WATERCRESS AND BEET SALAD WITH ALMONDS
WATERCRESS AND BEET SALAD WITH ALMONDS – This salad bounces around the palate like spring sun bounces off the water. It is bright and vivid in both color and flavor. If you can’t find fresh, green almonds use whole, skinned almonds. And if you're lucky enough to live in France and be in a rush, […]
A Trio of Soups
My college-aged children arrive home for the holidays like most people’s: mere shadows of themselves, survivors of the semester, starving for mom’s cooking. I am all too ready to comply as I’ve been in the seasonal spirit for weeks. The French build up to the holidays with lovely dinners beginning in early December, […]
Beets – the Least Loved Vegetable
I can’t count the number of times I’ve presented a menu to a cooking class with a beet recipe in it, and gotten looks like I was proposing a final walk to the gallows. I proceed with a lightness of being, however, because I know what will ensue, which involves almost heavenly transformation. That’s because […]
Coupure de Gaz
I arrived at the studio where I give classes in Paris to find a small poster taped to the door of the building with the anouncement “Coupure de Gaz” (cutting off the gas) in livid black letters. I looked closely to see when. Oh no! “le 11 May de 8 h jusqu’au 18h” was written; right in […]
