It’s hard to imagine that 2012 has arrived! 2011 has flashed by quicker than either of us expected, and both of us have loved writing entries for gourm(eh?). Neither of us could guess how rewarding this blog would prove to be. We are so grateful for our reader’s supports and comments, and hope you will [...]
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Wishing you a very Happy New Year from Gourm(eh?)!
Posted in Appetizer, Aspargus, Baking, Blind baking, Canadian Food, Cheese, Chocolate, Classic, Comfort Food, Dessert, Eggplant, Herbs, Indian Food, Nuts, Pasta, Pastry, Pumpkin, Soup, Spinach, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Winter, tagged Best of 2011 on January 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Coquilles St. Jacques en Normandie (delicious scallops)
Posted in Appetizer, Fish, French Food, Herbs, Holidays, Recipe, Scallops, Shellfish, tagged appetizer, coquilles st. jacques, Creme fraiche, delicious, normandy, parsley, Recipe, scallops on November 20, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Scallops – Coquilles St. Jacques in French – are one of the family specials. In proper form, the ingredients are few: scallops, butter, cream, and parsley… The night I arrived in my family’s village supper was from 8pm till 12:30am, and even so, we had to pry ourselves away before coffee was offered because I [...]
A family affair: roast leg of lamb with garden herbs
Posted in Classic, Comfort Food, French Food, Herbs, Holidays, Lamb, Recipe, Winter, tagged dinner, famliy, france, garlic, lamb, normandy, parsley, Recipe, roast, rosemary, thyme on November 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I find myself in transit, faced by a challenging familial loss, between Canada and West Africa. We seem to all come together around food, on our tip of Normandy. I am writing this recipe to share our time together as a family in France with my brother – who had to stay in Canada. The [...]
Thyme-infused lentil cakes with gruyère
Posted in Herbs, Leeks, lentils, Recipe, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Winter, tagged delicious, dinner, gruyère, lentil, lentil cakes, Recipe, thyme on October 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been making an effort to finish off all the food stored in my cupboard before I leave – which makes for interesting combinations of things I wouldn’t always think of eating together. This time, it was sunchoke latkes with applesauce and thyme-infused lentil cakes with gruyère. On my last market visit, I also picked up [...]
Roasted tomato sauce
Posted in Herbs, Italian, Pasta, Recipe, Tomatoes, vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, tagged freezing, fresh herbs, harvest, Italian, oxheart, Recipe, roasted tomato, sauce on October 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »
With the first frost approaching, I thought it would be likely this recipe would come in handy! Before moving to Montréal, we harvested all our tomatoes (even though it was just the end of August), and made pots and pots of sauce to put in the freezer. Our tomato harvest this year was phenomenal. The [...]
Beet-goat cheese spirals with toasted hazelnuts
Posted in Apéritif, Appetizer, beets, Canadian Food, Herbs, Nuts, Recipe, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Winter, tagged appetizer, beets, goat cheese, hazelnuts, herbs, Recipe, twist on October 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Lately, I’ve been having a lot of fun playing a sort of cooking puzzle: the kind of game where I look at everything in my fridge and try to come up with interesting and delicious ideas which are not necessarily based on any pre-existing recipes (at least that I’ve seen). In this particular case, the [...]
Angel Hair Pasta with Fresh Herbs
Posted in Basil, Cheese, Herbs, Little White Sauce, Pasta, Quick Dinner, tagged Angel hair pasta, Basil, bechamel, chives, creamy, Dill, fresh herbs, parsley, summer taste, thyme on July 19, 2011 | 4 Comments »
For me, the splendour of cooking during the summer stems from an abundance of fresh herbs. Be it basil or thyme, chives or parsley, dill or mint, the immediate burst of flavour is ever a delight. As a child, I petitioned my mother for years to plant a herb garden, which she did. Ever since, [...]
