Category: Movable Feast
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Provencal Confit Fruit- Candied Fruit History
Candied fruit, or “fruits confits,” has a delicious history in Provence. The art of candying fruit, which involves preserving it in sugar syrup, dates back to ancient times. However, it began to take shape during the Middle Ages and flourished…
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French Christmas Cake, a Buche de Noel
Photo Via Buche de Noel A Story from 1988, when I first arrived in France: “Buche de Noel is my favorite cake!” Bright-eyed and hopeful, my French Husband, the newlywed, eagerly responded. The flavor was a known fact: Spread…
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Why Pumpkin Pie?
Why Pumpkin Pie when you could have: Charlotte Framboise: Crème légère framboise, gelée de framboises, biscuit aux amandes French Husband wants to know why Pumpkin Pie when you could have: Félicia: Crème légère framboise et rose, gelée de litchis, framboises entières, biscuit…
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Banana Chocolate Walnut Bread
When I was back home in California, my cousin Shelley brought over a banana bread that had chopped walnuts in it. It was so packed with walnuts, I jokingly called it “walnut flour.” The topping was like a caramelized, crunchy…
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A Pomegranate Harvest: A Juicy Family Affair
Sixty years ago my mother planted a pomegranate shoot in her garden that her sister-in-law gave her. The pomegranate tree keeps on giving us ruby red delicious sweetness. Other than just eating the kernels, my mother has made pomegranate jelly…
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Quinoa Carrot Soup
Carrots and ginger spoke to me the other day, whetting my tastebuds with the desire to create something warm and tangy. Miraculously, when I chopped the yellow onion, I did not cry. Without tears, it went into the iron soup…