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Another Holy Trinity of the Kitchen: The Magic of Milk, Eggs, and White Flour

September 21, 2012 by Cynthia Bertelsen

Every time I pour crêpe batter into my 8-inch Teflon*-lined crêpe pan, I see deep scratches, the ones that Habiba made with the fork she used while cooking a three-egg cheese-and-herb omelet one wintry Moroccan morning. The scratches don’t affect the pan’s performance, just as wounds and scars don’t fundamentally change who we are and how we function in the world. Pots and pans, like sugar-burned hands and fingers cut by dull knives, bear pale scars. These blemishes remind me […]

Categories: Agriculture, Cattle, Cooking, Eggs, France, French Cooking, Local foods, Milk, Morocco, Photography, Techniques • Tags: Crêpes, Eggs, Flour, France, French Cooking, Meditations, Milk, Photography

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The Crêpe Makers of France

July 21, 2011 by Cynthia Bertelsen

Want to make your own? Here’s a recipe from Epicurious: Nutella and Banana Crêpes 4 servings Crepes: 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 cups fat-free milk 2 large eggs, lightly beaten Cooking spraySauce: 1/4 cup hazelnut-chocolate spread (such as Nutella) 2 tablespoons fat-free milk 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 large firm unpeeled bananas (about 1 3/4 pounds) Powdered sugar (optional) To prepare crepes, lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. […]

Categories: Cooking, Cooking equipment, France, French Cooking, Photography • Tags: Crêpes, Food Photography, France, French cuisine, Immigrants

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Crêpes with Fruits of the Sea (Used with permission.)

Heavenly Marriages

September 2, 2008 by Cynthia Bertelsen

Pancakes for dinner? If the “breakfast dinner” reigned supreme in your childhood with a barren pantry, the larder empty, the idea of pancakes for dinner comes as not as a welcoming gesture, but as a reminder of poverty. Of imagination, the pocket, the wallet. But wait … pancakes mean more than flapjacks. Think about enchiladas, blintzes, egg rolls, cannelloni, blinis, and crêpes. All are forms of the universal pan-cake, something made from batters or doughs and cooked in a pan. […]

Categories: Fish, Recipes, Shellfish • Tags: Cooking, Crêpes, Food, Pancakes

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Food forms the very essence of life, from the fruit fly to the elephant, with humans in between. So much of what we do revolves around cooking, eating, and the finding of food. Here you'll discover stories, meditations, and photographs celebrating the places that we call home. And, of course, the food that garnishes it all.

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