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Comment on Spain versus France by Erica

Erica — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:13:49 +0000

Fascinating Veronica. I have not spent much time in Spain. Interesting that they take your food away before you are done. In France you often need to beg to get any service!

Comment on Spanish food: tapas and pintxos by La Recette du Jour » Spain versus France

La Recette du Jour » Spain versus France — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:05:54 +0000

[...] could write an entire blog post about this. Oh, I already have! I’ve always found it easy to slip into the Spanish timetable, eating lunch at two and dinner at [...]

Comment on Blanquette de poulet by kitchenroach

kitchenroach — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:15:24 +0000

It sounds delicious, I will try this soon….

Comment on Vintage Feasts: Good Food on a Budget, by Georgina Horley by veronicay

veronicay — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:25:49 +0000

Hi Val

Jelly can look so pretty when it’s done right though! French people have a real phobia about jelly, I don’t know why. I have successfully served coffee jelly to French guests though

Comment on Vintage Feasts: Good Food on a Budget, by Georgina Horley by Val aka Brightspark

Val aka Brightspark — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:13:46 +0000

Hello Veronica – I know what you mean about jellies! I made some kiwifruit jelly yesterday, flavoured with Izarra – a pure green herb liqueur. It has set – just about – but it isn’t the colour I expected! A bit of a disappointment really. It’s probably something to do with ‘enzymes’ or some such!! Nothing ventured, nothing gained, so they say.
I do love blanquette though – I usually do that to use up turkey, so similar to yours, and I too use creamed potatoes rather than rice.

Comment on Tartare de tomates by La Recette du Jour » Vintage Feasts: Good Food on a Budget, by Georgina Horley

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:55:11 +0000

[...] bit and transformed her sweet and sour tomato salad (simply sliced tomatoes, salt, and sugar) into tomato tartare. I followed it up with her classic chicken fricassee. This was good, although not as good as the [...]

Comment on Spanish food: tapas and pintxos by La Recette du Jour » Vintage Feasts: Good Food on a Budget, by Georgina Horley

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:51:16 +0000

[...] about the slight hiatus in this series. Somehow, while I was living in rural Spain, I had no desire to cook meals from elderly English cookbooks. Tapas and very simple food were the [...]

Comment on The Cookbook Challenge 2010: Vintage Feasts by La Recette du Jour » Vintage Feasts: Good Food on a Budget, by Georgina Horley

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:45:10 +0000

[...] about the slight hiatus in this series. Somehow, while I was living in rural Spain, I had no desire to cook meals from elderly English [...]

Comment on Restaurants worth visiting: Navarra and San Sebastian by Isobel Yeomans

Isobel Yeomans — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:07:22 +0000

I love San Sebastian – it’s my favourite Spanish city. And the food is so much better there than the rest of Spain. However, I lived in Andalucia for a number of years and found some really nice places. I was in a small non-tourist village so I reckon the best stuff is off the beaten track. If visitors are prepared to wander off and try local places they will be rewarded with good, fresh, simple, tasty food. Maybe snails and rabbit but, we are so used to a bland repertoire it might be a good thing to try something new. I love your blog!

Comment on Carrot cupcakes with mascarpone frosting by Fundraising Project #1 – “The Man Who Never Cried” |

Fundraising Project #1 – “The Man Who Never Cried” | — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:14:24 +0000

[...] you can find the recipe for caramel here and the cream cheese frosting here and the candied carrots here. The rest is pretty self explanatory and use your creativity to see what you can come up with! [...]