Category Archives: seafood

Lobster and shrimp soup

In the late nineties, Andrea Bocelli came to Lebanon to perform in Beit Eddine, a historic palace in the Shouf mountains. My dad, who never missed a concert with opera in it, invited us to join him.  I was stunned to hear the audience, composed mainly of twenty  year-olds, singing along  in Italian, at [...]
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Octopus risotto (Crni rizot)

This post is an opportunity for me to pay homage to my paternal grandmother, Marie Pavlovic. Originally from Dubrovnik on the Dalmatian coast, her father had been a Captain in the merchant marine fleet from Croatia, shuttling between the Adriatic and the Mediterranean; Marie was a product of an era permeated by  the Austro-Hungarian empire [...]
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Scallops with asparagus in passion fruit vinaigrette and parmesan tuiles

This is my menu for Valentine’s day celebration as well as All Through the Year Cheer contest. I got the idea for the vinaigrette from La Cuisine de Mercotte ; when I moved to France in the seventies, the most incredible food I tasted was a passion fruit sorbet. I wanted to find it [...]
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