French Fridays with Dorie When I told my husband Thursday morning what was on the menu for dinner that night he received it with very little enthusiasm: “Really? Is that what Dorie eats? Do you have to?” I didn’t quite understand his disinclination, but I too wasn’t very keen to make Dorie Greenspan’s Pork Roast […]
Salmon Tartare.
Because Things Change.
French Fridays with Dorie When I was a young boy, my friend Tony Macquarie tried to impress us on the playground one afternoon by proclaiming loudly that his father “ate raw meat.” “Ooooh gross!” we all exclaimed, clearly impressed by Tony’s father’s complete disregard for what he put in his mouth. My ten-year-old ears tried […]
April 10, 2015 by 27 Comments
Waffles and Cream
Savor the sweetness Sugar, butter and that cream! Still licking my chops. Hot crispy waffle and a scoop of some ice cream: Won’t sit there that long. What? Did you think I would let the French Friday’s with Dorie clock run out without a haiku? Think better of me my dears.
April 3, 2015 by 19 Comments
Liberate Leftovers: Next Day Beef Salad
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 […]
March 27, 2015 by 17 Comments
Cure-All Soup from Côte d’Azur
I would be ever so grateful if this supposed cure-all soup from the Côte d’Azur could cure all that ails me. For instance, last week I lightly sprained my ankle while jogging. That alone wouldn’t have been so bad had I not later badly burned my hand in an embarrassing, exceptionally brainless stove incident which also […]
March 20, 2015 by 32 Comments
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
Waking Up From My Siesta (Cocktail)
Author (and sometimes New York Times Opinionator blogger) Bill Hayes convincingly opined recently in the New York Times: “Not writing can be good for one’s writing; indeed, it can make one a better writer.” I can tell you today that this is total bullshit but back in August when I first saw the words I […]
January 11, 2015 by 24 Comments
This is What I’m Like
A Food Blogger GIF Wall When anyone pins from this blog to Pinterest I’m like: On Fridays when I wake up and remember I’ve missed yet another French Fridays with Dorie post I’m like: When that food blogger we all know posts her avocado toast with a runny egg to Instagram again I’m like:
September 14, 2014 by 33 Comments
Guacamole Without a Plan
French Fridays with Dorie I’ve never seen anyone follow a recipe for making guacamole. I never even considered that anyone might actually need one. And yet here it seems that a very good recipe for it has ended up in a recipe book about Paris cooking that I have committed to cooking my way through from beginning […]
July 19, 2014 by 20 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
Beet Pickled Eggs (Deviled too!)
All these years later and I can still hear my mother’s voice whenever I stare down at a plain hard boiled egg: “Trevor, unless you are going to eat these eggs I’m not going to let you decorate any more of them. So are you going to eat them this year?” “No. I just can’t.” […]
May 28, 2014 by 12 Comments
Smoked Salmon Waffles with a Poached Egg
French Friday’s with Dorie When I read the French Friday’s with Dorie recipe some weeks I often jump to the conclusion that I just might delay cooking the recipe until, well, forever. Then, after a day or two I will either get struck by a lightning bolt of silly inspiration, a giant pang of guilt for letting […]
May 26, 2014 by 24 Comments
Sausage Stuffed Cornish Hens
French Friday’s with Dorie: A Food Revolution! Today is Food Revolution Day and for me that means sausage stuffed Cornish hens. The day was started by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver to encourage all manner of food people around the blogosphere to do something, to do anything, that gets kids interested in eating and cooking good food. […]
May 16, 2014 by 25 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
Tuna Rillettes without a Kitchen Island
French Fridays with Dorie – Tuna Rillettes Rillettes are coarse, pâté-like (but not actually pâté) French spreads typically made from duck, pork, or rabbit. They are easy to make and present well as a deeply satisfying appetizer or picnic food. Rillettes are the perfect type of something-something that when added to a charcuterie tray and […]
May 2, 2014 by 31 Comments
