associated with one of the 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac, and this year is the Year of [...]
Jujube soup
Two years ago thanks to Eva and Ron (my favorite vendors-farmers at Temecula Farmer’s Market – Tretowan Organic Farm, Rainbow, CA) I discovered Jujube fruits for the first time. When I found out about this amazing super-food I posted a post about these fruits in order for my readers to know [...]
Red Lentils SOUP
red lentils sweet potatoes soup
I have been making this soup for years. I kept the original recipe in my notebook unforunately, I do not know the source, it was back when I was living in NYC. But if you know me you know that I never follow a [...]
jerusalem artichokes or sunflower chokes
I discovered Sunflower chokes recently and I fall in love with this vegetable root right away. Sun chokes (called also Jersualem artichoke or sunflower chokes) look like ginger roots and have a sweet, nutty flavor, similar to water chestnuts. This is a very versatile food. It can [...]
Epiphany King Cake with dried persimons
gateau des Rois brioche style
In France we celebrate Epiphany day with a cake called Galette des Rois, kings cake. Usually the first Sunday of January on Epiphany day family and friends gather together to eat this cake. In the North of France we eat the [...]
Superfood winter salad
After indulging in too much food and too many drinks, light meal and whole food are what your body is craving for. Even if this year our holidays were based on simple food (except just a little Foie Gras— Merci Isabelle and Jerome your homemade Foie Gras from the Gers [...]
My Glogg
BONNE ANNEE 2012 QUE CELLE-CI SOIT DOUCE ET HEUREUSE!
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012
Click here for the recipe: Sweddish Glogg recipe with a twist (I used Mission Figs ( instead of raisins) and [...]
Santa treats & Edible Gifts Celine"s Cuisine
I am so lucky. I learned all my cooking by watching my mom. And lately while I was working on my cookbook I realized how my cooking is connected to my childhood. My mother has been cooking only and exclusively from scratch. She is a self-taught, she learned [...]
RODRIGO PENA/FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER
One thing that I learned as a cooking instructor is that people love to cook but they are just do not aware of it they think they can’t cook. When they join my classes they can duplicate the dish/ meal we made during the class in their own kitchen. Most [...]
Great and delicious food does not need to be complicated and fancy. Really simple cooking technique can make big effect. What is really important is using the best and delicious seasonal ingredients you can find.
I discovered this recipe through Sooishi Blog few months ago by chance and loved this blog and its [...]