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~ The Purple Foodie ~
www.purplefoodie.com
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A 23 year old girl in search of her dream to conquer the culinary world, one bite at a time.
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La fin

I can’t believe it’s the end of my first term at Le Cordon Bleu, Paris. Yesterday, was our last demonstration at school that was made memorable with a fire drill and some champagne in plastic cups. F...

23 h ago

Recent favourites

Lately, I’ve been enjoying most of the food I’ve been making way too quickly to photograph it. Like an entire Lebanese spread with falafels and pita made from scratch. Or a BBQ with with ...

09 may 12

Chocolate Chip Bread Pudding

Need a ultra simple dessert that comes together in a matter of minutes and also doubles up as comfort food? This throw-it-together dessert might help: creamy bread pudding with chocolate chips. [Uh, ...

01 may 12

Life, right now

According to my phone, my life is a mishmash of new market finds, school life, Paris, what I’m eating for Sunday morning breakfast, psychedelic beets, Friday Lunches, Dutch cheese, stroopwafels...

25 apr 12

San Lorenzo Market, Florence

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23 apr 12

10 fun things I did in Florence

We spent a few days in Florence before heading north to Venice. Florence was gorgeous but somehow very crowed at the time we went. Here are ten random things we did in Florence. Other things included...

21 apr 12

School Updates + Green Bean and Fennel Salad

Ever since Day 1 at Le Cordon Bleu, Paris, I’ve finished 6 lessons. Each lesson includes a lengthy demo by the chef followed by practicals, where we have to make what we see in the demo. The sc...

09 apr 12

Day One

4:38… Not yet. 5:28. A little while longer. And then, finally, the alarm went off at 6:15, and I jumped out of bed for my first day of school… The school of my dreams. The school for whic...

29 mar 12

Florence Gelato Tour

We clearly hadn’t had enough gelato in Rome, so we did it all over again in Florence. Here’s a list of all the gelateria we went to in one afternoon that was made up of walking, eating gelato and the...

19 mar 12

My Favourite Lemonade

Freshly made lemonade, with raspberries added in. I make the lemonade to taste, so I can’t give you exact proportions of the ingredients. But what I can give you is this tip: let the raspberrie...

17 mar 12 1 person likes this

Zucchini and Thyme Pizza

One of my favourite things to eat is a simple zucchini pizza with a sprinkling of thyme, doused in really good olive oil. Add a few slivers of marinated artichokes, and that’s even better. I’d invari...

14 mar 12

Siena, Italy

We stopped in a little town called Sienna on our way to Florence from Rome. We ate some very good food at L’Osteria Enoteca Sotto le Fonti (the local Sienese vegetable speciality, ribollita) an...

13 mar 12

Rome Gelato Trail

We decided that we must end our last evening in Rome on a rather memorable note. So, instead of going to a restaurant for dinner, we dedicated two hours to a little gelato trail of our own. There are...

12 mar 12

Eating in Rome

Whenever I travel, I make sure I have two things in addition to my camera: a notebook with all the places I must go to listed and a folder to keep all sorts of bills, receipts and pamphlets safely fo...

28 feb 12

Speculoos Tiramisù + Nutella Tiramisù

(The one in the photo above is Speculoos Tiramisù) Today I made three types of Tiramisù: Plain, redolent with strong coffee. Speculoos. And Nutella. Up until a few months ago, I didn’t think Ti...

14 feb 12

Apple and Fennel Salad

After over four (!!) years of blogging about sweet things, I’ve added a ‘salad’ category in my blog admin for the first time. I suddenly feel like a newbie. It’s not that I do...

09 feb 12 1 person likes this

Kouign Amann

Last week, I was at Paris des Chefs – an event that had the best chefs and designers collaborate on creating food together. Watching them at work was awe inspiring. I was particularly influence...

03 feb 12

Eating Oysters

I did it. I finally did it. I ate raw oysters. I set a goal for myself to eat raw oysters when I first visited Paris, but I chickened out. I imagined raw oysters to be alive and squiggly, dirty with...

29 jan 12

Upside Down Caramel Apple Cake

Whenever I spot an apple recipe in a book, it gets bookmarked. Especially lately. I’ve been consuming apple desserts as if they’re they only kind available: apple tart, apple strudel, green apple sor...

16 jan 12 1 person likes this

How To Cut An Artichoke

How to Cut an Artichoke, the Roman way. Early in the morning at Campo de Fiori, aside from arranging the fresh produce, the vendors are busy trimming the seasonal favourite of Italian: the artichoke....

09 jan 12 1 person likes this

Campo de’ Fiori, Rome

View the slideshow On an early Friday morning I woke up at the crack of dawn, had a cup of espresso and a ricotta and cherry pastry from the forno downstairs, and walked to the market I’d heard so mu...

08 jan 12 1 person likes this

Happy 2012!

Happy New Year, dear readers! Thank you for sticking around here for yet another year. Thanks for emailing, commenting and even lurking (Hello Lurkers! Say hi!?). Wish you a delicious year ahead fill...

06 jan 12 1 person likes this

Postcard from Rome: Artichokes at Campo di Fiori

I’m lucky to be living 20 metres from one of the most colourful food markets in Rome, Campo di Fiori. Today, I woke up early (or perhaps it was all the caffeine I’m enjoying lately) to ph...

24 dec 11 1 person likes this

Chocolate Filled Chocolate Cookies

I go through cookie phases. I don’t make them for months at a stretch, but when I do, I can’t seem to stop. With cookies showing up all over the blogosphere this season, I got sucked into...

15 dec 11

Caramelised Garlic Tart

You know what I wish I was familiar with sooner? Caramelised garlic. Gently blanched. Slowly cooked. Sticky with balsamic vinegar and olive oil. Fragrant with rosemary and thyme. Almost candy-like ga...

14 dec 11 1 person likes this

My Favourite Egg Sandwich

I’ve never liked eating an egg more than I’ve liked it in this egg sandwich. This sandwich is absolutely simple to make, and the return that you get on the time and ingredients invested i...

08 dec 11

Rosemary, Walnut and Brown Sugar Cookies

It’s weird that just when I get pots of fresh herbs, I stop using them in my cooking. Suddenly, I don’t need them all that much. And when I don’t have them, I keep getting smacked ...

03 dec 11 1 person likes this

Book Giveaway: Ferran

Ferran: The Inside Story of El Bulli and the Man Who Reinvented Food. Ferran by Coleman Andrews is a biography of the man who pretty much changed how food is perceived – the man at the helm of...

01 dec 11 1 person likes this

24 Hours of Eating in Brussels

The best part about living in mainland Europe is that a new city is never too far, making it especially conducive to impromptu weekend trips. Like this one in Brussels. Brussels gave me the quirky vi...

29 nov 11

Hot Chocolate Heaven

A little while ago, I had hot chocolate at the famed Angelina in Paris. It was the most expensive hot chocolate of my life at €7.10. Served in a pitcher and a small pot of whipped cream, the hot choc...

23 nov 11

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