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…
Category: Recipes
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…
Cranberry-Pistachio Rugelach
How do you deal with it when someone is gone from your life… someone who you weren’t expecting to have to say goodbye to any time soon? No, no one has died,…
Pumpkin Pound Cake
I have a habit of undercooking baked goods. OK, scratch that. I have a habit of undercooking everything. I’ve undercooked steak. I’ve undercooked ahi tuna. That takes a lot of skill and…
Traiteurs and Asian Slaw
In New York, it’s easy to get street food. Not only are there stands famous for ethnic cuisine, but just about anywhere you like, you can get yourself a hot dog with…