Quick and easy “A French dish of chicken braised with wine, lardons, mushrooms, and optionally garlic. While the wine used is typically from Burgundy, though many regions of France have variants of coq au vin using the local wine.” Back in my uni days, one evening I invited a couple of friends to eat something french for a change. I had no idea what to cook or how to make french food but I was […]
Quick and easy “A light tart from the South of France, Provence making it the perfect summer dish.” When visiting my dad’s town in the South of France over the summers, my mom would make tomato tart and call it pizza just to convince my brother and I to like it more when we were younger.
Quick and easy “A cheap dish to make, preferably best eaten during the winter period to keep warm.” Not many people would think much about this dish but what makes it special is the fact that it is an incredibly straight forward dish for when you’re too busy to cook something extravagant. My mom usually makes this dish because back in her day this dish was considered “war food” or “food for the poor” because […]
Quick and easy “Spanakopita is a pastry filled with chopped spinach, feta cheese, onions (or scallions), egg, and seasoning. The filling is wrapped or layered in phyllo (filo) pastry with butter and/or olive oil, either in a large pan from which individual servings are cut, or rolled into individual triangular servings.” When living in Cyprus at the ages of 14-16, I learnt how to make spanakopita from my mom’s friend. It’s a very simple and […]
Quick and easy “Is a meringue-based dessert named after the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova. It is a meringue cake with a crisp crust and soft, light inside, usually topped with fruit and, optionally, whipped cream. The dessert is believed to have been created in honour of the dancer either during or after one of her tours to Australia and New Zealand in the 1920s.” I enjoy eating pavlova infront of the tv. Pavlova is generally […]
Quick and easy “Gnocchi are a various thick, soft dough dumplings that may be made from semolina, ordinary wheat flour, egg, cheese, potato, breadcrumbs, or similar ingredients.“ When living in Glyfada/Greece, there was this one Italian restaurant that the family and I would religiously frequent. My brother and I would literally just go for their mushroom gnocchi! The cherry on top of the cake now is making your very own fresh gnocchi which I find […]
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