French Fridays with Dorie I’ve been trying to no avail to think up some witty prose about this rhubarb parfait to share with you. Rhubarb just isn’t that funny. In fact, it usually looks a bit scary sitting in the produce section after its long flight or truck ride to the market. To my eyes […]
Cola and Jam Spare Ribs
I’m sorry but I have to “phone this one in” this week. Its not just because spare ribs are nearly impossible to pho tograph…but that is certainly part of it. (I really can’t wait to see how the rest of the Doristas did photographing this one! ) I wasn’t even going to make these this […]
June 10, 2011 by 20 Comments
Quiche Me Honey Honey (Quiche Me!)
French Fridays with Dorie Quiche Me Honey Honey (Quiche Me!) Internet browsing for a recipe often takes me first to Epicurious or The Food Network even though more often than not I end up using recipes found elsewhere. I also prefer to blog-stalk as the personal touch blogs can offer the recipe seeker appeal […]
May 13, 2011 by 21 Comments
Tourteau de Chevre
French Fridays with Dorie I don’t know if the saying “better late than never” is really true or not but I can tell you if I had never sampled this tourteau de chevre I would have been very disappointed. I know. If I had never sampled the tourteau I would not have known enough to […]
May 10, 2011 by 16 Comments
Bistrot Paul Bert Pepper Steak
As you might imagine, I have an orientation toward flaming foods. Nothing reads ‘fabulous‘ at the dinner table more than the sight of actual flames dancing across an entree or desert (or in this case, sauce.) I first caught the flambe bug while first learning to cook. I couldn’t resist the showy (show off!) nature […]
April 29, 2011 by 29 Comments
Mustard Batons for chic cocktail hours
French Fridays with Dorie Who wouldn’t love showing up to a cocktail party and being hit up by these savory mustard batons? That would certainly set the mood for cocktails and chatter, n’cest pas? I mourn the loss of the all-but-lost-art of the proper cocktail party. They were a huge part of my early childhood […]
April 22, 2011 by 23 Comments
Quinoa Fruit and Nut Salad
French Fridays with Dorie You don’t have to twist my arm to fool around in the kitchen with quinoa. Quinoa and I have been flirting around with each other for over a year now even though so far its nothing too serious. We were first introduced by a mutual friend and while it wasn’t all […]
April 1, 2011 by 40 Comments
Salted Butter Breakups
French Fridays with Dorie Salted butter breakups to the rescue! If reinvention causes me to work up a thirst, natural disaster, environmental destruction and human tragedy of epic proportions will likely kill my desire for cooking up much of anything. This week’s sorrowful events in Japan have left me with zero drive for ‘chefing it […]
March 18, 2011 by 34 Comments
Baked Apples “Mendiant” with Caramel Sauce (aka Beggar’s Baked Apples)
French Fridays with Dorie Dear Dorie, Please forgive me for I have sinned. Well, perhaps ‘sinned’ is too strong a word but I had to make some substitutions for this week’s French Friday’s with Dorie assignment. [Gasp!] I know what you are probably saying, “Silly Sis Boom, people make substitutions all the time with recipes. […]
March 11, 2011 by 46 Comments
Savory Quick Breads as Appetizers
French Fridays with Dorie Parisians must do a lot of sitting around drinking wine and nibbling on savory cheese breads as I’ve been crossing paths with several recipes lately and all them talk about sipping wine with them. Back in December while sifting through my my new amour’s things when he wasn’t paying attention, I […]
March 4, 2011 by 24 Comments
Short Ribs in Red Wine and Port
French Fridays with Dorie There exists a tension in any food blogging household. (Mine can’t be all that unique.) First there is the chef’s earnest and primary desire to put out a great meal for friends and family. Then there is the secondary and often competing force associated with the blogger’s goal: getting a great […]
February 25, 2011 by 31 Comments
Toasted Almond Scones
French Fridays with Dorie I bristle whenever anyone trots out that worn-out chestnut “cooking is an art but baking is a science”. Yeah, so you have to measure stuff and you have to know the difference between baking soda and baking powder (or at least know that there is a difference) . Would someone tell […]
February 22, 2011 by 13 Comments
Almond-Orange Tart
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 […]
February 11, 2011 by 29 Comments
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
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
