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 […]
Rustic Swiss Chard Tart
What type of establishment would I be running here if I didn’t do something nice to show my appreciation my loyal and valued readers at Christmas? Since you are here and you put up with me you you are deserving of something special to conveys my real appreciation for your continued patronage here at Sis. Boom. […]
December 19, 2011 by 15 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
Pastitsio Equals Good Greek Living!
I have never been to Greece and I’m not really close to many Greek people. But that doesn’t mean I don’t know a few things about Greek heritage does it? I’m always amused when the few Greek acquaintances I have will mention a personal quality, or describe some endearing foible of a family member and then say […]
December 2, 2011 by 17 Comments
Kiwi Fruit Tart Recipe
This kiwi fruit tart was practically free! Talk about generous! Each Tuesday the company where I work fills up our staff kitchen with fruit for us to snack on all week long. I know what you must be thinking right now and yes, I do have a day job thankyouverymuch. But yeah, this […]
December 1, 2011 by 18 Comments
Frenchified Popcorn
The day after Thanksgiving always brings a ton of cooking and chef supply catalogs in the mail. Do you get as many as I do? I page through and admire the many “fantasy” holiday table settings, linens and cooking gadgetry and then try hard to resist the urge to purchase as they try hard to […]
November 29, 2011 by 15 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
Lamb Tagine with Chickpeas and Apricots
Today is Wednesday, and with this post, I am beginning to see the value of food blogging memes such as “Wordless Wednesday“, “Photos Only Fridays“ and my favorite: “Only Recipes on Every Other Month’s Second Thursday“. I would normally eschew all things “wordless” as wordlessness is not a value I would normally cleave to. Please don’t act […]
November 23, 2011 by 12 Comments
My Grandma’s Saffron Poached Pears
Saffron Poached Pears These are my grandmother’s pears. The recipe comes from the quirky handwritten recipe books she left behind. A dessert so beautiful and so easy to make. It could never be said that her recipe style tilted to the exotic so its surprising that she even knew what saffron was. They […]
November 11, 2011 by 12 Comments
Zinger Blended Herbal Iced Tea
Blah blah blah.As you can see I am somewhat at a loss for words these days. The fellow Food bloggers I’ve been running into this weekend at the Food Buzz Festival have been telling me that this is normal and I shouldn’t get too concerned. “Its perfectly normal! It happens to everyone!” No man […]
November 4, 2011 by 11 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
Saffron Coconut Ice Cream
Don’t you love a sure thing? I’m not referring to “Sure Thing” as in the 1980’s definition of the term implying someone who can be counted on to deliver sex on a date. Don’t get me wrong…if I recall correctly those kind of sure things could be nice too and they certainly have their place […]
October 22, 2011 by 19 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
Black Pepper Cherry Crisp
A bag of late season Bing cherries made it into my cart tonight. It was purely an impulse buy as I had nothing in mind for them when I reached out and rescued them from the supermarket display. Eh, they where were on special. That alone is usually not enough to persuade me to buy […]
September 28, 2011 by 18 Comments
