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Happy Hanukkah! Happy Thanksgiving! Happy Thanksgivingakuh!

November 27, 2013 by Renee

From my home to yours-

Wishing you a very Happy Hanukkah and a Happy Thanksgiving! 

 

Filed Under: Kitchen Sink Tagged With: Hanukkah, NaBloPoMo, Thanksgiving

Cardamom Goat Cheese Phyllo Triangles with Spiced Maple Yogurt Sauce

November 26, 2013 by Renee

Cardamon Cheese TrianglesHere’s one from the archives that would make a great addition to your Thanksgiving dinner appetizer menu. These sweet, spicy and delightfully delicious bites are the epitome of Fall and Winter. While they are baking, your home will fill with the warming scent of cardamom.  They are really easy to make and you might want to make a double or triple batch depending on how many guests you have.

 

Cardamom Goat Cheese Phyllo Triangles with Spiced Maple Yogurt Sauce
 
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Prep time
10 mins
Cook time
30 mins
Total time
40 mins
 
Cardamom Goat Cheese Phyllo Triangles with a Spiced Maple Yogurt Sauce Makes 12 Triangles
Author: Renee
Serves: 6
Ingredients
Filling:
  • 6 oz. goat cheese, softened
  • 1 tbs. honey
  • 1 ½  tsp. ground cardamom
  • 6 Sheets of phyllo dough
  • ½ stick butter, melted
Sauce:
  • 1 cup Greek yogurt, vanilla flavored
  • 1 tbs. maple syrup
  • 1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
  • 3 slices of bacon (or Morningstar Farms Breakfast Strips*)
Method
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In a small bowl, combine the goat cheese, the honey and the cardamom until well blended. Set aside.
  3. Arrange the bacon in a frying pan and cook until crispy. Crumble or cut into bits. Set aside.
  4. Brush each sheet of phyllo dough with the melted butter and layer together. Brush the top layer with butter and cut the phyllo into three strips and again into four squares.  Add a dollop of the cream cheese mixture onto the phyllo square and fold into triangles pinching the edges to seal shut.  Brush each finished triangle with butter.
  5. Place triangles onto a baking sheet and bake for 15- 20 minutes until golden brown.  Cool on a baking rack.
  6. In a small bowl, combine the yogurt, maple syrup and the pumpkin pie spice.
  7. To serve, spread a spoonful of the yogurt sauce on the bottom of a plate, arrange the phyllo triangles and sprinkle with the crumbled bacon.
  8. * For those who refrain from Pork.
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Filed Under: Eat, Appetizers Tagged With: Appetizer, Cardamom, Goat Cheese, Maple, NaBloPoMo

One Soufflé at a Time and The Paris Gourmet- Book Reviews

November 25, 2013 by Renee

As a lover of all things French, I was happy to receive these books on my doorstep last week. One, a memoir of a life fulfilled dream featuring a  move to Paris and running a culinary school, the other a guide to many restaurants, shops and even some recipes and travel tips to enjoy around Paris and to prepare you for your next visit.

One Soufflé at a Time: A Memoir of Food and France by Anne Willan with Amy Friedman

Founder of the world famous La Varenne Cooking School—originally located in Paris and then later in Burgundy, Ms. Willan has trained chefs, food writers and home cooks alike.

One Soufflé at a Time is the life story of Ms. Willan as well as the story of her interactions with some of the food-world’s best—including Julia Child, James Beard, and many others. She writes from her English girl roots in Yorkshire to her move to France, and how she overcame the male dominated world of French cuisine to start and run her own culinary school in the late 1970’s.  Willan’s warm and funny personality shines through and shows a different, more approachable side of traditional French cuisine.

This lovely book, although mostly memoir also features fifty of Ms. Willan’s favorite recipes, from Coquille St. Jacques to Chocolate Snowballs and includes some of my favorites, Gratin Dauphinois and Pistou. You will often earmark pages to return to just so you can keep reading her narrative.

Ms. Willan shows her tremendous courage, her downfalls and her resounding strength all the while making this memoir truly fascinating, entertaining and authentic right from the first page. She has certainly led a life full of food and adventures and her unique and lively voice resonates through her writing style.

I quite enjoyed this book and I think you might too. Now I have to go back and cook some of the recipes I marked!

One Souffle at a Time

 

The Paris Gourment by Trish Deseine

This guide book will lead you from arrondissement to arrondissement where Ms. Deseine notes all of her favorite foodie spots in Paris.  From restaurants, hotels, and bakeries to markets and even places to purchase kitchen wares, she shows the readers “her Paris” in this lively round up.  This is a fun, lighthearted book featuring the characteristic Flammarion graphics- trendy, bold and colorful.

Although I think Ms. Deseine left out some major spots in her listings, (the Marché de la Bastille for instance only appears as a side note with a list of places open on Sunday and not at all in the section of Markets), I do think she covered a great deal and I know you can’t possibly list every wonderful place in Paris. There really are too many!

It’s certainly a pleasurable read and perfect for anyone visiting Paris for the first time or the tenth time. It’s chock full of tips and information, sure to make any food lover happy.

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Disclosure: I received a copy of  each of these books to review. As always, the thoughts and opinions are my own. This post contains affiliate links to my Amazon Store.  So if you buy the books, I’ll make a few pennies. 

Filed Under: Kitchen Sink, Cookbooks Tagged With: Anne Willan, Cookbook Review, NaBloPoMo, Trish Deseine

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Of the four out of five suitcases that arrived hom Of the four out of five suitcases that arrived home from France with us, I am so happy the one with the butter and cheese made it! The fifth suitcase took a few extra days. A little cheese in the afternoon to celebrate. From @fromageriedulouvre #tommedesfleurs #comte  #ossauiraty #cheese #paris #france #frenchcheese #frenchbutter #lucky #luggagewoes #airfrance
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So, so good. 

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