Follow eat. live. travel. write., filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/eat-live-travel-write Sun, 27 Nov 2022 04:08:58 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBk2lUYWCnC3oem6srrLMsqK Happy French Friday! Today’s recipe is not only a tongue twister (try saying “fromage frais à la fraise” three times fast!) but also a dessert I’m SO pleased with – it is reminiscent of a product that came out when I was in my teens in Australia – called frûche: frûche is a soft, spoon ... Read more]]> Sat, 26 Nov 2022 03:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBk2lUYWCnC3oem6srrLMsqK https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBk1p-H1gpIrQ2ZMehmtHS8- This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is Pear-Comte Tart from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking with Dorie. I already had some dough in the fridge leftover from another project so this was a perfect project in between other cooking and baking last weekend. Having pears on hand that needed using/ eating but no comte, I was happy to ... Read more]]> Tue, 22 Nov 2022 13:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBk1p-H1gpIrQ2ZMehmtHS8- https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBmhm3yiYVtcVN6jHbRcHw3s Happy French Friday! (for those receiving this via email, not sure what happened with the service that sends the emails – it just didn’t send yesterday. Anyway….) Today I’m sharing a version of one of the most popular recipes from some recent in-person cooking classes, that I had forgotten about but which is SO simple ... Read more]]> Fri, 18 Nov 2022 23:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBmhm3yiYVtcVN6jHbRcHw3s https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBmtGw4DLV9pz7myhX6zo8SW This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook, Everyday Dorie. Clam Chowder My Way wasn’t something I was excited to make (clams? ew!) but I knew that Neil would enjoy it! Rather than this being a typical New-England-style clam chowder, this version is a nod to Thailand, using coconut milk ... Read more]]> Fri, 11 Nov 2022 13:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBmtGw4DLV9pz7myhX6zo8SW https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBldlM844Y88Krb9ICM-PHur This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is Cranberry Spice Squares from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking with Dorie. These squares felt like a nice segue into the post-Hallowe’en/ pre-Christmas (or I guess, pre-Thanksigiving if you are in the US) season where sometimes the temperatures make you want to bake allllll the holiday goodies but it’s (really) still ... Read more]]> Tue, 08 Nov 2022 13:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBldlM844Y88Krb9ICM-PHur https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBnNs8JtgKx0vgaB2UxGNFpJ Happy French Friday! Coming at you today with a simple, classic recipe that didn’t make the cut for my upcoming French Food for Everyone: le petit-déjeuner (breakfast) book (coming out in time for the holidays!). Not that it’s not a great recipe, but this instalment of FFfE includes a few longer recipes (i.e. longer than ... Read more]]> Sat, 05 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBnNs8JtgKx0vgaB2UxGNFpJ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBkHaBavl40zP1T72x6uxjiK This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook, Everyday Dorie.   Caramel-Pear and Five-Spice Upside-Down Cake. Dorie’s version serves 10 (!) and includes Chinese Five Spice that flavours a cake that has “the spring of a sponge cake but the sturdiness of a farmstead loaf cake”. I love a good upside-down ... Read more]]> Fri, 28 Oct 2022 12:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBkHaBavl40zP1T72x6uxjiK https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBmlw4FrB2JCl-m6srrLMsqK This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is Blue Cheese Bites from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking with Dorie. Basically, a savoury mini-muffin made with olive oil instead of butter and blue cheese with some dried fruit, the batter for these comes together very quickly and then hangs out for a couple of hours in the fridge before ... Read more]]> Tue, 25 Oct 2022 12:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBmlw4FrB2JCl-m6srrLMsqK https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBkKHxD2MKvVp6JCIqJppjfU Disclosure: I received a review copy from the authors. I was not asked to write about this book nor am I being compensated for doing so. This post was not reviewed by the authors/ publisher prior to publication. Happy French Friday! Coming at you with a lovely escape from real life in the form of ... Read more]]> Sat, 15 Oct 2022 02:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBkKHxD2MKvVp6JCIqJppjfU https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBl3So921kjf_CVCAQLB0bf5 This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is Caramel Apple Crisp from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking with Dorie. As I was reading the recipe for Dorie’s version it struck me as familiar and I wondered if I had made this before. In fact, a couple of years ago I made my own version of this – Salted ... Read more]]> Tue, 11 Oct 2022 12:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBl3So921kjf_CVCAQLB0bf5 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBlRV573OKaL70GT5aWO9DEx Those of you who follow me on Instagram will know that this summer (2022) I finally finished walking the last 115km along the Camino de Santiago, from Sarría to Portomarín in Spain. This is the fifth leg of the Camino which I started in 2016 (if you’re interested, I wrote a Q&A post in response ... Read more]]> Thu, 06 Oct 2022 11:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBlRV573OKaL70GT5aWO9DEx https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBl3rPm9mQvSPq8qfTAM-Smm Happy French Friday! Today, I’m thrilled to share with you the fabulous new novel from my friend* Ann Mah, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Vintage and Mastering the Art of French Eating. Paris + historical fiction + Jacqueline Kennedy as a young girl = a book that will appeal to multiple audiences ... Read more]]> Fri, 30 Sep 2022 23:45:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBl3rPm9mQvSPq8qfTAM-Smm https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBmWQiWAmAgbjJJTpfXVttXD This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is Scones Pudding from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking with Dorie Java Mini Mads are coffee-flavoured madeleines made in a more-accessible mini muffin tin (<<< affiliate link but this is my “go-to” mini muffin tin!). Madeleines are typically baked in shell-shaped moulds (<<< affiliate link but these are very good) but, ... Read more]]> Tue, 27 Sep 2022 12:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBmWQiWAmAgbjJJTpfXVttXD https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBmLYRK9HKuVjUTXPGaG87AR This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook, Everyday Dorie.   Lemon-fennel chicken in a pot is basically a hands-off dish that was perfect for a busy recent Sunday dinner Dorie makes it sound so lovely: A head of fennel, a couple of lemons and a lot of garlic and shallots ... Read more]]> Fri, 23 Sep 2022 12:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBmLYRK9HKuVjUTXPGaG87AR https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBkW3ZiuvnyX6XHnycKeoCpf Happy French Friday! This summer, I spent 6 weeks in southwest France and Spain and this week’s French Friday pick is, ostensibly, an exploration of the origins of a very southwest France dish – cassoulet – but it turns out that it’s so much more just than a history of this quintessentially French dish. This ... Read more]]> Fri, 16 Sep 2022 21:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBkW3ZiuvnyX6XHnycKeoCpf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBnM1QwLJSjh56gHTd9OkkKt This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is Scones Pudding from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking with Dorie and uses leftover scones from the Buttermilk Scones recipe. Dorie says if you love bread pudding you will love this. Well, um, I *don’t* love bread pudding (my parents do though) so I wasn’t too fussed about making this. I ... Read more]]> Tue, 13 Sep 2022 12:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBnM1QwLJSjh56gHTd9OkkKt https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBmuZJhUW2VUw7myhX6zo8SW This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook, Everyday Dorie.  A flognarde (flow-nyard) is a custardy French dessert of fruit — plums, prunes, pears or berries — baked in a batter that most resembles the mix you’d use to make crepes. No matter what fruit  you use, you’ll enjoy the ... Read more]]> Fri, 09 Sep 2022 12:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBmuZJhUW2VUw7myhX6zo8SW https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBm6ivAxDI5O1sfGo0LrnZNO Those of you who follow me on Instagram will know that this summer (2022) I finally finished walking the last 115km along the Camino de Santiago, from Sarría to Portomarín in Spain. This is the fifth leg of the Camino which I started in 2016 (if you’re interested, I wrote a Q&A post in response ... Read more]]> Mon, 05 Sep 2022 16:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBm6ivAxDI5O1sfGo0LrnZNO https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBmiDonHNeJidJNaYRWadcX6 Hello September and hello back-to-school season. Yikes! How can it already be “la rentrée” as they call it in France? For various reasons, August has gone by in a flash and we’re back to classes next week (I want to say “already” but it’s really been a lovely long summer so can’t complain…). As well ... Read more]]> Fri, 02 Sep 2022 19:10:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBmiDonHNeJidJNaYRWadcX6 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBn2HvQzT_zUpNKEpFgimKzx This is part of my Summer Reads series where I’ll be sharing book recommendations –  a series of “not just cookbooks”. Disclosure: I received a review copy of this book from the publisher. I was not asked to write about this book, nor am I being compensated for doing so. This post was not reviewed ... Read more]]> Mon, 29 Aug 2022 17:15:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7cXuF_jNXBn2HvQzT_zUpNKEpFgimKzx