Update! And the winner is...Pierre Desjardins: "There is a moment in early May, about two days where, for the first time the air is warm, sunlight bathes the delicate young green leaves…the first sidewalk cafés are open, walking leasurly and all the people look young and happy. Greatest time of all the spring season…love it!"Congrats…
It's Day 3 of Thanksgiving Revisited! We're moving right along here. If you've been reading this blog for a while you know that I am not a fan of doing dirty dishes. I love spreading out in the kitchen and making a beautiful mess. But I have a hard time facing a big stack in…
When I was cooking in France, there was a pastry chef who was always running around frantic with all of the things he had to do. He was fairly sure that the executive chef was going to kill him. Sometimes I helped him because I wanted him to get through the night without panicking. Sometimes…
Butter sauce, that is, in English speak.Butter is such a magical thing, don't you think?I call it udder nectar. Sometimes.Only with people who know me well, like you for example. But I usually don't call it that at a first encounter.You see, we get so caught up in recipes, but sometimes it can be simpler…
Raise your hand if you have rabbit or chicken in your freezer.Great! Let's talk.I am about to embark on a hunting spree. Elk in Wyoming, Javelina in El Paso, Pheasant in South Dakota, Partridge in England, Snowshoe Rabbit in Alaska, Squirrel in… where should I hunt squirrel? I hear they really know how to do…
Also known as... "how to cook a clam."Word on the street is that my clam digging pictures are freaking you out. I'm sorry to give you the heebie jeebies. But they taste good, I promise. Besides, don't you want to know what to do if someone drops you on an island somewhere and tells you to…
I'm in New York this week, which was perhaps serendipitous since it's May Day, and with it, came a lesson in sweet woodruff from Grandma Pellegrini.Sweet woodruff, is also known as Master of the Woods. It is a perennial, with small white flowers that bloom in May and June and star-like leaves in circles of…
But do you really need a holiday as an excuse to make a good punch?My brother has been making this for years. It's quite good. He makes it strong but you can make a mild version.In addition to white wine and rum (not the expensive kind), you'll need citrus.Which you let macerate in the rum…