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From Bordeaux to Bali, finding home again.: February 2011
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From Bordeaux to Bali, finding home again. February 15, 2011. In an Angel's kitchen: Tarte au Chocolat and Cannelés de Bordeaux. Er name is Céleste Mathilde and if her first name suits her perfectly, we should have thought of something more befitting for her middle name, Suzette or Madeleine perhaps? It is no surprise that today, at eighteen, she is impatiently waiting to graduate from High School to attend "Le Cordon Bleu". You see, she has it all planned out for a very long time! A perfectionist at hea...
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From Bordeaux to Bali, finding home again.: Recipe Index
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From Bordeaux to Bali, finding home again. How to crack open a coconut. How to make fresh coconut milk. Balinese spice paste for fish. Roasted Lemon, Onion and Garlic Focaccia. Sambal Goreng (Fried Sambal). Sambal Matah (Fresh Sambal with Lemongrass). Sambal Bebek (Raw Spicy Sambal). Sambal Kucicang (Sambal with Torch Ginger). Sambal Pelalah (Spicy Sambal). Sambal Tomat (Tomato Sambal). Sambal Tuwung (Raw Eggplant Sambal). Rujak (Sweet, sour and spicy fruit and vegetable salad). Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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From Bordeaux to Bali, finding home again.: Like water from the mountain
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From Bordeaux to Bali, finding home again. February 10, 2010. Like water from the mountain. Am in the US right now and I miss very much my husband, Komang. I miss cooking with him, all the while chatting and eating in silence together, as most Balinese do. I miss a lot of things about Komang, not only cooking but it's 7pm and I am hungry! For some reasons, Komang did not cook much before us being together but that certainly did change, a lot! Has been reached. That's why his food, be it nasi goreng.
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From Bordeaux to Bali, finding home again.: Louise's Paintings
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From Bordeaux to Bali, finding home again. If you are interested in her work (or just to say hello), you can contact her at. She sells her paintings and works on commission as well. She works mostly with oil paints, watercolors and pastels. You can see more of her work here. She draws her inspiration from nature, myths and her imaginative dreamy perception of the world. Her work is gentle, deep and always true to her heart. I am very proud of her. Expression or application of human creative skill and.
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From Bordeaux to Bali, finding home again.: Rejang Dewa and Lawar
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From Bordeaux to Bali, finding home again. April 8, 2011. Rejang Dewa and Lawar. Oday all over Karangasem where we live, families are celebrating Odalan, the birthday of temples. On Saturday we will go pray at Pura Lumbung but today, Odalan has already started at that temple and young girls are performing Rejang Dewa (the dance for the gods), an event which takes place every year and a half. Months ago, they started to prepare for that day. Komang's beautiful little cousin, Iluh Mentik. No doubt, if you ...
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From Bordeaux to Bali, finding home again.: the perfect egg: a recipe for îles flottantes and one for pain brioché
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From Bordeaux to Bali, finding home again. April 24, 2011. The perfect egg: a recipe for îles flottantes and one for pain brioché. With Lime and Jasmine Blossom Crème Anglaise and Rose Meringue. For the Crème Anglaise:. 1/2 cup of sugar. 2 cups of milk. Grated zest of 1 small lime. A handful of lime blossoms. A handful of jasmine blossoms. 1 vanilla bean split in two. In a saucepan, bring the milk to a boil with the vanilla bean, grated lime zest, lime leaves, lime and jasmine blossoms. 2 Tsp of sugar.
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From Bordeaux to Bali, finding home again.: Rice, two ways: Nasi goreng and Nasi Kuning
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From Bordeaux to Bali, finding home again. January 27, 2011. Rice, two ways: Nasi goreng and Nasi Kuning. Ne of the first things we prepare every morning is the rice. My mother in-law, Ibu Boni, still makes Nasi for the day the traditional way: soaked, steamed in a conical bamboo basket in an aluminium pot set over a wood fire, soaked again and steamed one last time. When we have left over rice, Komang makes Nasi Goreng (his way) and when we have lots of time, I make Nasi Kuning (my way). 1 tsp fish sauce.
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From Bordeaux to Bali, finding home again.: First things first! The foods of Life: Coconut (Nyuh) and Rice (Nasi)
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From Bordeaux to Bali, finding home again. January 19, 2010. The foods of Life: Coconut (Nyuh) and Rice (Nasi). Hat would Bali be and look like, I often dreamily wonder, if it was not for the ever present grace of the coconut palms and the arresting emerald beauty of the rice fields, the Sawa? Both are essential and shaped the life on the island. The Coconut, Nyuh, la Noix de Coco:. Sound followed by a Wooooeeee! Yeehaw, chicken curry tonight. Well, anyway that's what I'd do! Jakut Urab (2-3 servings).
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From Bordeaux to Bali, finding home again.: April 2011
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From Bordeaux to Bali, finding home again. April 24, 2011. The perfect egg: a recipe for îles flottantes and one for pain brioché. With Lime and Jasmine Blossom Crème Anglaise and Rose Meringue. For the Crème Anglaise:. 1/2 cup of sugar. 2 cups of milk. Grated zest of 1 small lime. A handful of lime blossoms. A handful of jasmine blossoms. 1 vanilla bean split in two. In a saucepan, bring the milk to a boil with the vanilla bean, grated lime zest, lime leaves, lime and jasmine blossoms. 2 Tsp of sugar.
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From Bordeaux to Bali, finding home again.: April 2010
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From Bordeaux to Bali, finding home again. April 21, 2010. He first "exotic" dish I ever cooked was Chicken Curry. I was eleven years old and had just acquired my very first cookbook; it was a small compilation of recipes from India, China and Sri Lanka as well as tidbits of lore and history. And I'm pretty sure that's when it all started, this insatiable curiosity for far away lands which became the unraveling thread of my itinerant life. Blame it on that book and on Ibn Battuta. A coconut has to be cra...