Today these sweet Pumpkin Biscoff Cookie Cupcakes are actually a bit bittersweet. My baking seems better when the cake, pie, or loaf I am producing is meant as a proxy for any actual feelings I can’t quite express face-to-face. In fact, unexpressed sentiment has always been a secret ingredient of my best kitchen work. Unexpressed […]
Chicken Paillard with Lemon and Black Pepper with Arugula-Tomato Salad
It gets said that whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Actually, I’m the one who says it. A lot. I never utter it in response to fatal threats, however, so I really can’t tell you if its true or not. Rather, I prefer to exploit what I feel is the expression’s inherent irony and […]
November 10, 2012 by 10 Comments
Peanut Butter Hummus
Nearly 10 years ago while taking holiday in London I was hopelessly bored. I sank into a big chair in the living room and turned on the television. Any American who has ever attempted to entertain themselves by watching television in the UK sympathizes with how bored I must have been. UK television is a […]
October 4, 2012 by 12 Comments
"Best of Show" at The OC Fair!
Despite the now obviously shorter days and an avalanche of food blog posts tempting me to heat the oven to roasting temperature, I can’t enthusiastically embrace fall until I take care of some unfinished blog business. I recently entered a few blog posts in the Orange County Fair Culinary Arts food blog competitions and ended up […]
October 1, 2012 by 18 Comments
Endive, Apples, and Grapes
French Fridays with Dorie – Haiku Another Friday came too early for planning and thus, this haiku Simple fall side dish Endive, apples and some grapes Fried up in a pan Easy recipe though it sounded odd at first trusted Dorie though Endive cooks slowly to get caramelization a nice word for ‘burnt’. Endive, Apples, […]
September 28, 2012 by 33 Comments
Aperol Spritz – Roman Sunset in a Glass!
Check out this seemingly off-season Aperol Spritz! Every food blog post this week starts off with the obligatory acknowledgement of an “autumn chill in the air”. While all the other food blog posts turn toward stew recipes and all manner of dishes ably prepared on stovetops or in hot ovens I’m serving this refresher! For […]
September 23, 2012 by 7 Comments
Chicken Basquaise
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 […]
September 21, 2012 by 30 Comments
Duck Fat Popcorn
Now that it has been a few years and we are now getting to be closer friends, I feel safe to share one of my most closely held secrets with you. Here it goes: Duck fat. There! I feel so much better now that I have come out to you and my secret no longer […]
September 17, 2012 by 9 Comments
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
The Negroni Cocktail
I have been enjoying the Negroni since I was eleven years old. Well, not exactly. “There is a thirty year age difference between us thought Mrs. Stone. Then she was ashamed of herself and by the time Paolo had emerged from the bathroom she had mixed two negronis and placed them on the glass-topped table […]
September 13, 2012 by 12 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
Panaché (aka the “Shandy”)
Things here have been a bit slow but I assure this dilatory state has been of my own design and is no reflection on the urgent desire I have to share a Panaché with you. I will forgo, however, the traditional (and somewhat narcissistic) exaggerated apologies many bloggers offer when they fail to post […]
July 21, 2012 by 19 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
