This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Baking Chez Moi was one I chose to share with good friends in the Tarn whose house we were spending the night at over the weekend. Typically I’d choose to “minify” a big dessert like this but I always like the opportunity to make a full-sized dessert to […]
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Cook the Book Fridays: Fresh-off-the-cob corn chowder from Everyday Dorie
This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s latest cookbook, Everyday Dorie. To be honest, it’s one I wasn’t particularly keen to make this month, given I knew I wouldn’t be able to find gorgeous corn like I do at home (I’m in France for a couple more weeks and corn […]
Tuesdays with Dorie (Dorie’s Cookies): Vanilla Polka Dots
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies is so simple but has a bit of “wow” factor both in appearance and taste (especially when made with French butter!). Dorie says: There’s a lot to be said for simplicity, and these cookies say it elegantly. They are made from the Do-Almost-Anything Vanilla Cookie Dough, […]
French Fridays: Chicken with Mustard from My Paris Kitchen
This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays from David Lebovitz’s My Paris Kitchen – Chicken with Mustard – is notable for two reasons: It’s the recipe on the cover of the book and It’s our FINAL RECIPE from this book Yup – since February 2016, twice a month I’ve blogged about the recipes from […]
French Fridays: Ratatouille Tian from In the French kitchen with kids
(image © Kyla Zanardi) You may not know what a tian is, but if you’ve seen the movie Ratatouille, you’ll be familiar with a version of this presentation of vegetables sliced thinly, cooked and served in an elegant stack. The dish you see in the movie was created by Chef Thomas Keller (of The French […]
Tuesdays with Dorie (Baking Chez Moi): Mascarpone Mousse
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Baking Chez Moi was a super simple recipe that worked well with the roasted rhubarb with bitters from our last BCM recipe. It’s a short list of ingredients – mascarpone, whipped cream, honey, egg whites, sugar and gelatin. I was a little dubious about the addition of gelatin […]
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