French

A special occasion dinner with The Captain is always a tricky issue… especially if it’s for me. The poor bugger never knows where to take me because I’m notoriously fussy. You see, I don’t really like fine dining or fancy restaurants and I don’t like making a big ceremony out of things. I’m definitely at [...]

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Lime Pot de Crèmes

September 10, 2010

Happy Friday candylings! Sorry I can’t stay for long so just a quick post today to end a bad week *sad face* I love custard. And I love limes. So it’s not rocket science that these would tango together once in a while. And it’s no surprise at what a refreshing and delectable partnership they [...]

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My hump… my hump, my hump, my hump… my lovely lady lumps… If Madeleines ever got its own theme song, this would be it. But that might also mean that I’d never make these little French morsels again because I would no sooner take a drill to my cranium to avoid getting this repugnant ‘song’ [...]

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(sometime around lunchtime on Tuesday, July 13th 2010) The Captain: Are you cooking for Bastille Day? Me: ….. ??? Shamefully, I completely forgot that it was mid-July already so cooking these two French classics on the eve of a French national holiday was purely coincidental! But it comes as no surprise to anybody really, because [...]

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Look under ‘lazy’ in my dictionary and you would probably find my alluring photo under there. My beautiful mugshot might also be found under ‘loudmouth’ and ‘procrastinator’. (Oh and ‘amazing’, but you knew that already hehe). Relax, laugh with me people, for I’m also located under Joker and Smartass. As much as I love to [...]

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Eve’s Chocolate Cake

June 4, 2010

Would you believe me if I told you that this absolute beauty of a chocolate cake only needed fouringredients? It’s also the perfect cake for those who are gluten intolerant or allergic to nuts (or *gasp* both) and it uses minimal butter and sugar. Most importantly, this is one of the best damn chocolate cakes [...]

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