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A summer picnic in Iceland

Posted on August 19, 2014 • 27 comments

Summer picnic in Iceland | Cannelle et Vanille

Will you forgive me for posting two picnic stories in a row? As I mentioned on my last post, there have been so many picnics this summer. Most of them in Seattle, but I have to tell you I love having picnics everywhere I go. Let's get outside - rain or shine. Today I want ...

Posted under: fish & meat, food photography, food styling, gluten free, grains, salads, summer, Uncategorized, vegetables, workshop

Ingredients: eggs, mussels, potatoes, rhubarb, sausage, tomatoes

A story about home… and some lunch recipes

Posted on February 26, 2014 • 65 comments

This is a story about home - where home is and what home means to me these days. And also, about what probably defines to eat lunch with me. Fish, involved, of course. We arrived in Seattle 357 days ago. People ask me "why Seattle?" all the time. Many seem surprised that I am indeed new to ...

Posted under: fish & meat, gluten free, salads, Uncategorized, winter

Ingredients: avocado, blood orange, bread, chamomile, fish, garlic, kale, mussels, radishes

Cider-baked apples and a bean soup

Posted on November 19, 2013 • 51 comments

Baked apples in cider with cranberries and pistachios

When we made the decision to leave Florida, all I craved were seasons. I knew from that moment on I could only live in a place where leaves turn ochre and the rain turns everything blue. I suppose in some ways I just searched for my childhood environment - a place I felt comfortable. Seattle is ...

Posted under: autumn, fish & meat, gluten free, soups, tarts

Ingredients: apples, beans, cinnamon, clams, cranberries, fennel, flowers and herbs, mussels, pancetta, pistachios, vanilla