I have been enjoying the Negroni since I was eleven years old. Well, not exactly. “There is a thirty year age difference between us thought Mrs. Stone. Then she was ashamed of herself and by the time Paolo had emerged from the bathroom she had mixed two negronis and placed them on the glass-topped table […]
Warm Scallop Salad with Corn, Nectarines, and Basil
French Fridays with Dorie – Haiku Make some lime dressing Prepare corn and tomatoes Then sear some scallops What is a coulis? A fancy word for puree This one has basil Cook a nectarine? You ask the question, but no! It really tastes good. Three, four, five, or more… How many scallops to eat? I […]
August 10, 2012 by 24 Comments
Tomato Cheese Tarts – Caprese style
French Fridays with Dorie – Haiku I love puff pastry Miracle in the freezer Won’t be without it. Makes easy desserts Appetizers are a snap It works like magic Tomato bounty Calls out for mozzarella Caprese on puffs! 30 seconds less than burn ‘Was worried but remembered: Toasty puffs taste great. Tomato Cheese Tarts Once […]
August 3, 2012 by 24 Comments
Lemon Barley Pilaf with Some Side Dishes
French Fridays with Dorie Check out this Lemon Barely Pilaf! I often give the side dish choices short shrift when I plan a dinner party menu. Usually they are the last thing I choose. I guess then it is no accident that while I love the experience with the new side dishes selected for […]
July 27, 2012 by 37 Comments
Panaché (aka the “Shandy”)
Things here have been a bit slow but I assure this dilatory state has been of my own design and is no reflection on the urgent desire I have to share a Panaché with you. I will forgo, however, the traditional (and somewhat narcissistic) exaggerated apologies many bloggers offer when they fail to post […]
July 21, 2012 by 19 Comments
Salmon with Basil Tapenade
A return to French Fridays with Dorie (and Haiku!) Haiku time again! The salmon always gets me. Its been a long time You really don’t need to twist my arm much to get me to try out a new salmon recipe. I’m always desperate for a new one. Salmon is served quite regularly in our […]
July 20, 2012 by 20 Comments
David’s Seaweed Sables
‘Cocktail cookies’ are the new breed of appetizer allegedly making quite a stir in Paris these days. I say ‘allegedly’ because I have not been there recently to have one myself. I’m hearing this second hand from Dorie and David but I have no reason to believe they aren’t tell me the truth. Besides, Paris […]
June 22, 2012 by 38 Comments
Lime and Honey Beet Salad
French Fridays with Dorie – Haiku You can stop screaming What trauma did beets cause you? You carry on so. Say? Don’t you like beets? Have you tried them recently? Um, can I have yours? Better than the plague So keep some perspective please Shush you. Eat your beets. Lime and Honey Beet Salad Beets […]
June 15, 2012 by 43 Comments
Lyonnaise Garlic and Herb Cheese Spread
French Fridays with Dorie Seeing that Boursin Cheese is one of my true guilty pleasures I was looking forward to trying out this Lyonnaise Garlic and Herb Cheese Spread in Dorie Greenspan’s book “Around My French Table”. I don’t really consider Boursin a sophisticated food stuff. Its not really made in France and I find […]
June 11, 2012 by 6 Comments
Olive Oil Ice Cream with Lemon Infused Olive Oil and Fleur de Sel
French Fridays with Dorie Olive Oil Ice Cream I hope you will pardon my brevity as I begin posting a few French Friday’s with Dorie assignments over the next few days. I’ll start with this week’s assignment and go backwards. I knew the idea of olive oil ice cream would seem a bit odd […]
June 8, 2012 by 31 Comments
