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 […]
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
Sardine Escabeche. What Say You?
French Fridays with Dorie Given my fondness for these tiny little herrings, I remain surprised by the polarizing effect of sardines. No doubt I will be astonished again today, this being French Fridays with Dorie and the assignment of the day being sardine escabeche. Witness Dorista after Dorista climbing the walls wishing they could make sardine escabeche sans sardines. You […]
April 23, 2015 by 24 Comments
Pork Roast with Mangoes and Leeches
French Fridays with Dorie When I told my husband Thursday morning what was on the menu for dinner that night he received it with very little enthusiasm: “Really? Is that what Dorie eats? Do you have to?” I didn’t quite understand his disinclination, but I too wasn’t very keen to make Dorie Greenspan’s Pork Roast […]
April 17, 2015 by 22 Comments
Salmon Tartare.
Because Things Change.
French Fridays with Dorie When I was a young boy, my friend Tony Macquarie tried to impress us on the playground one afternoon by proclaiming loudly that his father “ate raw meat.” “Ooooh gross!” we all exclaimed, clearly impressed by Tony’s father’s complete disregard for what he put in his mouth. My ten-year-old ears tried […]
April 10, 2015 by 26 Comments
Waffles and Cream
Savor the sweetness Sugar, butter and that cream! Still licking my chops. Hot crispy waffle and a scoop of some ice cream: Won’t sit there that long. What? Did you think I would let the French Friday’s with Dorie clock run out without a haiku? Think better of me my dears.
April 3, 2015 by 19 Comments
Liberate Leftovers: Next Day Beef Salad
This Next Day Beef Salad has a great sense of timing. The Doristas are venturing ever closer to the terminus of the French Friday’s with Dorie project and I can’t help but see it as appropriate to be once again making a recipe so apt at using the odds and ends left lying around the kitchen from previous pursuits Dorie […]
March 27, 2015 by 17 Comments
Cure-All Soup from Côte d’Azur
I would be ever so grateful if this supposed cure-all soup from the Côte d’Azur could cure all that ails me. For instance, last week I lightly sprained my ankle while jogging. That alone wouldn’t have been so bad had I not later badly burned my hand in an embarrassing, exceptionally brainless stove incident which also […]
March 20, 2015 by 32 Comments
Moroccan Couscous Salad
French Fridays with Dorie Truth time: my pantry is a disaster. My teeny tiny kitchen cabinet is more like an orphanage for never-to-be used again ingredients than a place to store the most-commonly-used food ingredients. Disordered shelves are jam packed with former ‘exotic all-stars’ now rendered useless as the odds got ever slimmer I would […]
March 6, 2015 by 26 Comments
Smoked Salmon Waffles with a Poached Egg
French Friday’s with Dorie When I read the French Friday’s with Dorie recipe some weeks I often jump to the conclusion that I just might delay cooking the recipe until, well, forever. Then, after a day or two I will either get struck by a lightning bolt of silly inspiration, a giant pang of guilt for letting […]
May 26, 2014 by 24 Comments
Sausage Stuffed Cornish Hens
French Friday’s with Dorie: A Food Revolution! Today is Food Revolution Day and for me that means sausage stuffed Cornish hens. The day was started by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver to encourage all manner of food people around the blogosphere to do something, to do anything, that gets kids interested in eating and cooking good food. […]
May 16, 2014 by 25 Comments
