Lemon Lime Champagne Granita
Aunt Caroline wasn’t whipping up Lemon Lime Champagne Granita the night she sent Uncle Drew out for lemons. However, when the weather turns scorching hot and I spot a bowl of lemons on the counter I can’t help but chuckle and think of Aunt Caroline and this particular dessert. And, of course, that unforgettable night when Uncle Drew went out for lemons and never came back. [Read More…]
Roasted Bone Marrow, and Me.
Here is the thing with Roasted Bone Marrow and me: I always get anxious introducing this personal preference of mine to anybody new. Am I about to lose my new friend, or will admitting some small nugget of truth serve to cement our friendship further? Or, as is sometimes the case, will I be surprised with a knowing glimmer and nod, unmistakably signifying “me too”?
Once revealed, one can never be too sure about biases to or against one’s truths. My advice: be prepared for any and every reaction! And if said reaction is adverse, well, take comfort in the fact that no matter what one’s preferences are, one is rarely alone with them. As with all characteristic peculiarities, a large community of like-minded residence usually exists nearby. Go and seek them out for support and communion!
One day, I was all alone, feeling destined for a life spent alone with my desires, and then BAM! A community formed all around me, growing in pride, losing its shame, increasing its visibility and public understanding, appearing just about everywhere on appetizer menus.
Yup. I eat the bone. Roasted Bone Marrow. Mmmm. Bone. [Read More…]
Dorie’s “My Newest Gourgeres” Will Turn Your Head
If Dorie Greenspan thinks that just because she publishes a souped up, fancy schmancy, new and improved recipe for gourgeres I’m going to kick her oldest recipe for gourgeres the curb, well, she has another thing coming. (“My Newest Gourgeres”, page 8, “Everyday Dorie: The Way I Cook”) No ma’am. I am way too loyal to her classic […]
Aperol Tequila Swizzle Cocktail – Something Different!
I need to get out my step stool in order to conjure gems like this Aperol Tequila cocktail. Way up high, back in The Inconvenient Cabinet sitting behind the refrigerator, you will just over a dozen bottles of booze. These aren’t my “main squeeze” libations, no, these bottles are the rather queer stash of alcoholic […]
Lime Berry Paletas and Summer
I can’t say I know much about the differences, if any, between ice pops and paletas. I don’t consider myself an expert at either. “Expert” is in the eye of the beholder I suppose. I’ve been making paletas, especially these Lime Berry Paletas, every summer ever since some wonderful company, I can’t now remember the […]
Curried Chicken en Papillote
A Food Revolution! French Fridays with Dorie Curried Chicken en Papillote should hardly be considered a revolutionary act. But then neither should being able to feed yourself. Sadly, the latter now seems to be. Or at least so says none other than Jamie Oliver, who has taken it upon himself to start a global campaign purposed […]
