Semi-Homemade Apple Pie & Bourbon-Salted Caramel

11/20/2019.Reading time 8 minutes.

Hosting a Thanksgiving dinner for a large crowd calls for plenty of resourcefulness and serious time-planning skills. As I mentioned in my previous post: Thanksgiving Dinner Made Easy: Lessons Learned the Hard Way, storebought quintessential ingredients rush to our rescue when we are totally overwhelmed by the number of dishes we have to make […]

Mulled Wine Jelly: Grand Finale of a Holiday Seated Dinner

12/28/2018.Reading time 4 minutes.

Mulled wine jelly is a great way to use mulled wine leftovers from your holiday party. When it is paired with vanilla cream, it makes an exquisite gluten and dairy free grand finale for a holiday seated dinner.

Lola’s Rice Pudding: The Bitter Sweet Memory

07/18/2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

Rice pudding is almost a universal spoon dessert. It comes in various versions, it is either cooked on a stovetop or baked, eggless or eggy, bland, or spiced up. Rice pudding remains a comfort food that evokes sweet childhood memories across the universe. My personal predilection goes for the simplest, fluffiest, creamiest, and eggless. […]

“Ahlan” & Welcome to my food paradise!

I am Nermine Mansour, the founder of this food blog “Chez Nermine”, where I share iconic Egyptian recipes.

A former diplomat turned food writer, I combine my diplomatic skills and in-depth knowledge of Egyptian cuisine to place my Egyptian food heritage at the forefront of the world culinary map.

Within the last two decades, I have lived in nine different cities across five continents, including Cairo, Guatemala, Algiers, Paris, Washington D.C., and Yerevan.

On my last expat adventure in Singapore, I hosted cooking shows, developed food content for digital platforms, and initiated Egyptian and Mediterranean pop-up dinners.

My gastrodiplomacy work has been recognized by The New York Times, and my Egyptian recipes are featured in Serious Eats, as well as multiple foreign magazines such as Cuisine and Wine Asia, and The Mediterranean Lifestyle.

I am currently based in Alexandria, VA, where I do what I love best; gardening, cooking, feeding my loved ones and writing my food memoirs.

Now, grab you mint tea or cardamom coffee and follow me in my happening kitchen.😊

Tag: cloves

Semi-Homemade Apple Pie & Bourbon-Salted Caramel

Like this:

Mulled Wine Jelly: Grand Finale of a Holiday Seated Dinner

Like this:

Lola’s Rice Pudding: The Bitter Sweet Memory

Like this: