Category Archives: Food

Chèvre chaud

Posted on January 20, 2011 by caelycate

I don’t really discriminate when it comes to food. I love pretty much every thing, as long as it’s fresh and prepared well. I’ll eat any vegetable, every type of cuisine, spicy, salty, sweet, whatever texture. I’m always up for … Continue reading →

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Cancale (aka “The Seafood Tower”)

Posted on January 10, 2011 by caelycate

So, I know that I said in the last update that I would be posting about the farmer’s market next, but I took a last-minute trip to Cancale today, where a personal dream of mine came true: I finally had … Continue reading →

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Peter’s Seafood Gumbo

Posted on January 8, 2011 by caelycate

As previously mentioned, our New Year’s Eve meal was Seafood Gumbo a la my brother-in-law and native Mississippian Peter. He adapted his family recipe for Chicken and Sausage Gumbo and gave it a West Coast touch by substituting the meat … Continue reading →

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Home

Posted on January 5, 2011 by caelycate

My journey from Rennes to San Diego was rather long and terrible. I laughed, I cried, I cursed, but mostly I wondered how they haven’t created a faster/easier/better way to travel. How does it take 24 hours to get from … Continue reading →

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The Addict’s Mushroom Lasagne

Posted on December 20, 2010 by caelycate

This is without a doubt my most requested recipe, and I have now most recklessly gotten several people addicted to it (hence the name). I’m not sure what it is about this lasagne (yes – it is spelled with an … Continue reading →

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Pizza Adventures

Posted on December 17, 2010 by caelycate

I got into making  pizzas while staying at my parents house just before my return to France. They love to barbecue exorbitant amounts of vegetables and tofu, as it’s one of the few things that my Dad is comfortable executing … Continue reading →

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Le Marché de Noël

Posted on December 6, 2010 by caelycate

France loves Christmas (or Noël, as they say here). A lot. Every main street in every city is strung with lights. Every self-respecting shop keeper’s window looks like Father Christmas threw up in it. In between the decorations and the cold, … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving, Franglish-style

Posted on November 30, 2010 by caelycate

Warning: This is a long blog post. Be prepared before you commit to reading it. Okay, I’ve been in France for Thanksgiving once before when I studied abroad in Paris. In a sad attempt at defiance, my fellow American -in-Paris … Continue reading →

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Kouign-amann

Posted on November 23, 2010 by caelycate

It’s officially winter. The weather forecast is predicting snow for Thursday (though I have heard from several sources that it rarely snows in Rennes, so we’ll see about that. I tend to completely distrust weather forecasts anyways…). The Christmas lights … Continue reading →

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Chicken Saltim-Sort-Of

Posted on November 22, 2010 by caelycate

This happy accident of a recipe was born last Friday night when I set out to make Giada di Laurentis’s Chicken Saltimbocca. I had made the dish a couple of times before, and always enjoyed it. Though, ( surprise, surprise) … Continue reading →

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