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Crepes 2008-03-04 17:58:47 I’ve spent quite a lot of time preparing for our upcoming vacation to Paris. There are David Lebovitz’s Paris pointers to check out, drool over, then add to the google map, there are restaurants to scout out at Zagat, and they too must be added to the map, there are museums, gardens, markets, and monuments [...] Read more:Crepes
Chimichurri chicken, rice, and artichokes 2008-03-11 17:16:51 This is geek fast food ala Trader Joe’s. But unlike drive-thru fast food, nothing here will make you queasy, it’s all good for you, it costs less than drive-thru fast food, and you can enjoy a bottle of two buck chuck while you prepare it. Ooops….before I forget, it’s delicious. Also, save all the [...]
Boozy bananas 2008-03-15 08:46:58 I’ve let you down and I know it…my head hangs in shame. I wish I could do better for you than a boozy, sugary, banana topping for ice cream. It is a delicious mess but I certainly won’t win any prizes for originality or styling.
I confess that my creative cooking mojo is on the [...] Read more:bananas
Bonjour from Paris 2008-03-22 17:37:05 Despite all the usual travel woes, we made it to Paris
yesterday…and it is c’est magnifique. However, my laptop and our hotel’s internet are not playing well together, and despite the best efforts of GH and Anita, the lovely and tres helpful Directrice d’Hotel, it is not going to happen. Right now I’m using the [...]
Eating in Paris - Pierre Hermé Macarons 2008-03-30 11:15:52 My love of macarons is profound…macarons are profound, or they can be in the hands of a genius. Pierre
Hermé’s Macaron Arabesque is pure genius…starting from the middle and working outward it is a caramelized pistachio praline surrounded by luscious apricot cream, sandwiched between two pistachio dusted meringue wafers delicately flavored with apricot.
Another bite [...] Read more:Paris
Porky deliciousness 2008-04-04 12:00:27 I wish I knew what to call this pork creation. I suppose if I’d rolled them into balls they could be meatballs but actually I was trying to recreate a dish Dave ordered in Paris…it had a big long French name written in cursive on a chalkboard and when the waiter kindly translated it for [...]
The beef 2008-04-08 14:27:07 It’s rainy and cold around here right now. T.S. Eliot said that April is the cruelest month and he certainly hit the nail on the head. Funny how weather like this in Paris didn’t even phase me but here it sure does get me down. That and the fact that my fearless minivan, hauler of [...]
Balsamic chicken with porcini and lentilles de Puy 2008-04-11 14:26:17 I made the balsamic chicken that I read about over at Cooking and Eating in the Windy City and while I didn’t follow the recipe, I did come up with an excellent meal that satisfied and soothed. Stove top braises are satisfying because you can hover about the kitchen, occasionally peeking under the lid, spooning [...] Read more:Balsamic
Berry my heart in a galette 2008-04-15 16:31:33 There is so much to be said for simple food. This scrumptious galette took no more than 20 minutes to make, not counting the time I left it in the refrigerator to rest. The crust is crisp, flaky, and of course, buttery, and the berrys are tender, succulent, and sweet.
I think I started making [...] Read more:Berry
Get thee to the farmers’ market and a how to for pan sauce 2008-04-19 11:40:50 That’s right my fellow Madisonians and Middletonians…today marks the start of the blessed farmeres’ market season. So if you’re reading this on Saturday as you drink a cup of coffee and ponder what to do with your day, get up and go…they’re selling until 1:00 so you’ve got time.
I was at the Westside Community Market [...] Read more:farmers
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Dorie’s great grain muffins…a taste of yellow 2008-04-23 18:25:12 You know how much I love strawberry scones, right? Well, even thought I haven’t made them as often as I did last year, I still make them…or at least I intend to. On Sunday I fully intended to make scones using Dorie Greenspan’s recipe…but then I remembered all the pain au chocolat that I’ve been [...] Read more:taste
The early bird catches the spinach 2008-04-25 19:23:11 I have a fundamental problem with getting up and out of the house by 7:00 on a Saturday morning. But last week it ensured me a bag full of fresh tender spinach from Primrose Community Farm and it’s sweet, green, fresh flavor is enough to tempt me again tomorrow. Who knows if there will actually [...] Read more:catches
Pork tenderloin with roasted beets and salsify 2008-04-29 17:03:58 A quick and easy dinner is just what a Monday night calls for. My favorite way to cook pork tenderloin is in an obscenely hot oven (500°) for about 10 minutes or until the internal temp in the thickest part is 140°. But that requires either a clean oven or the doors and windows wide [...]
Ramps…oh my!!!! 2008-05-02 15:00:46 When spring attempts to kick off the winter’s covers and finally, grudgingly, hauls her ass out out of that bed she’s been lolling in for far to long, well I don’t mind admitting that I get more giddy than I usually am…yes indeed folks, I get giddier! I start using exclamation marks far more than [...]
Marinated tofu - deconstructed stir-fry 2008-05-06 16:53:43 Tofu is okay…if it’s not prepare well it can be nasty. But steep it in vibrantly seasoned marinade and pan fry it until the edges are crisp…then you have a tasty pile of flavor. I’m a Top Chef watcher and when goofy-hair-guy rendered some beef fat and then marinated the tofu in it, [...] Read more:Marinated
Avocado, cucumber salad 2008-05-10 00:14:52 I hate to admit it but I can lose a lot of time reading food blogs and drooling at food porn on Tastespotting. I can easily rationalize it as time well spent keeping up with my fellow food bloggers. I get my best ideas from food blogs and the more I read, the more creative [...]
Steak tartar - forbidden food 2008-05-13 12:45:37 While we were in Paris we dined on steak tartar and we loved it. It’s a shame that one can’t order this simple pleasure in a restaurant here in the states; but alas our government feels compelled to protect us from food…cigarettes and other carcinogens, not so much… food, but of course! I’ll leave it [...] Read more:Steak
Frozen cheese and sherbet cake 2008-05-15 19:32:38 I’m only human and occasionally I have moments of lapsed judgment. When I was younger that might have entailed too much alcohol, hilarious dancing, and howling at the moon…seriously folks, I was a wide wild child. But now that I’m older I try not to damage myself…so in this case my lapsed judgment involved some [...] Read more:Frozen
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