I'd heard about Rachel Khoo, an English girl who made the move to Paris to study at Le Cordon Bleu before I headed across to Paris myself.  I knew she ran an "underground" restaurant from her tiny kitchen in Paris and I also knew she had a BBC series and a cookbook (see here).

On my travels I did come across her cookbook (in French, of course).  I flicked the pages, but then put it back on the bookshelf.  I'm not sure why I did that.  I kinda regretted it.

Guess what Santa delivered....

....and, it's in English!

So what is the first dish cooked from this little magical cookbook, I hear you ask?  Well…..

My kitchen smells beautiful and it makes me think back to Provence as I used the dried lavender and olive oil that I brought back with me. 

It's so nice knowing that I'm only 45 minutes away from this wonderfully contented feeling I have right now after pulling the chicken out of the oven. 

Bon appetite!