On Gourmandia  you get to met some extraordinary chefs. Take Hélène Darroze born in the South-West of France, her parents, grand-parents and great grand-parents were chefs. Therefore it was no surprise to anybody when she decided to embrace the family tradition. What came as a surprise was her phenomenal success in one of the most […]

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Vegetable urban gardens are the new trend, where I live in London, England, allotments as they are called, have a waiting list of 100 years. Make no mistake I will put my name down and in one hundred years you will see me, growing my own vegetables. In the meantime, I have to rely on old […]

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Don’t you love the recipes on Gourmandia. I do, and do so, so much that I broke my one and only cooking rule the other day. My rule: “cook in season”. Though I think food taste better off the field than off the plane, I am not fanatical about applying the rule at all times and among […]

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How many of us have cans of “weird and wonderful”, packets of grains that we bought in a fit of healthy enthusiasm, slowly ageing in the back of the cupboard?  Thank heavens some of them things  do have a long storage life  but the longer you keep them, the longer they will take to cook.
Have a look […]

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Indeed what does origami have to do with gourmet food?
The answer is presentation.
Long before this season fashion trend which is looking East with its intricate fabric manipulations, the art of dressing …a table had made use of origami patterns and folds with its napkin folding. It is easy to learn, you will only need a […]

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When I was a little girl, growing up in Lyon, the French capital of gastronomy, we had 3 chefs. When I say we, I am not referring to my parents’ household, it is the republican we: we as a nation.
The TV chef was extremely old and pompous, the other 2: la Mère Brazier, famous for […]

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No doubt food eaten within natural season and grown locally tastes far better. I care passionately about food and I am keen for you to experience the excitement that cooking fine recipes seasonally offers. I am very lucky to live near a Royal Park  though we are not allowed to “pick and go” what ever grows, we can […]

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