It's Sunday evening. I've just finished dinner outside in my beautiful, little garden with the people (and dog) I love most. It'...

In France, this popular bistro dish (which happens to be one of my favorites) is called c ô tes de porc à  la moutarde . There are as many ...

Last month we spent a wonderful long weekend in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage , a gorgeously fashionable seaside town in the north of France with m...

It's been a while since I baked. The inspiration -- an essential part of my kitchen experiments -- just wasn't there for some reason...

Perhaps one of the most challenging assignments I've ever had was to work on a culinary production featuring a cuisine I was hardly fami...

Not all fats are created equal. The avocado (a fruit, and not a vegetable) consists of 30% healthy fats that are good for the circulatory s...

One of the best things to eat come the springtime is fresh peas. They're so much sweeter than the frozen or tinned kind and certainly wo...

Gougeres are the perfect little appetizer. Originally from Bourgogne, these beautiful, golden puffs can be flavored with a variety of ingred...

Brussels, or Bruxelles , as I prefer to call this wonderful corner of the earth, is one of my favorite cities. I never get tired of standing...

I promised to tell you about my birthday present in a previous post. No, I didn't get typical girly things like jewellery, perfume or a ...

It's finally happening! It looks like spring is about to make its entrance again! And yes, I know. We had snow last year at Easter, but ...

Oh man. Where would I be without hubby who always manages to bring out the sunshine in my day? As you probably know, we love going out fo...

And this is where my love for France has led me. These wonderful places have inspired me to produce articles for a wide variety of publicati...

Working for DUTCH, the magazine has led me to some of the most beautiful places in the Netherlands. Here are just a few... Marknesse ...