Archives for the ‘Paris’ Category

Mooncake madness

By rkhooks • Apr 6th, 2009 • Category: Dessert, Going out, La Cocotte, Paris

Recently my place has been turned into a test kitchen for all things mooncake related in preparation for my class this Wednesday. I had made them a while ago but I’m now trying to perfect my snowskin recipe, mooncake technique and find some flavoursome fillings. If you’ve never heard of snowskin mooncakes. Here’s a quick [...]



Chinese New Year delights

By rkhooks • Jan 25th, 2009 • Category: Dessert, Food blog events, Paris, Sweets

Gung Hai Fat Choy! The year of the Ox kicks off today which means it’s going to be more of a conservative year: sure and steady. Apparently those who have sown seeds will see the benefits this year as long as they look after their business. This recipe was inspired by the tradition of making [...]



Thé crème brûlée

By rkhooks • Nov 3rd, 2008 • Category: Dessert, Food blog events, Food blogs, Paris

I posted this almost 2 years ago (wow, can’t believe I’ve been blogging for that long). Anyway I dug it out of the backwaters of this blog for Meeta’s Monthly mingle “Coffee & Tea”. Take a look at her site for this great tea and coffee inspired recipes.
Here are some other tea inspired recipes on [...]



Sweet sushi

By rkhooks • Oct 30th, 2008 • Category: Dessert, Food, La Cocotte, Lately Khooked, Lead story, Paris, Sweets, recipe

When I saw the recipe/photos for the sweet sushi in two books in the same week I thought they definetly must be worth making. We so happened to be launching the book “Humeur Gourmande” at La Cocotte two weeks ago which has this recipe. For the launch we served a La Cocotte adaptation of the [...]



Back to work Bento box

By rkhooks • Oct 5th, 2008 • Category: Food events, Going out, Paris, Savoury, Workshops, snack

Back to work Bento box at Jo Evens Showroom in Paris on the 5th October 2008. Wacky manga characters, blue rice, lots of veg…everyone got their hands sticky making their yummy bento boxes.
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Le dimanche 5 Octobre au Showroom [...]