Nothing can get me out of bed faster than the stirring aroma of food or java from the kitchen. The trouble is: I’m the primary cook…
Sometimes the best recipes are the simplest. This hazelnut baby cake is a good example of that. At first glance, it is a basic quick bread…
mezze (small plates)/ Pantry essentials/ Simmer/ Vegetable/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Green Beans with Freekeh and variety of Tahini
Trio of tahini dips The theme of cooking farm-fresh produce continues in earnest. I like the idea of making a vegetable dish in an exclusively green…
A darker “French baked” tart Cherry has been on my mind since that weekend in Washington DC when we set out to see cherry blossoms. The…
Having a full and decent breakfast without rushing out the door first thing in the morning is such a luxury. I want more days like…
Berry/ breakfast/ Fruit/ modernist/ Pantry essentials/ Sweet
Strawberries and Homemade Cream with a Whipping Siphon
What do strawberries and cream and forty-love have in common? Yes, it’s the Wimbledon. Wimbledon is the oldest and the most prestigious tennis Grand Slam…
white peaches in batter infused with fresh lavender baked in gratin dishes White peaches and lavender are synonymous with the fruits and scent of summer.…
Best cake I’ve ever eaten Desserts with a distinctly French accent have quickly filled up the page for sweets on this blog. Not clearly knowing why!…
Sous vide mollet eggs Florentine Mollet, means soft in French, refers to eggs that are soft boiled in water to the texture when the yolks…
So many things have to be done right before you can get a perfect pear from farm to market to kitchen to table. First of all,…
Lemon lulu cake, by Mother Myrick’s in Manchester, Vermont, has been the unanimous choice for lemon cake among my family and friends for as long…
substituted whole-wheat for all-purpose flour I was excited about my first ever attempt in making biscotti. What goes well with a lesisurely cup of coffee in…