With summer on its way, here’s a starter that always has a place among my fresh salads: raw artichoke, sliced into a carpaccio and simply dressed.

Here is a recipe for tuna tartare with mango, very fresh and full of flavor. It is always a big hit and is perfect for an appetizer served in small glasses or as a pretty starter.

If you’ve spent any time on Pita & Chocolat, you’ve probably noticed that I love fish tartares. I’ve already shared my tuna tartare with mango and my pani puri with tuna and salmon tartare. Today I’m adding a newcomer to the collection, with a fruit that makes a nice change. What I love about this kind of starter is that it’s simple, festive and beautiful on the plate all at once.

Here is a very easy summer recipe. It’s perfect for a last-minute aperitif, a picnic, or as a topping for a thin tart with tapenade and red mullet.

Leek season has begun! Smoked salmon and leek quiche is a wonderful seasonal recipe, and a great way to use up an already-opened package of smoked salmon. If you like fish quiches, you’ll probably also enjoy white fish and mushroom quiche and salmon, spinach and ricotta quiche.

Discover this melt-in-your-mouth French onion tart, easy to make. With an egg-free pie dough and onions slowly cooked down and flavored with white wine, it’s perfect for a light lunch or a cozy dinner. Serve it warm with a green salad for a simple, comforting and delicious dish. Kosher, dairy.

A Quiche Lorraine made without any dairy, inspired by the traditional recipe. This version uses a plant-based cream and smoked deli meat, the classic flavors of quiche lorraine, so it’s kosher and meat. Baked on an olive oil pie dough, it’s simple, quick and delicious, perfect for lunch or dinner with a green salad.

Pani puri, little crispy Indian shells filled with a tuna and mango tartare, make a very fresh and flavorful bite-sized appetizer. They are always a big hit!

Pani puri, little crispy Indian shells filled with salmon and mango tartare - an original, refreshing appetizer for your next party or buffet.

A twist on the famous tomato gazpacho, here’s an original, easy, quick and refreshing recipe.

A red onion jam that’s sweet without being cloying, and adds a real touch of indulgence to your dishes, especially in a goat cheese and honey quiche, with your meats, hamburgers, mushrooms or on foie gras toasts. Parve and vegan.

If, like me, you love fried eggplant but the thought of watching it soak up all that oil kills the craving, this oven-fried eggplant recipe is for you! Far less oil than deep-frying, for a result you could easily mistake for the real thing!

I love tarts and quiches and I love mushrooms. This week, wanting a change from my usual mushroom quiche, I came across a recipe from chef Ottolenghi, which inspired this one. I simplified it with what I had on hand and adapted it to our tastes, and everyone loved it. The tarragon and dill pairing goes beautifully with mushrooms and is what gives this tart its original flavor. The classic quiche filling (eggs + cream) is replaced here by a delicious mushroom cream (which, by the way, can be made dairy-free). I’ll let you discover it!

Easy, wonderfully soft homemade hamburger buns. Make them full-size for a meal, or mini for a buffet or a cocktail-style dinner party.

Today I’m sharing a recipe for delicious homemade bagels that are easy to make. Bagels have become hugely popular over the past few years, from street food chains all the way to restaurants that have added them to their menus. Yet bagels are nothing new: they were brought to the United States by Ashkenazi Jews who made them back home, especially in Poland. What sets them apart is their ring shape and the fact that they are boiled before being baked, which gives them that texture unlike any other bread.

Keftas are a type of fish ball, and what makes them special is their slightly flattened shape and the fact that they are fried. Enjoy them as an appetizer or alongside a fish couscous.

A hamburger is a complete meal that’s fairly simple to make, and kids and grown-ups love it! It’s built from a hamburger bun, a beef patty, tomatoes, lettuce, caramelized onions and a homemade burger sauce.

Here is a quick and excellent recipe for crispy basil shrimp rolls that always makes an impression, whether you serve it with drinks, as a starter, or as a main on a composed salad.

Club sandwiches are perfect for lunch, brunch or a light dinner. They are easy to make and always feel a little sophisticated, when really all you have to do is put together a few good-quality ingredients.

These triangle sandwiches, made with two layers of sliced bread, are what we call a club. They are easy to make and always make a nice impression on the table.

Mozzarella sticks (beignets de mozzarella in French) are sticks of mozzarella, breaded and then fried. Here is an easy recipe for making delicious mozzarella sticks at home. Enjoy them as a snack, as a starter with a good homemade tomato sauce or in a nice salad, for a change from warm goat cheese salad.