Aunt Caroline wasn’t whipping up Lemon Lime Champagne Granita the night she sent Uncle Drew out for lemons. However, when the weather turns scorching hot and I spot a bowl of lemons on the counter I can’t help but chuckle and think of Aunt Caroline and this particular dessert. And, of course, that unforgettable night […]
Roasted Bone Marrow, and Me.
Here is the thing with Roasted Bone Marrow and me: I always get anxious introducing this personal preference of mine to anybody new. Am I about to lose my new friend, or will admitting some small nugget of truth serve to cement our friendship further? Or, as is sometimes the case, will I be surprised […]
January 16, 2024 by 11 Comments
Dorie’s “My Newest Gourgeres” Will Turn Your Head
If Dorie Greenspan thinks that just because she publishes a souped up, fancy schmancy, new and improved recipe for gourgeres I’m going to kick her oldest recipe for gourgeres the curb, well, she has another thing coming. (“My Newest Gourgeres”, page 8, “Everyday Dorie: The Way I Cook”) No ma’am. I am way too loyal to her classic […]
October 26, 2018 by 37 Comments
Aperol Tequila Swizzle Cocktail – Something Different!
I need to get out my step stool in order to conjure gems like this Aperol Tequila cocktail. Way up high, back in The Inconvenient Cabinet sitting behind the refrigerator, you will just over a dozen bottles of booze. These aren’t my “main squeeze” libations, no, these bottles are the rather queer stash of alcoholic […]
July 25, 2016 by 24 Comments
Lime Berry Paletas and Summer
I can’t say I know much about the differences, if any, between ice pops and paletas. I don’t consider myself an expert at either. “Expert” is in the eye of the beholder I suppose. I’ve been making paletas, especially these Lime Berry Paletas, every summer ever since some wonderful company, I can’t now remember the […]
May 25, 2016 by 8 Comments
Curried Chicken en Papillote
A Food Revolution! French Fridays with Dorie Curried Chicken en Papillote should hardly be considered a revolutionary act. But then neither should being able to feed yourself. Sadly, the latter now seems to be. Or at least so says none other than Jamie Oliver, who has taken it upon himself to start a global campaign purposed […]
May 20, 2016 by 14 Comments
Haikus for a Grande Finale
French Friday’s with Dorie When we started with French Fridays with Dorie nearly 5 years ago, it didn’t take very long for me to realize there would be assignments which would not do much to inspire my writing. I would dutifully cook the dish as required. Then I would do my best to take a […]
June 19, 2015 by 30 Comments
Salmon Rillettes Redux and ‘Goodbye’?
If you read this blog or any of those written by my fellow Doristas as of late, you must be wondering if you have stumbled upon one of the most protracted goodbyes in literary history. We posted our “final assignment” more than three weeks ago. Yet here we are still wading through our memories, posting […]
June 13, 2015 by 17 Comments
Stuffed Piquillo Peppers – Top 5 Recipes from AMFT
French Fridays with Dorie I finally got to these Tuna Stuffed Piquillo Peppers! With just under 300 recipes, cooking all of Around My French Table is no small task. And yet that is exactly what dozens of home-cooks pledged to do back in 2010 swhen they signed up for the online cooking group, “French Friday’s with Dorie.” […]
May 30, 2015 by 39 Comments
Chicken in a Pot –
the Garlic and Lemon Version
French Friday’s with Dorie: The Big Finish? (or “How I spent my last 4 years, 7 months and 21 days”) Four years, seven months and 21 days. That is how long it has been since I hit the ‘publish’ button on that very first French Friday’s with Dorie post to kick off one amazing cooking journey. […]
May 21, 2015 by 35 Comments
