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 […]
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
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
Waking Up From My Siesta (Cocktail)
Author (and sometimes New York Times Opinionator blogger) Bill Hayes convincingly opined recently in the New York Times: “Not writing can be good for one’s writing; indeed, it can make one a better writer.” I can tell you today that this is total bullshit but back in August when I first saw the words I […]
January 11, 2015 by 24 Comments
Beet Pickled Eggs (Deviled too!)
All these years later and I can still hear my mother’s voice whenever I stare down at a plain hard boiled egg: “Trevor, unless you are going to eat these eggs I’m not going to let you decorate any more of them. So are you going to eat them this year?” “No. I just can’t.” […]
May 28, 2014 by 12 Comments
Tuna Rillettes without a Kitchen Island
French Fridays with Dorie – Tuna Rillettes Rillettes are coarse, pâté-like (but not actually pâté) French spreads typically made from duck, pork, or rabbit. They are easy to make and present well as a deeply satisfying appetizer or picnic food. Rillettes are the perfect type of something-something that when added to a charcuterie tray and […]
May 2, 2014 by 31 Comments
Dilled Gravlax with Mustard Sauce
French Fridays with Dorie There isn’t much time left in the day to get this Dilled Gravlax with Mustard Sauce up on the blog for French Friday’s with Dorie I’m a bit stressed about it. My stress isn’t due to having suddenly developed a sense of Friday posting timeliness. (I certainly haven’t gone and done something […]
December 27, 2013 by 19 Comments
Chopped Liver & Onions: Mme. Maman
French Fridays with Dorie Despite having a rather simple ingredient list I would have to imagine that chopped liver and onions is one of those emotionally connected dishes that will not only taste significantly different depending on who is making it, but also depending on who is eating it. Even the most subtle seasoning variances […]
December 12, 2013 by 24 Comments
Fried Olives Stuffed with Blue Cheese
Dear You-Know-Who, Please take a good, long, hard look at these Fried Olives Stuffed with Blue Cheese. You’re welcome. You know I love you dearly You-Know-Who, but it is time I find the courage and tell you a certain something. You might not want to hear and may be a bit awkward hearing it from […]
November 14, 2013 by 14 Comments
Gin Rickey Maurin Cocktail
I picked up a bottle of Maurin Quina at the store when I saw its devilish green label stare back at me from the shelf. How could I resist it? I knew that the “quina” part in its moniker comes from same quinine notes that tonic comes from so I knew it would be a natural for gin.
July 23, 2013 by 6 Comments
Back of the Card Cheese and Olive Bread
Give me a glass or two of wine and a few slices of of this “Back of the Card” Cheese and Olive Bread ffrom Dorie Greenspan and then why even bother with cooking dinner?
June 14, 2013 by 44 Comments
Cherry, Strawberry, Goat Cheese Balsamic Tartines
French Fridays with Dorie Just call it ‘tartine‘ That makes everything fancy …Just more stuff on toast Armed with a baguette – Nothing should be off limits From tartine jewels Sweet fruit with pepper Goat cheese and some balsamic: Effortless starter Just keep bread handy Then put any food on it There! You have […]
June 7, 2013 by 40 Comments
A Real Agave Margarita
You might think that on Kentucky Derby Day, the day where bourbon reigns supreme, I should be celebrating all things bourbon and not pining away for a real agave margarita. I should be teaching you all how to make authentic mint juleps while I regale you with some madcap horse racing story from youth, no? The […]
May 7, 2013 by 27 Comments
