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Truffle Honey and Brandy Seckel Pears with Gorgonzola
Every year around this time I fly into a creative tailspin trying to come up with some interesting and “bouche amusing” small bites to serve our guests over the revolving door holiday season. I tend...
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Crisp Radish, Fennel and Apple Salad
I have a soft spot for radishes, and enjoy running into these jolly, blushing old friends no matter where my travels take me, as they evoke warm memories of times and lands far away. From the simple...
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Cousinette Sorrel Soup
A recent dinner thali involving a sorrel sauce at Poppy in Seattle, prompted me to make a batch of sorrel soup that I remember somewhat fondly from my days in France. (Poppy was created by Chef Jerry...
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Heirloom Tomato and Burrata Caprese Salad Spoons
There are some truly triumphant moments in the life of a vegetable gardener that make all the digging, scrubbing of dirty fingernails, and dead/bolted mishaps worth every minute. You may have your own...
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Tabbouleh with Semi-Dried Cherry Tomatoes
As an expat, who now considers herself “from” somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, I find it interesting how a barely discovered and exciting culinary trend in one country is just terribly...
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Spinach Ricotta Tart with Sun-Dried Tomatoes
I’ve been spending an awful lot of time in the kitchen recently, working on another project (more on this later). The galley is always abuzz, the mixer running, the oven whirring, chop-chop-chop on...
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Leek, Lemon and Thyme Risotto
I love the slow, simple Sunday night suppers that conclude crazy weekends. This particular crazy weekend involved considerable quantities of fun, food and wine and 50 adventurous women enjoying dinner...
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Kale, Lemon and Toasted Walnut Pesto
There’s an awful lot of child-feeding advice out there that involves secreting green vegetables in unlikely places like brownies or disguising Brussels sprouts as monster shaped chicken nuggets. This...
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Spring Herb Pesto and Antonio Carluccio
Who were your heroes growing up? Mine were a rather eclectic, and in retrospect partially embarrassing collection of chefs, musicians and writers. One of my enduring favorites is Antonio Carluccio, an...
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Mini Radish Ricotta and Green Onion Tartines
The trouble with travel, with being an expat, is that you leave little pieces of your heart scattered across the globe. A sizeable chunk of mine resides in France, and spring is a season that leaves...
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