Never-fail beer croissants This is my invariable advice to people: Learn how to cook — try new recipes, learn from your mistakes, be fearless and above all have fun! - Julia Child It’s been some kind of year. It started out like the year before; we had an unusually strong January, February, and March, even off season ...
Everyday French Bread
The discovery of a new dish confers more happiness on humanity, than the discovery of a new star. - Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Isolation. Confinement. Quarantine. Scary words. Possibly even more frightening than the disease itself in that complete isolation from the world outside is, for most of us, upon us now, our reality. While the dreaded disease ...
Swedish Quick Pickled Vegetables from Smörgåsbord
"It took Vikings many centuries to create the smorgasbord. It brings you the fish of the sea, the meats of the range... the fruits of the land and the wings of the sky in a gracious gesture of hospitality and welcomes you to the meal that follows....” - William C. Speidel Jr., You Can't Eat ...
Fruited Summer Orange Dessert Salad with Orange Marmalade Cream
An orange day, a happy day, a brand-new day in the secret language that only the three of us seemed to understand. "Mmmmm," Daddy said, taking a bite of his roll. "Orange wakes you up(...) cinnamon makes you remember. - Judith M. Fertig, The Cake Therapist Hurrah! Late varieties of oranges mean that citrus season isn't ...
September 15
I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars. – Og Mandino September 15 is the anniversary of the death of my brother, Michael. It has been 8 years since we lost him. 8 years is a long time and so much happens in ...
Clams in White Wine
Where liberty dwells, there is my country. - Benjamin Franklin The rattle of cars across the gravel of the courtyard below floats through the windows on the breeze like the distant roar of ocean waves. The shade washes over me, soothing, cooling, the shutters pulled closed against the searing heat. Voices on the street, the distant ...
Vanilla Custard Berry Tart for Mother’s Day
My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent. - Ruth Bader Ginsburg It was just 3 or 4 days shy of my ninth birthday. I had dreamed of owning a big bike, begged to change my little kid’s small bicycle for an adult-sized beauty, just ...
Orange Chocolate Marble Pound Cake
Wild Goose Chase Moricette. I don’t call her Moricette, I call her Mme. Lainel, but my husband refers to her as Moricette, her first name, when he speaks of her, fondly. Because it is such an old-fashioned, musical name. And she is such an old-fashioned, delightful woman. Mme. and M. Lainel were the first owners of ...
Lemon Almond Sponge Cake for Passover (Gluten-free)
My parents were the model of discreetness. Social, well-known and very involved with our local synagogue, family mealtimes were nonetheless private affairs, the six of us finding ourselves around the dinner table every night without guests, friends, family or company of any sort. The food was plentiful but plain, a mix of Russian Jewish cooking, ...
Baked Chocolate Tartlets with Caramel Sauce
It has been shown as proof positive that carefully prepared chocolate is as healthful a food as it is pleasant; that it is nourishing and easily digested... that it is above all helpful to people who must do a great deal of mental work. - Anthelme Brillat-Savarin An absolutely stunning recipe, my Baked Chocolate Tartlets begin with a ...
