I’m often one to scoff at the idea of clafoutis, a rustic French pudding like cake from the Limousin region, especially when found on the menus of restaurants I perceive to be, well, fancy. It just seems so dressed down and simple. Fruit covered in what amounts to pancake batter? Blah. I was shocked to […]
For those of you who prefer to cook as little as possible over the hot summer months, here is a fabulous dinner that requires a whole lot of chopping, but no more then 4 minutes of grilling to complete. It also includes many of the summer’s best flavors; tangy heirloom tomatoes, sweet corn and succulent […]
Here’s something different for those of you who want to beat the heat this summer with ice cream. This past July Fourth weekend I wanted to make something decadent, cold and refreshing to tote with us to a friend’s party. I also wanted to somehow use that most perfect of seasonal foods: the cherry. While […]
Ok, I swear on all that is delicious that this will be my last post for a while on peaches. I just can’t help myself, especially when they are combined with pulled duck and served atop crispy, garlicy crostinis. Yummers. Consider this an amazing option the next time you are struggling for an hors d’oeuvre […]
Every week I pass up the opportunity to buy fresh lump crab meat, be it at the farmers market, super market or a restaurant. Maybe it’s the ubiquity of crab meat in New Orleans, topping any and all dishes at local restaurants from Drum to Eggs Benedict to Cucumber Soup. I just don’t quite see […]
I hate to throw out food. Maybe it’s all those starving kids in Africa or my quickly tightening purse strings, but I try to make use of everything and anything in my fridge. Recently I had more buttermilk then I knew what to do with after using only a small portion in some awesome Rosemary […]
Clams are not on my radar. I don’t think about them, I don’t cook them, and I rarely order them at restaurants. It may have something to do with an unfortunate experience with steamers as a child. Those nasty little tongues still freak me out. Maybe I’m just a philistine. Recently I walked out of […]
Strawberry shortcake is a classic summer dessert. There are few summer dishes more iconic, more anticipated or more delicious. It’s eaten by millions of us every Fourth of July and throughout the summer, in whopping mouthfuls of wispy, light cream and spongy shortcake. For me, each bite evokes childhood memories, sun burns, bare feet and toothy, […]
Nasty, brutish and short? Try hot, sweaty, and uncomfortable. No way to go through the life any way you cut it. Ok, you may not really have a choice, especially in these icky, sticky summer months, but you can at least cool down periodically with this Campari and Grapefruit Sorbet. Campari and Grapefruit you say? Two difficult […]