Pies, pies and more pies were on plates for a big dinner this Sunday. Why pies you may ask? Well, I like to stay true to my London roots and show those Parisians that the English know a thing or two about cooking   Plus my friend who was allowing me to cause some [...]

It’s the season of falling leaves and the markets in Paris are fall of lots of yummy seasonal produce. One of them being pumpkins. There are many different varieties and one of my favourites are “Potimarron”(transl. Pumpkin-chestnut). This particular type has a very nutty/chestnutty taste. I simply roast mine, chopped up, in the oven [...]

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 [...]

Credit crunch canapés

Here’s a toast to a new flat, new job opportunities and plenty of new adventures. All this has kind of  been keeping me away from blogging the last several months.