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The French Chef in my Kitchen

Kitchen-cooking

Yesterday a blogging friend came to visit. They came to prepare me a meal in my kitchen.

Bread-basket

The bread basket with potatoes for the blinis.

The menu:
Cured Salmon
Potato Blinis
Mustard/Honey Dressing,
Lentil salad.

Kitchen-set-up

The chef explains the process…  my mouth was watering.

Measuring-glass

The turn of the century measuring cup.

Ingredients

Bowl of rock salt and spoon.

The-chef's-hands

The Chef's hands slicing the cured salmon.

Olive-oil-cured-salmon

Olive oil in a water spritzer bottle and seasoning the cured salmon.

Set-table

The set table,

Champagne-bucket

The champagne bucket found at the brocante the other day, and the birthday champagne.

Thechef

The Chef following his passion.

More to follow, recipes too.

Comments

41 responses to “The French Chef in my Kitchen”

  1. The Little Red Shop

    : )
    Julie M.

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  2. Laura

    The menu sounds wonderful…the table setting is beautiful…the camaraderie and enjoyment of preparing and sharing a meal together with special friends is enviable…
    …almost as enjoyable as sharing a brocanting adventure!
    🙂 Laura

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  3. Linda C.

    Mmmmm….how delicious and beautiful!
    Lots of my favourites happening here…

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  4. le petit cabinet de curiosites

    Miam miam , everything looks delicious.
    I love your kitchen table , is it new ???

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  5. Mia

    Wow, that certainly looks delicious! Most of us could only dream of having a French chef visit and cook us dinner… Bon apetit, Corey! 🙂

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  6. Penelope

    And I’m listening to Julia Child’s “My Life in France” while I work in my kitchen.
    I bet it was a wonderful meal.

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  7. cityfarmer

    you are a blessed woman …
    happy birthday

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  8. Eileen @ Passions to Pastry

    Please, PLEASE… more photos of your kitchen!

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  9. Jeanette M.

    It would be in your best interest to never invite me into your home. Most everything would be missing when I left! Your house looks like the best brocante going. Such style Corey – I love it!

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  10. Catalina

    PLEAAAAAAAAAAAAAASE the recipes! You lucky girl!
    xoxo

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  11. Jackie

    OK, I just want to move in. PLEASE!!!! I promise I won’t touch anything or be a bother. I just want to look and take it all in. Just for a while, maybe the rest of my life?????
    jackie
    bliss farm antiques

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  12. Alison

    Its these relatively little, simple, intimate times that make up a joyful life. Thanks for reminding me to lay down my work and remember to enjoy my life in the little ways.
    I love how you use your antique finds rather than just piling them up. What added delight when scooping out sugar or setting a table for a meal. Thanks for sharing.

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  13. Sheala

    The salt spoon is a beauty! So are your dishes. Sounds like a fun and wonderful meal.

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  14. Theresa

    You have such an eye for composition…some of those food shots could be Dutch paintings. Quite jealous of your kitchen too! Great post.

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  15. Alena

    Heavenly.

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  16. marlis

    what a delightfully intimate look into your life.. 🙂 I’m sure your day was utterly delightful

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  17. Vicki

    Looks yummy….your kitchen & the food. Perhaps you could find another measuring cup? Loved it!!!

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  18. Vestigesofglamour.blogspot.com

    Yum! I have recently begun converting my eating habits to be vegetarian and absolutely love the recipes you have posted on your blog. I really admire your non traditional way of retelling recipes. PS. Your dinner looks amazing.

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  19. cynthia Wolff @Beatenheart

    Why does everything just look so cool in France!! The floor, the table, the spoon, the potato… Corey you have such a open heart and generous spirit…I want to be just like you when I grow up!!

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  20. AmyKortuem

    Oh, yummy! Reminds me of the dinner my 90-year-old neighbor Ethel made me last night – talipia with squash, cauliflower, parsnips and cabbage salad (she said she cleaned out her vegetable drawer for me, knowing I’m vegetarian!)

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  21. Ardi

    A home filled with friends (and friends of friends), good food and wine, and the joy of sharing it all – that’s Heaven in a nutshell.

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  22. Christan

    There are no better pictures than those of food and food preparation. Looks divine!

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  23. Natalie Thiele

    Love that spoon and transferware! What a meal, what a life!
    (Now that I know that you eat fish, I will tell you that my gazpacho [the meal I will cook for you when I get to France] includes lightly sauteed scallops.)

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  24. Jenna

    What a nice surprise for all of you. The menu looks fantastic. You are in very capable hands, enjoy it all.

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  25. v.j. kohout

    You are such a tease, Corey!!
    Are you going to reveal the kitchen, finally?
    Are you going to tell us what those bell shaped things are on your stove?

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  26. Paivi

    Great pics, great fun, great food! Simple luxury! Waiting for the recipes…

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  27. Sally

    Oh Corey! Thank you for the glimpses into your lovely day. What a gift of love and friendship to cook for someone else, to share a meal. At once so simple and yet so primal.
    I’m so curious too about the pewter-y looking domes? What is their function? Are they to cover the food? Are they bells? (is this a mini Corey stumperoonie teehee?!)
    And may I ask how high your ceilings are? They appear to go on FOREVER! Very befitting a “sky is the limit” girl.
    Happy weekend to you!

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  28. Laura

    If I blink and say “switch” and you blink and say “switch” at the exact same moment, do you think we could swap lives for a day? How wonderful to have a guest chef!!

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  29. Kara

    i was gone on vacation– away from reading my daily blogs and was so nice to come home and catch up on yours. i just love everything about your blog–photos, france, people, places & things–it’s just peachy. thanks corey.
    {i don’t thank you enough!}
    kara

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  30. Marie-Noëlle Roland

    I love it all !!!… all … All … ALLLLLLLL !!!

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  31. amylia

    My kitchen is humble, but I want that hunky chef to visit!!! (wipes drool from sides of mouth and attempts to quiet growling stomach).

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  32. Julie Ann

    Wow – Bon Apetite x

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  33. Diane

    I kept looking at the pictures of the beautiful hand, and wrist, then the last snap, how beautiful, again the hand lifting the unblemished arm I know I sound like I am nuts but so enjoyed it, having worked in kitchens my hands usually look burned, cut, a real mess and my arms, well lets not go into that, you had an artist in your kitchen.

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  34. Marilyn

    What a perfectly lovely meal presented and prepared by a French chef.

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  35. Jennifer

    Wonderful!

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  36. kit

    Everything about this post was delectable: the kitchen itself, the food, the table, the CHEF!!
    wonderful stuff, and I can’t wait to spend more time with your recently discovered by me blog about living in my favorite place on earth 🙂 bravo!
    hungrily yours,
    Kit

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  37. Juliette Gigalkin

    I do love that pan on your kitchen wall…
    9:06 in Saturday morning:I want to have a cured salmon & potato blinis breakfast!

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  38. Ulla

    Oh Corey the last photo made my heart sing! You do inspire the world and feed us in the process!
    Ulla

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  39. susanna

    Mmmm!
    I haven’t seen Pascal in several years now and it’s so great to see him here in your kitchen, Corey. And your photos are terrific. You have a great personal style.

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  40. Ulrike

    What a wonderful chef! You meet some of the nicest people!

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