The Jerusalem Artichoke is in my top 5 of vegetables…which is a pretty hard list for me to pick as I can’t think of a vegetable that I dislike (maybe okra….) At the mention of artichoke, you maybe thinking of a globe artichoke – the large green orb of firm petals that looks mysterious to …
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Most of Europe basked in sunshine throughout April which got the rhubarb growing much earlier than usual. 6 days after I spotted the first growth we had usable stems! Following on from my goal last summer not to waste a stick of rhubarb, here is the first rhubarb recipe of the season. What is a …
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A slice of cake is not my favourite naughty nibble but offer me a freshly baked, warm Madeleine with my cuppa and you won’t hear me say no. Perhaps it’s because they were first baked in the region of Lorraine! Really, they are a small cake but there is something about the light, warm centre …
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Vin Chaud…Glühwein… Glögi…which ever name you use, this is the perfect winter’s day warming drink with the added benefit of it being alcoholic. Here in Châtel and across the French Alps it is a popular drink on the slopes and while the recipe is really quite simple, most of the restaurants will buy and serve …
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Here it is! Our first cookbook showcasing 90 recipes that we have served at Chalet Cannelle in the last 4 years. It was a bit of a mammoth project – we did start it in the summer of 2016 but it didn’t really take a proper hold of our lives until April this year. We …
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It’s cold here, really cold. I haven’t seen the outdoor thermometer go over -2 in over a week. The mornings are absolutely beautiful; the frost freezes all the bare branches of the trees turning them white so the whole valley looks like a winter wonderland. There is fresh snow on the ground from yesterday and …
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Autumn in the mountain is absolutely stunning. Most of the year you think that near enough all the trees you see on the mountains are pines and evergreens but it is only at this time of year that you realise how many aren’t. We were lucky this year to have blue skies most days, cold …
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Follow my blog with Bloglovin Homemade rhubarb gin anyone? I love a good G&T. I know it isn’t everyone’s tipple of choice but it is the only spirit I drink. Years ago, I got excited if I spotted a bottle of Hendricks on the bar man’s shelf and even more so if they offered lime …
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One of the first things we did when we moved to Chatel was dig up a 10m2 lawn (of monster weeds) to create a veggie patch with 8 raised beds. The beds were made from pieces of exterior walls of an old chalet that were abandoned in the back garden. We have no idea where …
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Turin, is 3 hours away from Chalet Cannelle in Chatel, France. We first visited 4 years ago by accident. We were taking a little trip through the Aosta Valley to look for providors and we weren’t having much luck. So we just kept driving and ended up in a campsite in Turin, high on the …
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