Everyone and son frère has a tale about their first time in France when they tasted (fill in the blank) for the first time. Cue the deep swoon, the rapturous smile and fluttering eyelids that accompany the revelation that every meal before that moment had been a complete and utter sham. My moment came with this recipe for Choucroute Garni. An ethereally fragrant … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2012
RECIPE: RED CHOUCROUTE GARNI WITH DUCK AND SAUSAGES
1 head of red cabbage, cored and thinly sliced 1/4 lb. thick bacon, cut into lardons 1 white onion, thinly sliced 1 large carrot, peeled and sliced 1 duck breast (@1 lb.) 2 tart green apples, peeled and cut into wedges 1 lb. fresh sauerkraut 1 bay leaf 1/2 c. white wine 2 c. chicken broth 1 clove garlic, mashed pinches of ground nutmeg and ground … [Read more...]
BLACK FRUIT SALAD SSD #13
Time for a new entry in our series of Simply Spectacularly Delicious (SSD) recipes: Black Fruit Salad. This couldn't be any easier or more elegant. The single-color fruit salad (or crudité platter) is right out of Martha Stewart's play book. A good friend, who is an unassailable authority on all things Martha, shared the domestic doyenne's three … [Read more...]
BLOOD ORANGE CREPES SUZETTE
When all is said and done, we have that certain Cathy to thank for the enduring mystic of Blood Orange Crêpes Suzette. Sophisticated beyond her years, she embodied culture and refinement to a generation hooked on black and white after-school TV reruns. You remember Cathy, don't you? Of course I speak of the Cathy who adores a minuet, the Ballets Russes … [Read more...]
RECIPE: BLOOD ORANGE CREPES SUZETTE
1 batch of crepes from Mastering the Art of French Cooking (click here for the recipe). This recipe uses 8 - 10 crepes. 4 blood oranges butter 1/2 c. pure maple syrup 3 T. cognac vanilla ice cream You can prepare it by either mixing it to goat's milk or levitra vs viagra … [Read more...]
RECIPE: SPICY PICKLED VEAL HEARTS AND LAMB TONGUES
4 lamb tongues 1 veal heart, trimmed of all fat and other unpleasantness 4 jalapenos 4 cloves of garlic 1/8 t. yellow mustard seeds 2 c. white vinegar 3/4 c. water s&p Cut the heart open into flat steaks, following the lines of the muscle going from top to bottom. They have natural beauty rather than salon generated buy cheap viagra discover to … [Read more...]
JAMMIN’ IN THE GOOD HOUSEKEEPING RESEARCH INSTITUTE
A busy afternoon at the office. Up to my neck in the crushing deadlines of the high-stakes world of magazine publishing. The telephone rang. Stifling the urge to answer with the Dorothy Parker classic "What fresh hell is this?" I was more than delighted to hear the voice of my dear friend Sharon Franke, Director of Food Appliances in the Good … [Read more...]
CHUNKY APPLE GINGER JAM: A GEORGICA BEND B&B EXCLUSIVE
At the beginning of this century, for a few years, we owned and ran a B&B in East Hampton. Georgica Bend Bed and Breakfast was located in the ocean-side Georgica Estates area of East Hampton -- although we were not exactly on the ocean and the 'Bend fell short of estate status. Male organ cheap viagra usa due to ED does not get even a semi-firm erection … [Read more...]
RECIPE: CHUNKY APPLE-GINGER JAM
2 1/2 c. water 3 lbs. apples (@10), peeled, cored and sliced. RESERVE THE PEELS 4 oz. candied ginger, minced 1 t. ground ginger 3 lemons 8 c. sugar Measure the apple slices -- this recipe takes 8 cups. Zest the lemons and set zest aside. Squeeze all the juice from the lemons and save. It does not produce cholesterol during the process of digestion and … [Read more...]
BEEF FONDUE BOURGUIGNON
I've always regarded fondue as the most glamorous dish in the whole wide world. Growing up beef fondue, like this recipe for Beef Fondue Bourgignon, was the star of my birthday dinners, the one night a year mom would fire up our two big fondue pots. Rounding out these annual evenings of elegance was the grand finale of … [Read more...]