Oh my, two Gena Bone recipes in a row -- we miss you baby, see you soon! First time I had fried zucchini flowers was years ago at my pal Gena's. As she points out on her blog (click here for a bunch of her nifty recipes) they were a treat in her home growing up, but certainly nothing like that showed up chez Sullivan in … [Read more...]
TONKA BEAN ICE CREAM WITH ALMOND BRITTLE: A SPECTACULARLY DELICIOUS ORIGINAL GOURMET RECIPE
Ever since being introduced to tonka beans at Paule Caillat's Promenades Gourmandes, I've been championing them at home and here on S.D. To me, they're the Lambada of the spice world -- sexy, exotic and forbidden. Tonkas have gotten the green light in France and numerous other enlightened nations, but our FDA gives them a thumbs down. Coumarin … [Read more...]
CRISP BREAST OF DUCK JULIE ANNE: AN ORIGNAL GOURMET RECIPE
This recipe leapt off the page from the the An American Place cookbook. Crisp duck skin, delicious as it is, isn't a much of a culinary mystery. But the technique in this recipe -- rendering the fat, leaving the meat nice a rosy red and getting a 100% enjoyable crispiness to the skin, sounded, well not too good to be true, because it sounds so sensible. But the method … [Read more...]
Carcioffi Gaetana: Original Gourmet
Artichokes are another of those foods I prefer having all the work done before they hit the table. I've never quite gotten the charm of being presented a whole steamed artichoke and some dipping sauce, possibly melted butter or Hollandaise, and left to my own devices to pluck off the leaves and scrape off the little bit of good stuff at the … [Read more...]