In French it’s called “coeur d’artichaut” (cur dahr-tee-show) and it sounds much better than artichoke heart, doesn’t it? Better than “Arty choking someone’s heart?” This recipe, which I got from the Madame Le Figaro cookbook, is pretty, elegant, easy to make, and tasty. You need artichoke hearts. The recipe says to cook 4 artichokes and remove all the leaves, but… Read More
The only reason I made pommes d’amour with my cherubs is because Juliet begged me to do the recipe from her cookbook. And as I had been neglecting my children lately, I owed them big-time. I also made them because I got suckered into buying (for the second time) a basket of pink lady apples from guys who come from… Read More
Le raclette is a cheese that comes from Switzerland, which is used in making the “dish” called la raclette. Yes, the Swiss differentiate between the cheese and the dish (le raclette versus la raclette) whereas the French don’t. The cheese is made with cow’s milk, aged at least 8 weeks, and has a golden crust with a yellow or white… Read More
Indians cook a lot with chickpea flour. It’s also called besan flour or gram flour (not to be confused with graham flour, which is a mixture of whole wheat and white – the flour used in graham crackers). It just so happens that it’s relatively low in carbs – about half the glycemic index of wheat flour. I knew it… Read More
We had family in town last week, and I felt it my duty to bring to the table all the cream, chocolate and foie gras France has to offer. This week (by way of necessity) I decided to cut down on the sugar and focus more on the vegetables, (and to a lesser degree) meats, fish and cheese. So I… Read More
This is a recipe for sole meunière, which is a completely logical way to prepare fish, in my humble opinion. Preparing something “meunière” means that you’re using flour, since meunier means “miller.” It’s pronounced muh-nyay for masculine nouns (meunier) and muh-nyair for feminine nouns (meunière). This totally reminds me of the nursery rhyme my mother-in-law used to sing to Juliet when we… Read More
