Colloquial Cookin'

26 mai 2008

Hazelnut financiers

Last Friday I made one of my students cry. It was a one to one exam. I just told her that she had two minutes left to finish her presentation, and she started the "cry routine". 1) The eyes fill up with tears that multiple eyelid batting can't keep in...

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23 mai 2008

Uncanny Sink Moments

"The Little House in the Sink" is a remake for lilliputian foodies, but they had to give it up afterthe actors complained of chilblains and chronic athlete's foot. What a great shame.

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21 mai 2008

Ragù

After I tied my hair in a black handkerchief and put on a reasonably unwelcoming if not threatening face, I set myself to the cooking of the ragù. I deliberately ignored the original family recipe my own mamma tried to push forward, deciding to give Locatelli's...

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18 mai 2008

Pasta

Brace yourself, Barilla, here comes Mamma Chiara. No fussing about, straight to the point: 200g flour100g fine semolina3 eggs1/2 tsp salta glug of olive oil (what, not precise? Do not get on the wrong side of Mamma Chiara.)a tub of Elbow Grease (no, it's...

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17 mai 2008

Happy birthday!

Dear Z, Happy %§#** Birthday, man! Have a mini vanilla and white chocolate jelly!I find it silly to stick bits of mint on top of everything, but no candles were available so I figured it would be ok, but just this once.

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16 mai 2008

Zuppa-cappuccino di foglie e gambi di ravanelli, schiuma di pepe biancho

Who said this blog couldn't be rude AND pretentious? Take a walk on the bling-bling side with me today. As I tend to be nice, and also because, let's not forget, I am a teacher (by the way, health and safety, guys, health and safety is key), translation...

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14 mai 2008

Date Maamouls

Do you remember those shiny exciting days when you were young and foolish and thought that eating a teaspoon of chocolate powder was bound to be a more intense experience than, say, dissolving the powder in a predictably boring bowl of hot milk? Yeah,...

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9 mai 2008

Glacé baby turnips

Dear friends, Colloquial cookin' is here to help you: 1- prepare for your next cooking holidays in France. Swearing will make helping hands chop/peel/clean up faster, it will also ease the pain when you accidentally squirt lemon juice in your eyes. 2-...

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