Just decant the wine, and serve
Wine in a Box
As I wiped a tiny drop from the plastic spigot sticking out of the box of wine I’d just opened, I had to laugh. I, the keeper of wine…
Speculoos – Cinnamon Cookies
Speculoos is the golden spice cookie that comes wrapped in plastic and sits on the saucer of your espresso cup in nearly every cafe throughout the Hexagon. In the past…
Rhubarb Poached in Vanilla Syrup
Rhubarb and Mom
What's the best thing about spring? I know, everything. But if you focus, bring it down to the details and ignore radishes, then it's got to be rhubarb. And one…
Miam!
Chocolate Chip Cookies, With a Difference
My daughter is coming home for spring break so the refrigerator and the cupboard need to be stocked, because wherever she is, a small crowd follows. She loves chocolate chip…
Apple Honey Tart
I live in Normandy, land of apples and pears, and everything made with them - from Tarte Tatin to Rosemary Apple Tart, to Apple Charlotte, to apples as vegetable, appetizer,…
The water and sugar "sand" is beginning to re-caramelized
Sweet Praline Almonds
Ever since I tasted these praline almonds, made by my colleague and friend David Lebovitz once when he was visiting, I've loved them. They're a perfect, and perfectly surprising, amuse-bouche,…
Miche’s Two Ingredient French Apricot Jam – ’tis the Season
Evreux, June 3, 2017 - Miche lived to be 101 years old. Right up until she left us she was talking about her amazing two-ingredient apricot jam, among other things, and…
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…
Grilled Chicken with Spicy Rhubarb
Naturally, the French cook has a way with this fleeting gift of spring. Typically, it is wrapped in buttery pastry, pureed and put under a meringue, atop ice cream,…
Flourless Chocolate Cake from the Grill
Baking a cake over the coals? Quelle idée. But pizza bakes perfectly over blazing charcoal, so why not biscuits, or rhubarb pie, or even a flourless chocolate cake? As any…