This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook, Everyday Dorie. White Wine-Poached Pears could not be a more simple recipe – and made me wonder why I don’t make this more often! And reminded me of a funny story involving poached pears which is maybe the reason why I don’t … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is Pear-Comté Tart from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking with Dorie. I already had some dough in the fridge leftover from another project so this was a perfect project in between other cooking and baking last weekend. Having pears on hand that needed using/ eating but no comté, I was happy … Read more
This week the Petits Chefs baked from one of the many, many books that arrived on my desk last fall that I am slowly working my way though. Duchess at Home caught my eye because it’s French food for home cooks (you know, right up my alley 😉 ) From the publisher: In Duchess at … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe was a perfect addition to my Thanksgiving dessert selection this past weekend. I was multitasking for most of the meal, testing recipes for my upcoming cookbook (my guests knew that it wouldn’t be a traditional Thanksgiving spread, rather a selection of French dishes!), but knowing this was coming up, … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is an unassuming looking dessert. It’s basically ingredients for a fruit galette rolled up to make a kind of Danish fruity roll – sort of like these Sara Lee treats from my childhood. The recipe is pretty easy – Dorie’s “go-to” galette dough filled with pears, cranberries and some … Read more
So, how are we all faring with back-to-school/work/reality aka end of summer? Has this week caught you by surprise or did you spend a little bit of time on the weekend prepping meals or even batch cooking so that you don’t have to worry about meal time during the week? Believe it or not, even … Read more