This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays from David Lebovitz’s My Paris Kitchen is a perfect one for this Easter weekend – a roasted lamb shoulder served with braised vegetables and, in theory, salsa verde and chickpea puffs. This is a pretty hands-off dish actually though a lot of people think “roast dinner” and … Read more
The recipe this week for Cook the Book Fridays recipe from David Lebovitz’s My Paris Kitchen is proof I’m dedicated to keeping up with the schedule to cook our way through this book every two weeks! I’m in Australia where it’s still summer (30˚C with very high – 80% – humidity) so not exactly lamb … Read more
Lamb. It’s the stuff of my childhood in Australia. We often had “chops or sausages” for dinner when I was growing up. The chops were ALWAYS lamb chops. Loved them. It’s a flavour that always brings me back to simpler times of “meat and three veg” and when I cook lamb nowadays, I’m drawn to … Read more
Win a Lamb Club gift box Thanks to LAMB CLUB® I have one beautiful gift box containing the Handcrafted Grill Selection (I wrote about it here) to give away to one lucky reader in Ontario or Québec. The box is valued at $84.99CAD and includes: Gourmet Rack (Bone in Frenched Rack Cap On) Mini Roast … Read more
We are big fans of merguez (spiced lamb sausage) in this household so were happy to see a homemade version for this week’s Cook the Book Fridays recipe from David Lebovitz’ My Paris Kitchen. As a friend of David’s says, “you’re not Parisian until you’ve had a merguez sandwich, stuffed with sausage and frites at … Read more
It’s a very seasonal French Fridays with Dorie (at least for those of us in snowy Toronto today!) – a tagine is the ultimate comfort food. This version from Dorie combines a spice blend that’s reminiscent of Morocco, yet Dorie says: “I don’t think there’s very much that’s authentic in this recipe, which was given to me by a … Read more