Eglise St. Jacques at Porres Guirec
Brittany Part Two
Last October, I hiked a good part of the Sentier des Douaniers, the winding trail that traces the coast of Brittany. Just last week I hiked another part of…
Marbled Yogurt Cake
Yogurt Cake Revisited
I have a dinner coming up, and I want to make a delicious but simple cake for dessert. I considered plenty of options and settled on an old favorite, Yogurt…
Sweet Potato and quail eggs from FRENCH GRILL
Sweet Potatoes and Eggs – French Grill
I got to thinking about eggs the other day. My thoughts were stimulated by my friend Betty who gave me, as a hostess gift, a dozen eggs from her husband’s…
Doux des Landes
Confit of Peppers
Every year I make a batch of pepper confit (confit means to cook very slowly usually in oil or fat) with Doux des Landes (capsicum annum) grown in the fields…
Egg Fowers, set on a bed of Kuri squash
A Thanksgiving Cadeau
Each year as Thanksgiving approaches, I'm thinking about what exciting little dish I can insert into the holiday weekend, un "petit cadeau" to get people's attention. I entertain a mixture…
Zuccini and goat cheese verrines
Cooking and Teaching with a Social Purpose
Last week was extraordinary It began ten years ago, when Evelyn Isaia and her daughter, Camilla, came to a week-long cooking class I was teaching in Paris. By weeks' end…
Optimism and Lemon Meringue Pie
Since the election I’ve been searching for optimism. I’ve found some. There is optimism in people gathering round. At the market yesterday, it was a flurry of friendship as people…
From the Farm
It's school vacation, again. Every six weeks French students have a two week break, and parents adjust. I used to think this was insane but I've come around. When…
Concarneau – Brittany’s Best
Brittany. It's a magic land. I just returned from a few days respite in Concarneau, in the Finistere, a bustling sea port of 20,000 settled around its crown jewel, the Bay…
Almost ready omelet
Writing a Recipe
Writing a recipe is like taking a cook’s hand and leading them, simply and directly, through the construction of a puzzle to an impressive (and delicious) result. It involves clear…
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