This week’s “recipe” for Cook the Book Fridays from David Lebovitz’s My Paris Kitchen isn’t something I’d typically use a recipe for. Roasted Root Vegetables is something I make pretty much weekly and it’s something I think everyone should make weekly. Having roasted veggies on hand through the week is super useful for reheating for … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies was Fruit and Four-Grain Biscotti. Dorie says: Think of these biscotti as dunkable breakfast cereal. They’ve got a lot of what your morning mix might have: whole wheat flour and wheat germ, oats, buckwheat groats and flax, and snipped dried fruit for even more flavor. The … Read more
This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s latest cookbook, Everyday Dorie and is the perfect “ease back into real life” food after the holidays. Dorie’s taken potatoes, leeks, shallots, garlic and onions for a soup base that you can leave chunky or partially mash or blend completely, then given a … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Baking Chez Moi was the perfect re-entry into baking after vacation. Basically an orange-poppyseed loaf, this recipe was developed by Dorie for her husband Michael, after he and a friend brought some back from a café (after which the loaf is named) and asked her to replicate it. … Read more
I can’t EXACTLY say I made this week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays from David Lebovitz’s My Paris Kitchen but I made a valiant attempt. Having arrived home from Haiti on Thursday morning around 1am, I certainly didn’t have any leftover champagne hanging around the house and was too tired to even think about … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Baking Chez Moi is an easier version of fruitcake (and, bonus, doesn’t take weeks of prep!). It’s not a bread in the traditional sense of the word – it doesn’t have any yeast or flour – it’s just made from dried fruit and nuts. Basically you soak a … Read more