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Braised Artichokes With Olives & Feta, a Lavender Buttermilk Tart & A Cook
2011-09-13 06:24:00
I've had the chance to travel to the West coast and back twice in the last couple of weeks and twice I had high hopes of experiencing some lower, nice Fall-ish temperatures. I was ready. Sweaters...
More About: Olives , Cook , Tart

Announcing A Three Day Food Photography & Styling Workshop in Los Angeles
2011-09-08 00:09:00
Something exciting has been brewing behind the scene for a little while...now it's time to let it out: my awesome photography agency Primary Reps, led by my agent Chris has been working hard to put...
More About: Food , Photography , Los Angeles , Workshop , Food photography

Conchiglie With Roasted Beets and Pineapple Sage & Watermelon Shiso Sorbet
2011-08-31 18:01:00
Catching up. Been wanting to catch up with everything since I came back this weekend. With both our schedules on the ?busy on repeat? button in August and September, catching up is done on the fly....
More About: Pineapple

Away In Seattle...
2011-08-27 02:17:00
This week of cookbook styling and shooting is over. Grueling. Exhausting. Exhilarating. Soothing. A nice change of pace for me to prop and play with food. I loved every minute of it and enjoyed being...
More About: Seattle

Soul Satisfying Roasted Cauliflower, Leek & Garlic Soup and Lemon Fritters
2011-08-18 07:39:00
I seriously feel like starting this post with "oh what a week...!" to the tune of "oh what a night.." At least, just listening to it makes my feet move under my chair. That's a good thing. I am...
More About: Garlic , Lemon , Soul , Soup , Cauliflower

Comforting Recipes: Quinoa, Watermelon & Feta Salad, Roasted Pepper & Ricot
2011-08-10 18:57:00
We're back home. Everything and everyone is getting back to normal. Groceries, laundry, walks with the pups. And yet, everything's different. Every move taken and every thing said is tinted with a...
More About: Recipes , Salad , Pepper

Fig "Gateau de Riz", Miso Salmon & A Refreshing Apricot Cherry Cocktail
2011-08-02 07:23:00
The excitement of coming home is often trumped by the reality of an empty fridge. Rarely in my family actually. Back home, we have this tradition to invite the weary travelers for dinner so that they...
More About: Cocktail , Cherry

Lemon Verbena Macarons, Sharing Passions & A Giveaway!
2011-07-31 15:30:00
Hard to believe that one week ago, last Sunday, we were basking in the heat of Oklahoma watching our first rodeo, enjoying the last bit of our trip to pioneer country. I'm from the South of France....
More About: Lemon

Snapshots From A Weekend On The Ranch...
2011-07-27 07:53:00
We are on our way back from our road trip to Oklahoma and Ree, The Pioneer Woman's Lodge where I shared with her readers two of my passions, cooking and photographing. We are in Nashville for the...
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Summer Fare: White Nectarines Pineapple Sage Galette, Chanterelles Tartine
2011-07-20 07:05:00
Don't judge but a slice of this white nectarine galette has ben breakfast for the past two days. Tomorrow also. Even though we are taking a road trip cross country, B. requested I'd pack the galette...
More About: Summer , Pineapple , White

Salt Lake City, Park City, Utah and Evo 11...Pictures & Thoughts
2011-07-18 00:12:00
Evo 11 is ... staying hydrated as much as possible. Altitude. Talking. Sun. More talking. More sun. More slushies. Beware though. Two straws in your watermelon slushie means "a little boozy". Just so...
More About: Pictures , Salt Lake City , Thoughts , Utah , Park

Apricots Honey Panna Cotta and Chinese Five Spice Tuna & Stone Fruit Skewer
2011-07-13 05:59:00
Came back from Utah last night and it's been a day of catching up. Running around. Grocery shopping. Laundry doing. And of course playing with Bill and snuggling with the pups...Wait! Sorry. It's the...
More About: Fruit , Chinese , Honey , Stone , Tuna

Mixed Berry & Lemon Verbena Pie
2011-07-05 06:53:00
One of the great redeeming qualities of the Spring and Summer heat in South Carolina is the abundance of berries and stone fruits. Every Saturday at the farmers market, I load up on local peaches,...
More About: Lemon , Berry

Having Fun With Cherries! Cherry Clafoutis, Cherry Pistachio Crumble Cakes
2011-06-28 23:01:00
Cherries... A love story. Cherries are still, along with other stone fruits, one of those once-a-year-come-and-get-it-now foods. In a world where so many foods are available year round, which in by...
More About: Cakes , Cherry

Honey Apricots With Pineapple Sage Financiers & Some Farmers Market Fare...
2011-06-21 08:01:00
When we dropped our friend J. at the airport yesterday, it felt a little like dropping off your kid to camp. Mind you the kid has just turned forty years-old but that sparkle in his eye about finally...
More About: Market , Pineapple , Honey

White Peach Tartelettes With Rosemary Sugar & Some Book Tour Updates
2011-06-14 13:38:00
Up until an hour ago, I was having one of those posts starting with a sentence I'd write and erase, and re-write. Not anymore. Obviously. Here are three sentences I have not started over. Yet. So...
More About: Sugar , Book , White , Updates , Tour

Dinner With Friends: Rhubarb & Berry Consommé, Cantaloupe & Speck Ham with
2011-06-11 06:03:00
It's a simple truth that we really enjoy having friends come to dinner. Winter nights are definitely cozier sharing a piece of chocolate in front of the fireplace. Summer evenings in our neighborhood...
More About: Friends , Dinner , Berry

Mixed Berries Sorbet with Vanilla Shortbread Cookies
2011-06-07 16:07:00
When I called my mother yesterday I had a burning question to ask her. As soon as we started talking, I completely forgot. I was outside on the deck and heard a plane over my head. Felt a cool breeze...
More About: Cookies , Berries

Fontainebleau: Faisselle Mousse With Fresh Berries
2011-06-03 20:56:00
My parents flew back to France yesterday and everyone in the house woke up a little different. Even the pups who kept going up and down the stairs looking for them. We made coffee, went on the back...
More About: Berries , Fresh

Pissaladiere and A Guest Post
2011-05-30 15:31:00
I realized early this month that I never posted a recipe for one of the specialties of the region in France where I grew up, Provence. Pissaladiere, a thin tart topped with onion, anchovies and...
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French Onion Soup
2011-01-14 07:22:00
Days go by lately and they pretty much look the same. Write write write. Camera camera camera. Write write write. It's pretty intense. It's very insane and I would not change it for the world. Writing this book is the toughest thing I have ever done. Finding my authoring voice as well as my "manual-guideline" writing voice, as well as analyzing hundreds of my own pictures to make sure they are the best in the category they will be used for. I wondered the other day is 5pm was a decent time to finally brush my hair...I am learning tons. About the world of editing and publishing, myself, others. About having someone busting your chop and being always one step ahead. I thought I did not sleep much, I think my editor got me beat. I often wonder if I am slow or it's just the subject matter that makes me slow down and double triple check how I put it down on paper. I have never pondered words and dissected pictures as much as I have been doing the past couple of months. And there is so...
More About: French , Soup

Pear & Almond Frangipane Tartelettes
2011-01-08 19:19:00
It's been a week of catching up here since New Year. Catching up on family, catching up on friends, emails, snail mail, thank you notes, love notes. The holidays have been so busy and wonderful that every bit of everyday is truly dedicated to organizing. At the end of the day, feeling both mentally spent and elated, we welcome a little break and a treat. It does not have to be anything fancy or sweet. Sometimes it's just a slice of bread and some honey, a couple of cookies, a piece of bread and a cracker, etc... Sometimes, it's a treat I made specifically for a tea break. Sometimes, like the other day, it was pulling ends and pieces together to make something utterly scrumptious: Pear and Almond Frangipane Tartelettes.On New Year's day I made all the traditional Southern foods since my in-laws were coming over such as ham, black eyed peas, collard greens, biscuits, etc..I also added one of my family's traditions by making a galette des rois with gluten free puff pastry. I know ...

Making Time For Tea & Lemon Coconut Cupcakes
2011-01-04 22:28:00
I hope everyone is having a great start to the New Year and feels refreshed and ready to enjoy 2011 to the fullest. B. and I don't really make resolutions as we know what works and what does not, what needs to go and what needs to be and always keep those in mind. Not just because it is the New Year. It's refreshing to think of beginnings though. Possibilities. This past Sunday, we pulled out the big calendar and jotted down our respective commitments so far. We got to July and looked at each other with a big smile and circled August three times and wrote with capitals "vacances a deux". There's been a lot of traveling but it's been too long since we traveled just the two of us and we absolutely love it. We'd love to go to Ireland and Scotland where he is from. It's not a definite yet but we'll work hard to make it happen. Got to dream big right? Right!The second thing I wrote down in my internal calendar was to make an effort to put myself on pause for tea time. I've mentio...
More About: Lemon , Time , Coconut

New Address!
2011-01-02 21:39:00
A New Year and an updated url! Tartelette's url is now www.tarteletteblog.comYou can update your records manually if you wish or wait for everything to get synchronized but it might take up to 48hrs.Happy New Year again!

Oh What A Year!
2010-12-31 15:04:00
Wow...A year. And what a year...Hard to sit down and reflect on the whirlwind that 2010 has been because my whole body, mind and soul are still twirling from everything that's happened and is happening. Gratitude sinks in. A sense of accomplishment. Hopes fulfilled. Goals simmering. I hope it's not too long. There is some photo talk, some cookbook talk, some love and friendship talk, some travel and food talk. I want to write it all down to make sure I did not just dream 2010, it was so incredibly wonderful. You guys have made this year special with your words, both online and off, sharing your thoughts with me as I came here each week to share some food and a few stories. With this post, I also wish to show the most important persons in my life, my parents and my husband that their patience and support, unconditional love pushed me harder. And the close friends who have shared many a "shoot meal" to help out! I love reading everyone's end of the year posts and I especially love...
More About: New Year

Carrot Cake Macarons With Cream Cheese Frosting Filling
2010-12-28 18:37:00
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas surrounded by friends and family or just chilling. We loved being able to share the day with a few different groups of people, plopping from one dinner to another and a glass of Champagne to a glass of wine, surrounded by the warmth of a good fire and a few good hugs. Bill and I don't exchange presents as we'd rather book tickets to a play or the symphony, things we wouldn't just "get up and do" during the year. From the feedback I received over the last few days, it looks like everyone found their happiness in all the treats Santa brought. I like to vary things up from one year to the next but there are a few items that will always be on the list. Chocolate truffles, sugar cookies and macarons. This year, I went a tad bit mad scientist and made Carrot Cake Macarons. Carrot Cake is one of those desserts that would make a Frenchie raise an eyebrow (or two) on the first try but one I quickly came to love. We don't usually mix vegetables an...
More About: Cheese

Sweet Holidays To You!
2010-12-24 17:59:00
Merry Christmas to you all! I hope you have the sweetest of holidays! Thank you all for every bit of love and sharing you give me everyday and every time I come around here!It's going to be a quiet evening here with friends but you can be sure it won't be without good food...! Here is our menu for Christmas Eve: homemade lox and blinis, French country pate and baguette, seafood fondue (salmon, tuna, scallops, shrimp), mixed greens with Meyer lemon vinaigrette and for dessert vanilla bean creme brulees....Oh yeah baby...! What's on yours?I have today completely dedicated to filling up the gift baskets I hand out to family and friends every year and since they are too busy to read today, I can tell you what is going into them!French Macarons Cranberry Coin cookiesMaple Leaf CookiesPalm Sugar Sandwich Cookies with Cinnamon Cream fillingIndian Cardamom CookiesVanilla ShortbreadSugar Cookies Sandwiches with Brandy CreamDate Nut LoavesHazelnut BlondiesElderflower TrufflesCocoa Nib Truf...
More About: Holidays , Sweet

Poached Kumquat & Almond Cakes
2010-12-22 06:01:00
I love this time of year for so many reasons. They hit me with a bit of nostalgia in the afternoon but they all revolve around the same flavors and scents. I found myself humming our favorite Christmas story. He caught me starring at the skyline while my mom was describing the snow back home. He noticed I let the cardamom pods linger on the countertop a little while. That's the holidays too. So I close my eyes and just imagine.Chocolate. Thick as ganache and strong as coffee hot chocolate. Cardamom. My mom's Swedish cardamom rolls, Roasted chestnuts. Piping hot snack we would get on the streets of Paris while visiting my grandparents. Oolong tea. The perfect cup to warm you up in the afternoon. Clementines and kumquats. One of my favorite Winter dessert. A yogurt and a clementine or a handful of kumquats was by far the most common dessert at our house during Winter. My mom has this gigantic wooden fruit bowl for everyday dinners that I love. Not because of what it is but because o...
More About: Cakes , Almond

Butternut Squash and Coconut Milk Rice
2010-12-18 18:09:00
Every year for Christmas I bake gifts for B's family and our friends. The tradition started 10 years ago when B. and I entered stores after stores, Christmas shopping for his relatives, only to come out empty handed. What do you get the people who have everything? Homemade goodies. And tons of them. Neatly packaged in personalized boxes with pretty ribbons and paper. I go all out. They love it.I do love to give those boxes filled with cookies, truffles, macarons, etc...but it is easy to let flours, sugar, chocolate, vanilla take over the kitchen. There are times I feel I am inhaling far more buttercream than humanly recommended. I bet some of you can relate! Baking after work also means multitasking with dinner. Clearly not the time to experiment with new or lengthy recipes so I rely on dishes which ingredient list and method I can recite as if it were poetry. Enters this rice dish.In the past eight years, I have probably made this dish once a month. I know....that's a bit scary t...
More About: Milk , Rice , Coconut , Squash

Gluten Free Strawberry Jelly Roll Cake - Share Our Strength Contribution
2010-12-14 15:58:00
As a child, I can't say that I ever knew hunger. I got hungry for sure. But I never knew the deep feeling of being hungry and knowing I would not be able to satisfy my growling stomach. My parents did not always have it easy and I can see there were times when budgets and expenses were calculated to the penny but one thing my brothers and myself never questioned to have or not was food. If times were a bit strained, we, as children, never knew it. I just noticed we ate more eggs throughout the week and lots more soups. I never put two and two together because I never had to. There was always food in my plate. Some children don't have this chance. Some children go hungry on a daily basis. My parents knew that. They made sure we did too and very early on in our lives made sure we knew the purpose of charity. We did it silently. Charity is an act that comes from inside of you. It does not need to be advertised or require praises. Just do. We know what it's like to hit hard times and...
More About: Strawberry , Free , Gluten Free , Cake , Roll