Especially as the weather starts to get warmer, I find myself fantasizing, not about towering baked goods or complicated, long-cooking stews with tons of ingredients, but about the simple things in life….
Author: emiglia
Beet-Potato Soup with Roquefort
Dear Reader, I’m sorry for abandoning you. I have no excuse. I could cite the fact that the Canadian has left, once again, this time for Cannes, which has left me with…
The Incredible Edible Egg
I haven’t always been as big a fan of eggs as I am now. I remember being forced to eat scrambled eggs as a child and hating them. I liked hard-boiled eggs,…
Potato au Gratin with Chanterelles
I don’t know what possesses me to try new potato gratin recipes. I have a perfectly good recipe that I adore, and now every time I try a new one, I get…
Tacos à la Parisienne
Me with two margaritas for the price of one. Olé! When I actually lived in the States, I never craved American food. Ever. My favorite food was Italian, which, as a New…
Baked Ravioli
Just a short post for you guys today. I had gone to Monoprix (kind of like our Wal-Mart) and stocked up on ravioli. I ran out of sauce one night when I…
Slow-Cooked Salmon
I have made my issue of undercooking things previously known. This problem, I may have also said, stems from a severe fear of overcooking things. Overcompensation… something I should work on. Anyway,…
Daring Bakers: First Challenge!
Wow… after a lot of difficulty, I’ve finally participated in my first Daring Bakers Challenge… and I loved it! The challenge this month was for French bread. “Perfect,” thinks I, “I live…
To Cheese or Not to Cheese?
OK… so here’s the thing. I call myself an Italian-American, but the truth of the matter is, I’m only half. My mother, who does the majority of the cooking in my house,…
Canadian Sister!
I love markets. I love taking my big canvas bag out and perusing the different stands, buying up cheap, fresh produce and meat and fish (and containers of thirty eggs). The Canadian…