Boven Yvette van - Home made summer

From You Are My Sunshine, an American folk song
My sister and I loved to sing this song during family road trips.

* ALL RECIPES SERVE 4, UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED.

* 1 TBSP = 15 G * 1 TSP = 5G

* BAKING TIMES MAY BE LONGER OR SHORTER IN DIFFERENT OVENS. THE BAKING TIMES IN THIS BOOK ARE THEREFORE SUGGESTIONS. PLEASE RELY ON YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH YOUR OWN OVEN.

* I OFTEN USE CAGE-FREE EGGS (LARGE), BUT I MUCH PREFER USING FREE-RANGE OR ORGANIC EGGS.

* 1 LITER = 10 DL = 100 CL = 1000 ML

* ALWAYS USE FREE-RANGE OR, EVEN BETTER, ORGANIC MEAT AND THIS IS MANDATORY !

YES! THATS ME INDEED.
PHOTOGRAPHED: BY OOF (110 YEARS AGO)

PUBLISHED IN 2012
BY STEWART TABORI & CHANG, ANIMPRINT OF ABRAMS

YVETTE VAN BOVEN

OOF VERSCHUREN
LIESKE VAN DE SEYP

HENNIE FRANSSEN-SEEBREGTS

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2012 YVETTE VAN BOVEN

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After a season full of travel, summer has finally arrived. My books now speak a lot of languages, and I am awfully proud of that. Youll often find me simply beaming, with rosy cheeks. You dont expect that from your books. I didnt raise them this way; they did it themselves. I wave to them like a proud mother every time they go off on a trip around the world, and sometimes I even go alongsuch fun!

But, I must say, one can get pretty tired of all that traveling, and thats why Im glad summer is here. From my hammock I wave good-bye to my latest book with a large handkerchief. Im excited about all the recipes its going to bring to so many people, but Im happy that now Iand you, toocan take it easy for a bit.

Summer offers so many fresh fruits and vegetables that theres almost no need to cook them: They are inherently tasty. And I know from experience that on hot summer days, few people are keen on spending long hours in the kitchen anyway.

Thats why I wrote this book.

Her older sister, Home Made Winter, was filled with comfort-food recipes inspired by my childhood in cold, wet Ireland, with a nod to the Netherlands, my home, and France, my other home.

This Summer book is about my life now, in Amsterdam and Paris, but most of all its about the summers my husband and I spend in Provence. From the time my husband was taking his first steps, he has spent his summers with family friends who own an orchard near Avignon. This family and Oofs family have known one another for generations, and now they have been friends with me for half my life.

The old Georges has taught me a lot. He takes me on walks and shows how they tie bottles to the blossoms on apple and pear trees, hoping they will bear fruit inside the bottle, which they can use to make liquor in the fall. Together we make jars of marmalade for the entire family and we create little labels for them. We inspect the beans and the artichokes in the vegetable garden.

We are lucky enough to accompany our friends to feasts at the neighbors houses, and they teach us the regions customs. We host grillades (barbecues) in Norbert and Valeries garden and watch the stars until deep in the night, drinking homemade spirits and generous glasses of wine from the villages cellar. Everybody prepares a part of the meal, so its never much work for anyone in particular, which is nice.

That was the inspiration for how I organized my book.

Therefore Im giving you recipes for dishes that usually dont take too much effort, and for dishes that essentially look after themselves. Ive included ideas for long barbecue nights with family and friends, with lots of different side dishes, so everyone can make something and share the work. Im giving you recipes for lots of festive summer drinks, too, so you can raise your glasses when I thank you for all the enthusiastic comments and cheerful reactions that Ive received in the past months.

Thank you, and CHEERS!

To SUMMER!

Yvette

Wim Bijmas garden, Amsterdam

Near Marken

FOR 1 GLASS

avocado, peeled

cucumber, chopped

juice and zest of 1 lime

3 or 4 ice cubes

salt and freshly ground black pepper

Combine all the ingredients in a blender and puree. If you find the shake too thick, add some water.

Like a liquid ice pop.

FOR 2 LARGE GLASSES

9 oz (250 g) mixed frozen fruit (or just one kind, like raspberries)

1 cup (200 ml) organic apple juice

1 tbsp chopped fresh tarragon

Combine all the ingredients in a blender and puree. Drink at once.