Category: Movable Feast
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Deconstructed Vegetarian Cabbage Rolls
Yesterday, I gathered the ingredients to make Annie’s stuffed cabbage rolls, only to realize why it’s essential to use the biggest cabbage you can find. Larger leaves make rolling the stuffing much easier than smaller ones. Since my cabbage was…
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Annie’s Stuffed Cabbage Revisited
Yesterday, my plan was to make Annie’s stuffed cabbage. I had all the ingredients. My taste buds were driving me full force until I realized that the green leafy cabbage that I had bought was too small. It would not…
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Provencal Confit Fruit- Candied Fruit History
Candied fruit, or “fruits confits,” has a delicious history in Provence. The art of candying fruit, which involves preserving it in sugar syrup, dates back to ancient times. However, it began to take shape during the Middle Ages and flourished…
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French Christmas Cake, a Buche de Noel
Photo Via Buche de Noel A Story from 1988, when I first arrived in France: “Buche de Noel is my favorite cake!” Bright-eyed and hopeful, my French Husband, the newlywed, eagerly responded. The flavor was a known fact: Spread…
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Why Pumpkin Pie?
Why Pumpkin Pie when you could have: Charlotte Framboise: Crème légère framboise, gelée de framboises, biscuit aux amandes French Husband wants to know why Pumpkin Pie when you could have: Félicia: Crème légère framboise et rose, gelée de litchis, framboises entières, biscuit…
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Banana Chocolate Walnut Bread
When I was back home in California, my cousin Shelley brought over a banana bread that had chopped walnuts in it. It was so packed with walnuts, I jokingly called it “walnut flour.” The topping was like a caramelized, crunchy…