This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s latest cookbook, Everyday Dorie and apparently takes its inspiration from a “diner standard”. I’ve never had a Western Omelette in a diner but I DO make frittata quite often (at least 2 x a month). What makes this “Western” is the combination of … Read more
This week’s Cook the Book Fridays recipe from David Lebovitz’ My Paris Kitchen – Omelette aux fines herbes – is one I don’t think I’ve ever actually intentionally looked up a recipe for. I mean, who needs a recipe for an omelette, right? Well interestingly, I’m including one in my kids’ French cookbook (because it … Read more
The focus for this year’s Food Revolution Day is about sharing the power of cooking, the benefits of cooking from scratch and, ultimately showing people that changing our food choices can make us both healthier and happier. Instead of one official recipe as there has been in years past, this year, we have a set of 10 … Read more
This week in cooking club, Les Petits Chefs made a dish that I am sure will be a staple in my house for a while to come. It’s something I’d never heard/ thought of before (though I am sure it’s not a new concept) – crispy noodles baked into a lovely fluffy omelette topped with … Read more
It was around a year ago that I received a copy of My Berlin Kitchen by Luisa Weiss (of the fabulous Wednesday Chef blog) courtesy of the kind folk at Viking. As the launch of the book coincided with back-to-school, I didn’t have a chance to write about it then but it was a book … Read more
Culinary icon Julia Child would have turned 100 years old on August 15th of this year. To honor her, the folks at YC Media and Random House/ Alfred A. Knopf are launching the JC100: an international campaign involving restaurants, chefs, bookstores, and bloggers, all celebrating Julia and her legacy. Their goal is to raise one million voices in tribute to Julia, and I am … Read more