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 […]
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
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
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
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
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
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
Saturday Haiku: Sunday Edition
Haiku Life’s mysterious So live and laugh at it all Life is like this bowl
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Saturday Haiku: Or What Have You?
Aren’t they all gay? Heard of it, had to find it. Now I will blog it… (Thanks Jack!)
June 12, 2010 by 1 Comment
Saturday Haiku: A Busy Day.
Could be at the beach.. Much love going into food. Celebrate a friend!
June 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment
