At Home with Kim Vallee

COOKBOOKS, DINING | November 10, 2009

Discover Pasta History in the Encyclopedia of Pasta

What a pretty sight! These are pasta made by food historian and food teacher Oretta Zanini De Vita. As you can see, making pasta has so secret for her. She owns vintage pasta tools including a wooden stamp that mints pasta like coins. It is splendid. Encyclopedia of Pasta Oretta Zanini De Vita wrote a 300-page encyclopedia about [...]

COOKING tools, DINING | October 14, 2009

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Hand Held Julienne Slicer

You know how I like kitchen gadgets that simplify my life and are easy to clean. I pick my big mandolin slicer when I need julienne strips but I would prefer a hand held option for when I only need to slice one carrot. I found this julienne slicer that seems to do a good [...]

DINING, FOOD + drinks | October 8, 2009

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More Recipes on Our Kitchen

The photography and the recipes of Our Kitchen will inspire to cook. How can you resist the sight of this Lemon and yoghurt cake? We can never read too many food blogs. I owe to my friend Lara of Ready 2 Spark the discovery of this blog produced by food lovers who work for the appliance maker [...]

OFF topics | October 6, 2009

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A Chanel Suit made of Ravioli

Last weekend was the 2009 edition of Nuit Blanche in Paris. For the occasion, Gilles Stassart dressed mannequins in food. “Les diététiques” was presented in 4 cycles at 4 Monop’ stores. The most striking piece has to be this Chanel suit made with ravioli. Wow! + photo by Le Figaro

DINING, FOOD + drinks | September 30, 2009

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Anne’s Food Seeks the Best Superfood Sandwich

If you up for the challenge, you could try to compose the best superfood (meaning high phytonutrient content) sandwich. Anne’s Food is having a contest. Anyone can participate. She thought of a price for her non-Swedish readers. + More on Anne’s Food

COOKBOOKS, DINING | September 24, 2009

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Let’s make a great cookbook

Good news for home cooks. You can enter a recipe contest every week with a cool winning prize. Harper Studio will publish the winning recipes in the Food52 cookbook. + Food52 cookbook project

DINING, EATING out | September 15, 2009

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Exquisite Prosciutto Tasting Lunch

I had a special lunch twelve days ago. Hivron and her husband Paolo Macchi received me for a tasting of their products at a local restaurant in Old Montreal. While talking to Hivron during the lunch, I discovered that we have several things in common. We both studied interior design for one thing. Prosciutto crudo Macchi imports [...]

ENTERTAINING, OUTDOOR entertaining | September 7, 2009

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Menu for an End of Summer Party

This menu is so quick to make that you still have time to serve this meal tonight to your family. To get the full effect of the charming sight created by this old table, you can postpone it for the closing party at the cottage. When I saw this delightful scene, it reminded me of [...]