Simply French: The Recipes I Actually Cook
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Café Claudine: Simply French
A French Digital Guide to Living and Eating Simply
A 65-page digital guide inspired by the way I was raised — where meals were quiet rituals, not performances, and beauty lived in the small, intentional things.
This isn’t a guide full of restaurant-style recipes or trends. It’s a return to the everyday French table: soft-boiled eggs and artichoke purée, homemade frites, simple grilled fish with lemon, the cake you make again and again because it tastes like memory.
Photographed by my daughter and filled with meals I actually make, Simply French is a glimpse into the rhythm of life as I know it — slower, more grounded, and full of quiet pleasure.
Inside the Guide
— Unfussy French Recipes
Gâteau à l’orgeat et à l’orange
Poulet à la Provençale
Frites maison
Purée d’artichaut
Olive fougasse
Soupe aux asperges
Saumon en papillote
...and more everyday dishes that feel like home.
— Daily Rituals
How I begin the day, how I drink my coffee, why I walk to the market even when I don’t need much. These are the habits that shape everything else.
— A French Pantry
The ingredients I always have on hand. Anchovies, capers, orgeat, fleur de sel. When the pantry is stocked with care, dinner never feels far away.
— A Playlist
To cook to. Or wander to. Or to make the room feel like the South of France for a moment.
A Note
I wrote this not to impress, but to share. The way I eat is simple — but full of care. If you’re craving less complication and more intention in your kitchen, I hope this brings a bit of that calm to your table.