As you know, I've decided that summer is my season to cook

[conuly]

I don't know what I was thinking, seriously.

My mother's birthday is coming up, and I had the best idea - I could make her a Belgian dinner, because, y'know, we're Belgian.

Only thing? I've never done that before. My knowledge of Belgian cuisine is mostly limited to frites and galettes, and I don't know how to make either one of them anyway! Most of what I cook, and my sister, and my brother-in-law, is from... well... non-European nations. And if it's from Europe, it's more or less Italian.

And what I'm finding online all identifies itself as Flemish, which... even if they make the same dishes in Wavre, they must all have names in French I can give to my mother!

So I'd like some advice, in the form of recipes or websites where I can find recipes, preferably websites not found with three word google searches - I've looked there. I'll be able to make *something*, but I want to make something *perfect*.

Comments

[feebeeglee.livejournal.com]

Waffles? ;-)

I'm totally lame, like the mom in Better Off Dead.

[conuly]

See galettes up above :)

Can't make the sort of waffle you're thinking of, unless you can think of a non-dairy substitute for whipped cream.

[gingembre.livejournal.com]

If we do galettes properly, they are so sweet we can just do the classic, dust with confectioners sugar presentation.

Rabbit cooked in beer?

[conuly]

1. Yes, but not for dinner.
2. If you know where I can get rabbits, you do so. Sometimes the Western Beef sells them (such a weird supermarket we've got at times), but now is not one of those times.

[gingembre.livejournal.com]

Oh I know...WB is where I got rabbit the *last* time I made it!!

Maybe Whole Foods? Or Balducci's?

[feebeeglee.livejournal.com]

Waffles? ;-)

I'm totally lame, like the mom in Better Off Dead.

[conuly]

See galettes up above :)

Can't make the sort of waffle you're thinking of, unless you can think of a non-dairy substitute for whipped cream.

[gingembre.livejournal.com]

If we do galettes properly, they are so sweet we can just do the classic, dust with confectioners sugar presentation.

Rabbit cooked in beer?

[conuly]

1. Yes, but not for dinner.
2. If you know where I can get rabbits, you do so. Sometimes the Western Beef sells them (such a weird supermarket we've got at times), but now is not one of those times.

[gingembre.livejournal.com]

Oh I know...WB is where I got rabbit the *last* time I made it!!

Maybe Whole Foods? Or Balducci's?