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Review and Give Away – Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child

October 15th, 2012 · No Comments · Give Away, Review

Review – Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child From interminably hungry young girl and “terror at the stove” to a “master” in the art of French cooking (but still interminably hungry!), “Dearie” chronicles the aptly titled “Remarkable Life of Julia Child” from high spirited child, to aimless social butterfly, and into the icon she […]

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Cheese Souffle | JC100 – Week 13

July 31st, 2012 · 3 Comments · Cheese, Dinner, Egg, JC100, Side

It has finally arrived…the infamous Souffle! I knew at some point during JC100 this recipe was going to show up in our inbox, and though slightly terrified, I was very excited to try my hand at it! Now I’ve gotta have a little sympathy for the poor old souffle, it’s gotten a pretty bad rep […]

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Celery Root Remoulade | JC100 – Week 12

July 27th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Appetizer, Easy, JC100, Salad, Side, Summer Fresh

Well here we are – the last recipe from Week 12. First was the asparagus with the hollandaise sauce, then followed up some fresh provencal tomatoes, then Julia’s easy homemade mayonnaise and now we feature the creamy salad: Celery Root Remoulade.

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Provencal Tomatoes | JC100 – Week 12

July 25th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Appetizer, Bread, Dinner, Easy, Fresh herbs, JC100, Vegetable

Here is the second recipe from Week 12 of the Julia Child JC100 celebration. We both agreed these provencal tomatoes were up there with the Asparagus and Hollandaise as the favourite recipe of the week. However, we think these bad boys would best be served as a breakfast food – topped with an egg and […]

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Asparagus Au Naturel with Hollandaise Sauce | JC 100 – Week 12

July 24th, 2012 · 5 Comments · Appetizer, Dinner, Easy, JC100, Vegetable

This week we received a lot of fabulous vegetable recipes as part of the Julia Child JC100 Celebration. Let’s kick things off with a simple recipe that makes a great side dish to any dinner: Asparagus Au Naturel topped with a creamy Hollandaise Sauce.

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Ratatouille | JC100 – Week 11

July 18th, 2012 · 6 Comments · Dinner, Fresh herbs, JC100, Vegetable

Ratatouille!! Finally! Now maybe Ratatouille doesn’t need that many exclamation marks, but I was excited to make it and finally find out what it tastes like! After watching (and thoroughly enjoying) the Pixar film, I’ve always been curious what it was like! Well I wasn’t disappointed! All the vegetables melded together into some wonderful flavours. […]

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Bouillabaisse (Mediterranean Seafood Soup) | JC100 – Week 10

July 16th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Easy, Fish, Fresh herbs, Healthy, JC100, Seafood, soup, Summer Fresh

Well let me start this post off with explaining why this recipe is a bit late…. Saskatchewan was slammed with a heat and humidity wave all of last week and the last place I wanted to be was inside, let alone my kitchen (my house was 27°C in the evening…. I don’t even want to […]

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Charlotte Chantilly | JC100 – Week 9

July 3rd, 2012 · 3 Comments · Dessert, Egg, JC100

Well… Looks like I have been forced to bake again for this weeks Julia Child recipe. This time it’s the Charlotte Chantilly with strawberries, a wonderfully creamy dessert encased in delicious homemade ladyfingers. As was mentioned on my previous baking effort, which happened to be my first for the blog, I had earned myself a […]

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Roast Chicken with Lemon & Dill | JC100 – Week 8

June 27th, 2012 · 5 Comments · Chicken, Easy, Fresh herbs, How To, JC100

It’s hard to believe we are already on week eight of the Julia Child celebration. This week’s French cooking assignment was a roasted chicken. Like Bob & I’s other posts, we wanted to jazz things up a bit so we did a lemon dill roasted chicken. Is it possible to ever go wrong with lemon […]

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Sole Meuniere | JC 100 – Week 7

June 19th, 2012 · 5 Comments · Dinner, Easy, Fish, JC100, Seafood

This week the folks representing Julia Child finally decided to bring out the infallible Sole Meuniere, the recipe that changed it all for Julia! Now I can’t attest to having an “AHA” moment like Julia Child upon first bite, but I must say this was some pretty tasty fish! I will be honest, I was […]

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