Category: absolutely french

Boeuf en Daube a la Provencale from Christine Wilkinson of Lavande French restaurant

BOEUF-en-DAUBE A LA PROVENCALE: (cooked in a cast iron pot on top of stove.) Adapted from a recipe from DK Books publication Provence Cookery School by renowned French chef, Gui Gedda and Marie Pierre Moine of Le Lavandou, Baumes-les-Momosas. Don’t be put off by the four hour preparation and cooking time. It’s actually simple. INGREDIENTS: […]

Bastille Day – Heads could roll!

French president Nicolas Sarkozy can’t seem to take a trick right now. About two out of three – 64 per cent of the French public dislike him and disapprove of his actions as President.  Not only did the precious French football team, Les Bleus, implode at the World Cup to bring shame on the whole […]

Tuesday July 13th, 2010 in absolutely french | 2 Comments »

Fabulous Food by Fred

Take the gourmand’s good oil of French taste – truffle and inject it between the skin and flesh of chickens and marinade . “la truffe’’ in Kangaroo Island honey. And Voila!. These titillating treats reflect how  French chef Frederic Boussard  will marry his traditional culinary skills with “amazing’’ South Australian produce at this year’s Bastille […]

Wednesday July 7th, 2010 in absolutely french | No Comments »

Lavende: A rare French connection

When Callington restauranteur Christine Wilkinson was a young English girl  growing up in London, she did not feel English at all.  She knew her grandmother, Colette, was French and when she went to France for the first time as a teenager, she felt at  home. “Then when I went to France, I sang in a […]

Wednesday June 16th, 2010 in absolutely french, my french kitchen | No Comments »

Toque Blanche at Le Cordon Bleu

Quality more than quantity still rules the plate in France, despite societal change surrounding food, says eminent Parisian Cordon Bleu chef, Philippe Clergue, who was in Adelaide recently for Tasting Australia. And, whatever the future holds for French cuisine, his message is that seafood will always be a dominant ingredient on the menus of France. […]

Saturday May 22nd, 2010 in my french kitchen | 1 Comment »

Absolutely French

There’s something delightfully je ne sais quoi, about being French.   It’s their musical language and wonderful accent and the French people’s hedonistic pursuit of life’s pleasures. Their love of fine food, wine and fashion defines them.  They are a stylish people devoted to the cult of appearance, who relish in that sense of joie de […]

Sunday May 9th, 2010 in absolutely french | 2 Comments »