Essential Kitchen Tools For a French Cook
When I get into the kitchen and begin to organize ingredients, I have several (let’s say many…!) essential and indispensable tools that make life easy, making cooking extra fun, and make food delicious. They’re often simple things, but they’re essential to my style, and they can become essential to yours too. Some you can pick […]
Strawberry Shortcake from the Grill
There are two things at play in this recipe for French strawberry shortcake from the grill. One is my brand, new, fancy Weber gas grill that has taken pride of place in my back courtyard. Two is my darling daughter Fiona’s predilection for loving and not eating animals. Sometimes she is flexitarian, but mostly she […]
Quick Apero
The book has landed!!! The book has landed!!! Naturally, this was news I couldn’t keep to myself so I called friends – all of them characters in the book – and invited them over for an apéro (or apéritif, shorthand for drinks before dinner). It was time for concrete thanks to all of these people […]