Today is Xmas eve, I will make a new recipe of potato Waffles to go with the Dinner, instead of traditional rolls. I’ll let you know… Merry Chistmas to everyone! Read More →
24 Dec
20 Dec
The Pèkèt is an alcohol typic from Liege. Pèkèt is the wallon giving name for Juniper berries. The word “Pèkèt” mean “Spicy” in ancient walloon. That name became “Eau de vie” also sometimes called Genievre. The Genievre is made of juniper berries, hops et cereals. Alcoholic drink base on genever often are flavor with fruits. The Pèkèt is since 2006 called Walloon Genever and very well apreciate during the celebration of august 15th in Outremeuse. One,... » Read more
18 Dec
Origin of Beet sugar The beet sugar was discover at the end of the 18th century, some politic events caused the french revolution, followed by a continental embargo imposed by Napoleon in 1806; the sugar cane trade stopped in all the european continent and very much so in France. In 1808, there is no more sugar cane in Paris. Therefore when you could find some, it was very expensive. They used fruits, honey, roots as a subtitute. In 1811, Benjamin Delessert found new ways to reffined sugar from... » Read more
