Well I am still cooking. And cooking…and all week I’ve been cooking. The recipe creating is the fun part, but now that I have over 50 recipes roughly written in a notebook, I am dreading going through my scratchy writing and deciphering what the heck I wrote. Save me, will you? If you know me, […]
Beef Bourguignon Pot Pie
Possibly my absolute favorite Julia Child recipe to date, beef bourguignon. I’ve made her traditional dish, with every single step timed stamped perfectly and read every single word of the recipe. It s a time sucker, but worth every single sweat bead. Then most recently, the angels must have been whispering into my husbands ear. […]
Vichyssoise Galette
I have to admit I had a difficult time trying to name this recipe. Do I keep it to the point and call it “potato and leek tart” or do I make it fancy and use hard to pronounce words to make my readers think I know that I’m talking about. Well obviously, you know […]
Orange Spiced Pumpkin Souffle
Well…I caved in. I made something pumpkin. Really, I tried as hard as I could to not make something so traditional, so common, so Starbucks-y. But really…look at this gorgeous pumpkin souffle. It can’t be dismissed. I had other ideas intended, such as a savory pumpkin souffle or something with sweet potato and fresh herbs […]
Julia Child’s Mussels Mariniere
Julia Child’s classic recipe for mussels mariniere couldn’t be any easier. Steamed in minutes with shallots, garlic, white wine and fresh herbs. Happy 102 birthday Julia Child! Ever since I opened the first pages of Mastering the Art of French Cooking, I don’t think I have been the same. I conquered the fragile “Cheese […]