chanterelle

filet of beef with tarragon sauce

Have you ever tasted a really bad risotto? One that is mushy, overcooked and just terrible? Well, I have to confess that we managed to make such a risotto in our cooking club last friday.. Ofcourse I can also tell you that I did not personally cook this risotto and in fact a couple of [...]

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The first round of the black box has officially been cooked by chef Tom… On friday around 6 pm the box was opened. I had to drive to Amsterdam on the friday afternoon to get some of the ingredients I wanted, put them in the box and Tom got to open it… We possibly had [...]

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First cookbook entry!!

by Simone (junglefrog) on September 2, 2010 · 23 comments

in Current Affairs

Whoohoo!!! I made it!! It’s now official. One of my recipes will be featured in the Foodista Cookbook! I just received the email confirming that I was one of the 100 lucky winners out of about 1500 entries. Now how cool is that? I just think it is fabulous.. The winning recipe is one of [...]

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Chanterelle mushroom pie

I was so happy when we went to the farmer’s market in Amsterdam on saturday to find an entire stall filled with all sorts of mushrooms. Remember that in the supermarkets here you can only ever find button mushrooms, chestnut mushrooms and the occassional oyster mushroom and shiitake if you’re really lucky. But I had [...]

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