Tag Archives: french home cookbook

A winter warmer: Alsacian baeckeoffe

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Louise

I discovered baeckeoffe when I lived in Strasbourg for a year and, whereas other students headed mostly for Paris or the south, I headed east, not because I was particularly imaginative but because I had friends there. It did my French accent the … Continue reading →

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How to feel rich for a quid: chilled pea and mint soup

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Louise

I’ve just spent the last four Fridays cooking and demonstrating recipes from The French Home Cookbook at Divertimenti (I’m still on their website as I type) and this, along with parmesan shortbread and chocolate marquise (both to come, I promise) was one … Continue reading →

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Poach my Lobster, or how I started my own cookbook publisher

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Louise

A long long time ago, in a galaxy far away or, rather, in Cambridgeshire I was given a copy of The Pooh Cook Book. Here it is and there, on the endpapers, is my name and address and proof that I … Continue reading →

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