French Fridays with Dorie I owe a lot to the Cheese Soufflé. I’m pretty sure it was the dramatic allure of a Cheese Soufflé that coaxed my mother from the relative comfort of her mother’s recipe box towards a more exciting world full of culinary challenges and French flavors. These were the days before All Clad. […]
Onion-Thyme Biscuit BLT’s
via Saint-German-des-Prés
French Fridays with Dorie – Haiku So, biscuits are French? They are if you rename them: “Saint-German-des-Prés”! What I learned from this week’s French Fridays with Dorie recipe is that if you add a little something to the ingredient list of an otherwise well established staple you can then give it an extraordinary sounding name […]
March 9, 2012 by 35 Comments
Mussels and Chorizo (with Bread!)
French Fridays with Dorie It wasn’t too long ago that the sight of uncooked mussels would carry me back to the summers of my youth in Newport Beach, California. The thought of eating these creatures would never have occurred to me back then. We would play on the beach and pry the mussels that grew […]
February 17, 2012 by 33 Comments
M. Jacques’ Armagnac Chicken
French Fridays with Dorie – Haiku Chicken in a pot A meal everyone should know. Dorie does many. As far as they go, “Les paresseux” is better. Still, this was tasty. Skin needed broiling. “Admire the brown chicken!” (Who was she kidding? M. Jacques’ Armagnac Chicken Recipe found here at New York Times I never […]
January 16, 2012 by 11 Comments
Cauliflower Gratin with Bacon and Eggs
French Fridays with Dorie – Haiku “Cauliflower Gratin” for French Friday’s with Dorie: Haiku Version. Oh cauliflower! Formerly I showed no love. Now you really rock. What is in a name? I think Dorie got this wrong. “Gratin”? I think not. Not really a ‘side’! Make a chic lunch out of it. Good for any […]
January 4, 2012 by 12 Comments
Moroccan Lamb Meatballs with Spicy Tomato Chutney on Matafan
French Fridays with Dorie I ‘m late the the French Friday with Dorie Matafan party but hopefully there will still be some room for me at the table because these Moroccan Lamb Meatballs with Spicy Tomato Chutney certainly deserve to attend. Please don’t penalize them due to my tardiness. They aren’t to blame. Could […]
December 4, 2011 by 19 Comments
Twenty Minute Honey-Glazed Duck Breasts
A good savory duck dish reminds me of the way chicken used to taste 20 years ago before the chicken industry turned most grocery market chicken into the mostly tasteless vehicle for sauce we have grown all to familiar with these days.
November 25, 2011 by 22 Comments
Pissaladière the easy way
French Fridays with Dorie The enemy is fear. We think it is hate; but, it is fear. -Gandhi I don’t know about you but I saw a lot of irrational ‘fear of the unknown’ out there this last week in Doritistan . Who knew so many Doristas were going to be so afraid, […]
October 24, 2011 by 22 Comments
BLT Salads – ”Deconstructed”
I’m stuck here all alone in the house today. The clothes washer decided to break last night and the kindly repair man has given us a 5 hour window for him to show up today. As of now I am in the tail in of the 4th hour. Care to give me odds? When my […]
October 1, 2011 by 27 Comments
White Bean Garlic-Rosemary Mash!
Just my luck. Today this blog thing is set to be featured on the CNN’s “Eatocracy” Blogger Spotlight and what did I have scheduled to dazzle the world with? Toast. (Albeit toast with White Bean Garlic-Rosemary Mash.) Had the gods smiled on me I’m sure I would be featuring a mouthwatering cocktail or an impressive desert all lined […]
September 30, 2011 by 17 Comments
Honey Spiced Madeleines
French Fridays with Dorie I wanted to write a poetic masterpiece describing all manner of involuntary memories my recent encounter these Honey Spiced Madeleines provoked of me. That sort of thing is my stock in trade at Sis. Boom [blog!] after all and I do hate to disappoint! This perfect, tiny, fall predicting jewel […]
September 23, 2011 by 32 Comments
Café Salle Pleyel Hamburger
French Fridays with Dorie “It has the taste of forbidden, the illicit – the subversive, even.” This quote was from Hélène Samuel, Dories Greenspan’s bestie, and no, she was not describing my food writing style. She wasn’t even talking about the latest Paris nightclub, Karl Lagerfeld’s latest season, or some fancy, overly-frothy or obscenely-dense chocolate […]
August 26, 2011 by 30 Comments
Bison Burger with Slow Roasted Tomatoes
They say “the only way to get a good burger is to make your burger at home.” I’m sure this is not meant to be a universal truth – everyone knows that some people manage to make quite horrible burgers at home. To make a bad burger at home I think is really something of […]
August 21, 2011 by 10 Comments
Salmon and Tomatoes en Papillote
French Fridays with Dorie Summer is finally here which means nobody I know has any time for anything. I got home at 8:30PM tonight and I certainly didn’t have time to cook a French dinner (or even a “French” dinner.) But hey, its Thursday and I started this French Friday w Dorie project and even […]
July 8, 2011 by 24 Comments
Yogurt Marinated Chicken Kebabs Chunky Beets & Icy Red Onion Salad & Cardamom Rice Pilaf
French Friday’s with Dorie “Just eat your beets then you can have dessert.” I can still hear the sound of my mom’s voice admonishing me as a kid to just finish them. I let her do it but I never did tell her my secret. When beets were served I would always save them to […]
July 1, 2011 by 18 Comments
