This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s latest cookbook, Everyday Dorie and is a bean salad, said to have been served for the first time in 1940. Created by Helen Corbitt, culinary director of Neiman Marcus, it was dubbed “caviar” as a nod to the shape of the (inexpensive) beans … Read more
This term the Petits Chefs are cooking our way through a series of cookbooks and this week, we used The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs. You know a book coming out of America’s Test Kitchen is going to be well-tested and this is no exception. 750 kids tested these recipes, both in their home kitchens … Read more
This term, the Petits Chefs will “cook the books” – cooking dishes from some of my favourite cookbooks. We started a the term with a dish I’ve had my eye on ever since I received smitten kitchen every day last year. This is a wonderful book full of “unfussy” recipes that I reviewed late last … Read more
This week’s Cook the Book Fridays recipe from David Lebovitz’ My Paris Kitchen was one I was dreading a little, just because of its name – SNAIL butter… really? I’ve managed to cook my way through Dorie’s Around my French Table with no snail encounters but maybe I wasn’t going to be so lucky with … Read more
This is a sponsored post of the best kind: Front Door Organics is a company I have personally been supporting since long before I was blogging. I’m thrilled to write about their services here, highlighting recipes and different aspects of the business of local/ organic food delivery. If you’ve been reading here for a while, … Read more
Everyone knows that teaching kids to cook is something I am passionate about. Through my Petits Chefs and Cooking Basics classes, I’m teaching my students how to cook, yes, but also life skills that will serve them well as adults. This year, you’ll also know that for Food Revolution Day – TODAY – Jamie Oliver … Read more