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Karine

Mother of seven. Cook. Traveller.

Karine

Karine

Mother of seven. Cook. Traveller.

I, The Cook

The simple act of feeding others.

A founder deeply shaped by nature and the simple act of feeding others.

For more than twenty-five years, she has created every Karine & Jeff recipe herself, slowly, by instinct, always guided by the belief that food should be honest, grounded and deeply human.

Long before the jars, cooking was simply her way of caring for the people she loves.

II, Her Kitchen

A place to live in, never meant to impress.

Her kitchen was never meant to impress.

It was a place to live in:

children growing up, vegetables simmering gently, meals shared to the rhythm of everyday life.

III, The Journey

Markets, mountains, deserts and oceans.

Over the years, her travels took her through markets, mountains, deserts and oceans.

But wherever she went, she always came back to the same truth:

Real food does not need to be complicated.

Just made with care.

IV, The Family

A craft handed down, by many hands.

Today, Karine still creates every recipe herself in the quiet of her kitchen: she tastes, adjusts, refines, letting the ingredients speak for themselves and time do its work.

Alongside Jeff, her husband and lifelong partner, she continues to guide the vision, the cooking and the philosophy of Karine & Jeff.

Three of their seven children now work alongside them, carrying on the family craft.

V, The Spirit

Nature, simplicity, slow cooking.

Karine does not follow trends.

She follows what feels true to her:

nature, simplicity, slow cooking, and the belief that food can bring clarity and comfort to everyday life.

This is the spirit of Karine & Jeff, a family story born of care, sincerity and real cooking made with intention.

From the journal

Homemade Summer Pizza: Grilled Aubergine, Rocket & Karine & Jeff Tomato SauceRecipes

Homemade Summer Pizza: Grilled Aubergine, Rocket & Karine & Jeff Tomato Sauce

Craving something fresh and simple on your plate? Homemade pizza gets a summer makeover, full of flavour, with good ingredients, simple and organic.

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Squash Soup: Comfort Food in Its Simplest FormRecipes

Squash Soup: Comfort Food in Its Simplest Form

Red kuri squash and carrot, silky and comforting. A 26-year-old squash soup, served simply or with crispy chickpeas, parsley, and lemon.

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Quick Soups to Make with Vegetable BrothRecipes

Quick Soups to Make with Vegetable Broth

Three homemade soups on a base of organic vegetable broth, each ready in 15 to 25 minutes: rice noodles, red lentils, or beetroot and goat's cheese.

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French Vegetable Stew with White Beans & PotatoesRecipes

French Vegetable Stew with White Beans & Potatoes

White beans, potatoes, garlic, and thyme turn our organic Provençal Soup into a hearty French vegetable stew for winter.

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French Ratatouille Recipe: From My Grandfather's Garden to Our TableRecipes

French Ratatouille Recipe: From My Grandfather’s Garden to Our Table

Organic aubergines, courgettes, peppers, and tomatoes, served warm with garlic-toasted country bread. A French ratatouille recipe born in a Gascony garden.

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Meat-Free Christmas Side Dishes with a French TouchRecipes

Meat-Free Christmas Side Dishes with a French Touch

Sweet potatoes with clementine, leeks with hazelnuts, and red cabbage with sour cherries. Three meat-free festive sides made with our organic broths.

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Vegetable Soup: First Course or Dinner? Two Ways to Serve Our Original RecipeRecipes

Vegetable Soup: First Course or Dinner? Two Ways to Serve Our Original Recipe

Broccoli, carrots, leeks and butternut in one bowl of balanced flavours. The same organic vegetable soup, served as a delicate first course or as dinner.

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7 Cosy Autumn Soup Recipes from Our French KitchenRecipes

7 Cosy Autumn Soup Recipes from Our French Kitchen

Seven organic soups for the first cool evenings, from golden squash velouté to hearty lentil and bean bowls. Rooted in France, ready in a jar.

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Beyond Broth-Based Soup: 3 Ways to Cook with Vegetable BrothRecipes

Beyond Broth-Based Soup: 3 Ways to Cook with Vegetable Broth

Risotto, golden quinoa, and glazed roasted vegetables. Three ways to cook with our organic vegetable broths and bring new depth to a dish.

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A Christmas Soup Starter, the French WayRecipes

A Christmas Soup Starter, the French Way

Squash and mushroom soup finished with crème fraîche, black truffle and toasted hazelnuts. A small, elegant way to open a Christmas dinner.

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Lentil & Kale, Five Ways to Make It DinnerRecipes

Lentil & Kale, Five Ways to Make It Dinner

The bowl is already a meal. Toasted sourdough, basmati rice, roasted vegetables, crispy tofu, or a soft-boiled egg: five ways to turn our Lentil & Kale Minestrone into…

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What to Serve with Squash SoupRecipes

What to Serve with Squash Soup

Oat cream and pumpkin seeds, sautéed mushrooms, lemon cannellini toast, a crisp apple salad, or Gruyère croutons. Five beautiful pairings for the quintessential autumn bowl.

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Green Lentil Soup, Five Beautiful WaysRecipes

Green Lentil Soup, Five Beautiful Ways

A drizzle of olive oil, a spoonful of yoghurt, warm croutons, a little cheese. Five thoughtfully chosen toppings that give our organic green lentil soup five different personalities.…

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Certified Organic Since Day OneOur kitchen

Certified Organic Since Day One

Karine & Jeff has been certified organic from the very first day. Not just one or two organic ingredients, but recipes made within a fully certified organic commitment,…

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The Choice of GlassMaterials

The Choice of Glass

From the beginning, we chose glass. A clear, noble material that lets you see the recipe before you open it, protects the taste, and gives the food the…

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Our Way of CookingOur kitchen

Our Way of Cooking

In our kitchen in the South-West of France, every recipe is guided by time. Root vegetables go in first, softer vegetables later, delicate greens at the very end.…

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Quick and Easy Dinner RecipesRecipes

Quick and Easy Dinner Recipes

Busy day? You don’t need hours (or a takeaway) to eat well. Discover 3 delicious dinners you can make in minutes, all featuring our organic soups. Zero prep…

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Journeys

The soup born at the foot of Kilimanjaro

One evening, on our family journey across Africa, an encounter at the foot of Kilimanjaro would give birth, years later, to one of our recipes richest in memories.

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Materials

Glass, from the very beginning

After the earth, the vegetables, the herbs and the broth, another material has accompanied our cooking since day one: glass. In a jar, the recipe appears before it…

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Our kitchen

What we call La Cuisine Nature

The earth gives. A carrot, a lentil, a grain, a herb, a spice. Perhaps that is where our idea of La Cuisine Nature comes from: a cooking close…

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