French Fridays with Dorie Haiku Catch-Up Olives are one of those foods I did not appreciate until later in life. And by “later in life” I mean just a few months ago. Weird, huh? One day I didn’t like ’em, the next I did. Just like that. I’ve heard that our tastes buds will […]
Endive, Apples, and Grapes
French Fridays with Dorie – Haiku Another Friday came too early for planning and thus, this haiku Simple fall side dish Endive, apples and some grapes Fried up in a pan Easy recipe though it sounded odd at first trusted Dorie though Endive cooks slowly to get caramelization a nice word for ‘burnt’. Endive, Apples, […]
September 28, 2012 by 33 Comments
Chicken Basquaise
French Fridays with Dorie – Haiku edition Piment d’Espelette: its fancy chili powder “made in the Basque style” Peppers abundant! with a chicken in the pot who would dislike this? Extra pipérade? You do if you are lucky. (Scrambled egg topping.) Chicken Basquaise as interpreted by Dorie Greenspan First, make the pipérade from Dorie’s recipe […]
September 21, 2012 by 30 Comments
Spice Poached Pears by Dorie Greenspan
French Fridays with Dorie – Haiku Spice Poached Pears Spice Poached Pears To time to prepare! My post-vacation time-crunch No time for Dorie! I ponder the pear Apple’s elegant cousin “easy” suits my style. Another Dorie Recipe non recipe Only takes minutes. Adapt with freedom Impossible to get wrong Poach to your pleasure Some pears […]
September 14, 2012 by 31 Comments
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
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
Navarin Printanier: Spring Lamb Stew
French Fridays with Dorie I have a stew problem. Stew. Eew. I hear the word “stew” and immediately relive my experience of opening hundreds of #10 cans of it every Wednesday afternoon while working as a summer camp counselor. My wrist still aches when I remember the hours it takes to feed an entire camp […]
May 2, 2012 by 16 Comments
Sardine Rillettes
French Fridays with Dorie Meh. The Sis Boom dictionary defines “rillettes” as lovely bits of pork chopped and slowly cooked in its fat for up to several hours. Mmm. Pork Fat. Duck fat is good too so duck rilletes are too. The bits are then shredded and suspended in that very fat before being […]
April 27, 2012 by 28 Comments
Cocoa Sablés
French Fridays with Dorie – Haiku Pretty much the same… World Peace, Korova, Sable Dorie must love ’em Three cookbooks! Chocolate short breads in each. Redundant cookie! Eh, what can you do? You cannot stop with just one So grab some cold milk Shout from the rooftop! Evangelical cookies Dorie preaches them. Cocoa Sablés And […]
March 23, 2012 by 51 Comments
