At Home with Kim Vallee

GIFT IDEAS, HOSTESS gifts | November 9, 2009

Brie Baker and Goat Cheese Baker

Every Holiday season, one cooking tool is under everyone’s Christmas tree. This year, the brie baker seems to be what retailers have bet on. I saw the brie baker being well in display, next to the Goat Cheese Baker, in almost every gift ships I visited last week. If you ever served a baked brie, you [...]

DINING, LINENS | October 23, 2009

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Goat Cheese Warmer and French Country Table Linens

Arthur Quentin is a must-shop place in Montreal for anyone who likes to cook or to entertain. You shop there when you are looking for quality and European imported tableware. No need to say that I like this shop a lot. Their new collection for autumn includes this warmer dish to make chèvre chaud (warm goat [...]

COOKING tools, DINING | June 29, 2009

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Better Cooking Start with Ingredients, Techniques and Cookware

The Warm Chicken with a lemon couscous salad recipe by Donna Hay is a dish I prepare twice a month at home. It is delicious and fast to make. For everyday entertaining, this dish nicely pairs with a Gentil Hugel or Les Jamelles Sauvignon blanc. My husband sometimes cooked the chicken breasts on the BBQ but [...]

COOKING tools, DINING, TABLEWARE, TRENDS | March 14, 2008

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Urban Colors brought fashion to Emile Henry

It is not because you are born in 1850 that you are not young at heart. Urban Colors shows a younger, hipper side of Emily Henry. The Urban Colors collection injects a sense of fashion into the traditional ceramic cookware brand. And to stay current, Emile Henry adds two more colors and [...]

ENTERTAINING, HOLIDAY entertaining | March 14, 2008

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The Easter brunch goes vintage

Typically, that would not be my first choice of vessel. But there is a “je ne sais quoi” that I like about these two collections at Williams-Sonoma. Strangely while I was assembling my board, I realized that they work together. When you entertain with kids, it feels stylish to integrate children design with fun grown-up patterns [...]

COOKING tools, DINING | April 12, 2007

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The Challengers: Le Creuset Moroccan Tagine vs. Emile Henry Flame Top Tagine

I discovered the pleasure of slow cooking recipes in the last year. Braising and other slow cooking techniques are great to host stress-free dinner parties. Dishes that are equally delicious whether they cook longer or not are so practical for at home entertaining. Since the recipe does not require your presence at [...]