This Next Day Beef Salad has a great sense of timing. The Doristas are venturing ever closer to the terminus of the French Friday’s with Dorie project and I can’t help but see it as appropriate to be once again making a recipe so apt at using the odds and ends left lying around the kitchen from previous pursuits Dorie […]
Moroccan Couscous Salad
French Fridays with Dorie Truth time: my pantry is a disaster. My teeny tiny kitchen cabinet is more like an orphanage for never-to-be used again ingredients than a place to store the most-commonly-used food ingredients. Disordered shelves are jam packed with former ‘exotic all-stars’ now rendered useless as the odds got ever slimmer I would […]
March 6, 2015 by 26 Comments
Pie Plate Salad! A Retro Food Celebration!
A Retro-Tastic ™ Food Celebration for July 4th! I can’t separate any holiday from the favorite food dish I associate with its celebration. I would never dare hosting a Christmas dinner without a Butterball turkey and a can of mom’s favorite cranberry jelly? I would not dare confront the cries of disappointment if I failed […]
July 3, 2014 by 20 Comments
Broiled Leeks Vinaigrette with Mimosa
French Fridays with Dorie – Haiku Fridays what do we have here? broiled leeks with mimosa so why no champagne? A platter of leeks set for your guests to enjoy an elegant dish named for a flower and when combined with the leeks: Intoxicating
May 9, 2014 by 29 Comments
Pistachio Avocado by Anne LeBlanc
French Friday’s with Dorie I was unprepared for the blasphemy that Rick was about to utter in my dining room. Some things should not be said even among friends. It might be ok to think them. I am not in favor of a Culinary Thought Police state but Rich was about to cross the line. […]
May 31, 2013 by 53 Comments
Celery and Parmesan Salad
“Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.” – Plato, clearly not having been asked to bring a Celery and Parmesan Salad. Salads scare me. Even Celery and Parmesan salads. No, not eating them. Just the expectation of having to prepare one, serve one or otherwise present one to a group. I […]
January 11, 2013 by 14 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
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
Chinese Chicken Salad
As you would expect, there is a story about this Chinese Chicken Salad. My friend Mei-Ling came over for dinner not long ago and even though we hadn’t seen each other in years we were able to “pick it right up” as if it had only been days. I always love it when that […]
December 29, 2011 by 4 Comments
Oignons Aigre Doux French Sweet and Sour Onions
These oignons aigre doux were holiday stress relievers for me. Have you ever heard of anybody losing a friendship because the Christmas meal wasn’t what it should have been? Did all heck break loose at your house because somebody had the temerity to bring a side dish nobody really liked? Perhaps you suffered through […]
December 27, 2011 by 12 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
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
Céleri Rémoulade – something French on the side!
Monsieur Céleri Rémoulade, will you forgive me my trespass? It seems as if I neglected to acknowledge the fine specimen sitting next to last week’s endearing Cuban. When you stand next to something as tasty and mouthwatering as a Cuban you run the risk of not being noticed. Several readers did notice! I am hoping to […]
April 20, 2011 by 12 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
Caesar Salad Dressing
One New Year’s Resolution I made back in January was something I didn’t talk much about at the time. I just did it. I tossed out all the bottles of store bought salad dressings that had been crowding out nearly one shelf of my refrigerator. Along with the vowed not to buy bottled salad dressings […]
September 7, 2010 by 1 Comment
