French Fridays with Dorie Making the Orange-Almond Tart for this week’s French Friday’s with Dorie assignment brought to mind an ex-boyfriend of mine from many years back. I hadn’t thought much about him in a long time but just like this frenchie tart, he was a bit fussy and, once all put together, not quite […]
Basque Potato Tortilla
French Fridays with Dorie This is my last minute contribution to this week’s French Friday’s with Dorie project. Please pardon my brevity with this post but I barely have a minute to spare with Friday in my particular time zone. When I got home tonight I realized I hadn’t planned anything for dinner. No problem […]
February 5, 2011 by 20 Comments
Cheesy Chicken and Mushroom Lasagna
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the ‘shortcuts’ that real life requires (or demands) you take. “Real life” in this usage means my everyday reality where I have a job and not the reality where I am a world famous food blogger read by millions (dozens even) of people hanging on my every word culinary bon […]
February 4, 2011 by 11 Comments
Saturday Haiku: Chicken B’stilla
French Fridays with Dorie Worth the time it takes (and the cost of the saffron!) Bliss baked in filo. B’stilla my heart! Saucy chicken, nuts, ‘n spice recipe is here. Chicken B’stilla
January 30, 2011 by 13 Comments
Double Chocolate Mousse Cake
via Michel Rostang and Mother Sis Boom
Double Chocolate Mousse Cake For this week’s French Friday’s with Dorie recipe, Dorie stick’s Monsieur Michel Rostang‘s name on this lovely chocolate mousse cake. My mother unfortunately is not named but she should be as she makes a nearly identical treat evey Christmas Eve and has for decades. Her simple, elegant interpretation of Busche de […]
January 21, 2011 by 20 Comments
Pumpkin Pecan Cranberry Upside Down Cake
Check out this Pumpkin Pecan Cranberry Upside Down Cake. Cooking as a metaphor for life is certainly not a new idea by a long shot and I doubt very much that I could add to the already beleaguered concept . I will tell you, however, that any real metaphors are frequently lost if they are […]
January 16, 2011 by 8 Comments
Paris Mushroom Soup
French Fridays with Dorie Dorie’s Paris Mushroom Soup is certainly no exception to the old adage “soup is good food”. This week’s soup-making exercise reminded me how easy good soups are. This umami filled potage takes minutes to complete, and if you use the pre-sliced, packaged mushrooms, you can shave even more prep time. The […]
January 7, 2011 by 26 Comments
Mini Pumpkin Doughnut Muffins
If you resolved to give up sweets and pastry this year then you should just skip past the rest of this post. You won’t want to contemplate these mini pumpkin donut muffins unless you have either 1) a lot of self control or 2) an office full of hungry workmates who will gladly eat these up so as to spare you see this one
January 3, 2011 by 10 Comments
Salmon Rillettes
The Christmas holiday has now passed. I have let it be known around my house that the kitchen this week (and maybe the next week too) is temporarily closed! Fend for yourselves, I’m pooped. That last impromptu dinner for 20 people the day after Christmas just about did me in. (I advise anyone thinking of […]
December 28, 2010 by 10 Comments
Onion Soup Traditions
Lest anyone think from my earlier post regarding my lack of cookie traditions that we had no culinary Christmas traditions in our family while I was growing up I wish to correct that notion here. We did. Plenty of them. In fact they were the traditions that taught me much about hospitality and great entertaining. […]
December 25, 2010 by 5 Comments
