1 Cook, 2 Countries & A Taste For World Cuisines: Cooking A La Mode De Chez Nous - Cuisine d'Hier Et d'Aujourd'hui! For the love of home style cooking and great food. Memories are made of this!
By La Cuisinière | French Country Cuisine Recipes
Artichoke Mushroom Pie – Following a recent trip to France, my sister sent me a the full size photo of a fabulous artichoke mushroom savory pie she made for dinner. I wondered why she did not include a recipe! When the recipe arrived, she sent the following anecdote along with the detailed directions. Best Artichoke […]
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By La Cuisinière | Kitchen Musings
Book shaped dinner plates – Eating on book shaped dinner plates is the perfect way to bring your books to life especially those classic titles that contain memorable recipes! The idea came to my mind last night when I reached for a book that contains a description for one of most memorable treats from days gone by […]
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By La Cuisinière | Kitchen Musings
Extra large soup mugs – They come in an amazing assortment of collectible styles and materials. Today, while updating my Ham Bone Bean Soup recipe, I was reminded of the way soup is served in different countries and in various cuisines. We eat quite a bit of soup – even celebrate Homemade Soup Day – so […]
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By La Cuisinière | World Cuisine Recipes
Easy Greek Spanakopita Recipe – Years ago, when we lived in Cyprus, we were introduced to a variety of authentic Greek dishes. Mrs. Kristofides – our landlady – lived in the sunny apartment downstairs and made a habit of sharing all traditional dishes with us. It was her way of introducing us to the cuisine […]
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By La Cuisinière | All Recipes
Puff Pastry Pizza Tart – Ever wondered about puff pastry pizza recipes? I came across a recipe for a country-style pizza during the past week and since then, I’ve looked for the opportunity to prepare it for dinner. Today is the day to make my version of this country style pizza – with a few twists. I’m calling […]
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By La Cuisinière | Baked Goods
The frozen chocolate mousse pie is another one of our favorite “ten minute pies“. It is lighter in calories than regular, egg rich chocolate mousse – served in a pie or in a ramekin. It does not have the intense chocolate flavor of true chocolate mousse but on a warm day or as […]
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By La Cuisinière | Baked Goods
Ten minute pies – Remember them from the seventies and eighties? We were all wild about them! You had dessert in a flash with Baker’s® ten minute pies. I was short on time that day and drawing a complete blank on what to prepare as a surprise dessert. Then I remembered an ad I […]
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By La Cuisinière | Kitchen Musings
Jacqadoodle’s unique fridge magnets and note cards are part of the newest rage – doodle art ideas and creative drawing. We all doodle – in the margins of a school notebook, on a napkin, sometimes just for fun, sometimes almost as therapy in beautiful sketchbooks . And it’s not just us girls. Boys love to doodle too! These […]
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By La Cuisinière | French Country Cuisine Recipes
Pâté de Campagne Recipe – This is our pâté de campagne recipe! At your next dinner party, serve French country style Pâté De Campagne. You’ll really impress your guests. It is often referred to as Pâté Maison for the simple reason that you can vary the recipe in so many ways and make it a home style […]
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By La Cuisinière | All Recipes
Braised Duck Legs Recipe – I’m sharing what I consider to be the best cooking method to extract the most flavor from duck. Titled Brome Lake Duck, this post was originally published in August of 2015. My intent this March day was to write an ode to the newest fad in the dairy aisle – European style […]
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By La Cuisinière | Kitchen Musings
This Fissler® pressure cooker set basically sold itself on versatility alone! Over the years, I’ve had several different makes and sizes of pressure cookers. Some were practical others not suited for everyday cooking. I started with a 4-quart avocado colored Presto with the rocking pressure gauge (the avocado color should date me easily enough). My […]
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