Category: The Kitchen
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Swiss chard is one pretty vegetable, with bright green leaves and stalks that grow in various shades of white, red, pink, orange or yellow. Prior to setting sight on one of these multicolored bouquets, I’d never felt compelled to try to cook Swiss Chard because they had never been easily available to me. When we…
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These gorgeous (and delicious) blood oranges don’t seem to know if they want to be red or orange. (See below for the blood orange and fennel recipe. Voir plus bas pour la recette de salade au fenouil et orange sanguine) When I finally mustered the will to cut these pretty things, I made the following…
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A few weeks ago I wrote about how much I love Sundays. Staying in bed until 8h30 AM, chilling with my cats and my boyfriend, then preparing a hearty breakfast. That’s my idea of heaven. Today I was prepared to make crepes. However, we had some leftover spice cake and that inspired me to try…
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Each week, I try to prepare creative, healthy meals that will provide to my boyfriend and I the energy that we need in order to get through our long workdays. Since food is one of my tasks on the common chore list, I need to find ways to be able to cook my dinners in…
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After two heavy, rather personal posts (on traveling and death), I decided that this week’s piece would cover a lighter subject: everyday moments of joy. Louise Hung wrote a fun piece for xojane.com, titled Is happy really that simple? 10 tiny things that make me ecstatic. This inspired me to make my own list of…
A storytelling home by Léa Plourde-Archer 