Perhaps you’ve seen her in the comments section of this blog now and then? Mary, the Food Librarian? I’m pleased to have her as my blog friend but she is also an actual, bona fide food blog celebrity — if there is such a thing. She is an actual librarian who has one of the […]
Pumpkin Gorgonzola Flan
French Fridays with Dorie I really didn’t have the time for this week’s French Friday’s with Dorie item, Pumpkin Gorgonzola Flan. It was a squeaker! I wasn’t going to beat myself up over it, however. My blog pals, The Doristas, always forgive. They understand how hard it is to work the assignments in to weekly […]
November 12, 2010 by 23 Comments
Chocolate Malted Whopper Drop Cookies
Halloween this year left us with a big, sad bowl of unloved Halloween candy (see below). Each year as Halloween shifts towards being more of a holiday for adults fewer children show up at our door. And yet I keep buying more than enough bags of candy, perhaps out of the fear that we will […]
November 10, 2010 by 5 Comments
Roast Chicken for Les Paresseux
French Friday for Dorie I was paging through “Around My French Table” with my husband and giving him French lessons. I only know the food words so when I do go to Paris as long as I stay in restaurants I’m ok. Anyway, I was telling him that “les paresseux” meant “lazy people”. When I […]
November 5, 2010 by 20 Comments
Cinnamon Ice Cream
That Marie-Hélène’s Apple Cake I made last week was so easy and delicious that I’ve made another one already! The surprising and somewhat unexpected reason why it has been such a winner around here however, is the fact that it doesn’t call for cinnamon. You see, cinnamon is not something my entire family agrees on […]
November 2, 2010 by 11 Comments
Marie-Hélène’s Apple Cake
French Fridays with Dorie I don’t know who Marie-Hélène is other than she has way too many strange letter/characters in her name that aren’t on my keyboard. When I signed up for French Friday’s with Dorie I knew I would be challenged in the kitchen to make amazing things outside my usual comfort zone but […]
October 29, 2010 by 26 Comments
Not So Poached Salmon with Capers and Herbs
Readers of this blog know that I all about The Ina when it comes to kitchen inspiration. I can’t live by The Ina alone, however. Just imagine how much butter that would take! Lately, I’ve had to look outside East Hampton and its zany cast of characters for less zaftig inspirations. While French Friday’s […]
October 26, 2010 by 5 Comments
Hachis Parmentier
French Fridays with Dorie If you do an image search of Google on this week’s French Friday’s with Dorie assignment Hachis Parmentier (AH_she Par ment AY) and also on Shepard’s Pie, you will see that these two dishes are essentially the same idea…or not…depending on your ethnicity. (Go ahead, click the links…I’ve done the work […]
October 22, 2010 by 17 Comments
Peach Crisp Late in the Season
I ran into some “rare late summer peaches” at the farmer’s market that were surprisingly sweet even though it was rainy and drizzly this weekend. It made me wonder just how ‘local’ this local produce is? I really hate to think our farmer’s market is a fraud but these peaches were REALLY good. I decided […]
October 18, 2010 by 7 Comments
Vietnamese Spicy Chicken Noodle Soup
French Fridays with Dorie I’ve been thinking a lot lately about “comfort zones”. You know, those states of behavior wherein one operates in an “anxiety-neutral space”. I know it even sounds boring but we all do it. You get to cruise along at a steady output comfortable in the knowledge that while what you do […]
October 15, 2010 by 27 Comments
