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RESTART: the Swiss chronicles: perks of $$$$$$$

Flashes of funny memories zip through my mind. Things seemingly unreal. As it’s late now, kinda past my bedtime but I kinda want to stay up til my eyes really tire 😉 So let’s do smthg easy: it’s all about… Read more ›

Nov 19, 2014
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Geneva, Lists
CERN, Free stuff, Perks of work, Water

The “almost” completed cooked alphabet project

I do not like to quit things. This can be an annoying trait, especially when it concerns silly things. I have been known to stay up too late to finish small details of a project when I should be sleeping.… Read more ›

Nov 19, 2014
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Alpha cooking project, FOOD, Lists
Alphabet project, Cooking

2014: better late than never? FB killed this blog I think :P

Coucou! ( = a common French greeting) In fact, since it has been like ages, I hesitate to even say hello cuz really, who reads this nowadays anyway?! It has been so long, like a year and a half! Buuuut… Read more ›

Nov 19, 2014
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Geneva
2014

E is hard??? “Endives au jambon” says the roommate

E is HARD. But it can work. So voila : ENDIVES 🙂 This is a veg I was intro’d to back in 2001 during my year in Paris. It’s Belgian in origin and rarely found in N.America outside of snobby… Read more ›

Apr 17, 2013
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Alpha cooking project

C is for cabbage rolls

Hello there! It is hard to post in order b/c I have a pic uploading problem from my phone and sometimes I am just too excited by today’s post to go back in time to earlier letters…. Anyway, cabbage rolls… Read more ›

Apr 17, 2013
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Alpha cooking project

F = fries, fijitas & fennel

It was Saturday and the end of the first week of cooking and I had been doing it everyday and making some complicated things so I wanted to cheat… Option 1: “French fries” says the boy. Great idea I think….easy… Read more ›

Apr 14, 2013
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Alpha cooking project

DEVILED eggs

Just word up: I’m a God-loving gal but I can enjoy these eggs with relish–lol! So I do like me some eggs in all types but I did not want to make frittata for F. And I have never made… Read more ›

Apr 14, 2013
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Alpha cooking project

Liver n onions

Now this is an “old” person’s classic. And I am always close to iron-deficient. AND liver is the cheapest source of protein in Geneva of the meat-like offerings. Soooooooooooo it’s time to learn how to make this dish and make… Read more ›

Apr 11, 2013
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Alpha cooking project
Alphabet project, Cooking

M does not follow B BUT….

Today’s creation was MINESTRONE soup! Italian originally, now we see this soup often on cafeteria menus in Canada all the time and probably in other countries too I believe…. INSPIRATION: For Easter weekend, or rather, the FEASTING of it, I… Read more ›

Apr 10, 2013
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Alpha cooking project

BBBBBBibimbap! Korean Kuisine at its finest!

So I love Korean stuff–food, people, tv dramas…etc. I am fortunate to have met some awesome Korean folks who added loads of fun to my life 🙂 Thanks guys & gals! And with their inspiration, I turn to the letter… Read more ›

Apr 10, 2013
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Alpha cooking project, Asian travels
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