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If you are afraid of butter, use cream.

-  Julia Child  -

It all began 8 years ago when a dear friend asked me to lead a cooking class  demonstrating the process of making my gougère au St André...

I have been cooking all my life. From the time I was a small child helping my mother who taught me everything in the kitchen through my life as a wife and a mother, and now besides my primary career as a cooking instructor, caterer and private cook for dinner parties and other events.

 

I had the chance to live, immerse myself in, and learn about cultures and cuisine in countries where exquisite flavors and a beautiful presentation are of the utmost importance. I am a French national, born in the exotic country of Morocco to French parents, and have lived in and traveled throughout North Africa and Europe, continually discovering the diversity of subtile flavors that I incorporate into many of my dishes.

 

The sine qua non element of each dish's presentation is the addition of fresh edible flowers and my own grown aromatic organic herbs.

 

I take great pride in keeping dishes simple and flavorful,  with a  touch of elegance. My passion is to enhance gatherings at the table with exquisitely prepared and presented food that will provide joy to those sitting at your table. That is my pride, my goal

 

 

 

Petrale Sole and Nasturtium, Forbidden rice and Ratatouille

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ABOUT me

since 2005​

     CHANTALE'S CUISINE

               833 Live Oak Avenue

          Menlo Park,California 94025

 

chantale_doinel@comcast.net

        Tel: 650/793.2882
 

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