This arugula pesto recipe is from my friend, Danila, who works as an Italian teacher for corporations. She got it from the chef at Barilla. I’ve talked about Danila on my blog before and she also has a place in my memoir since our daughters are best friends and we bought our first apartment from them completely by chance (based… Read More
I have always wanted to make a tian provençale, but it looked like an intimidating thing to make. It’s not, really, and you can make it, too, in about an hour, including bake time. Tian is pronounced tee-yawn, except that you say it all really fast and you don’t pronounce the ‘n’ at the end. The word tian refers to… Read More
I was running low on ideas for French cooking, so I asked for suggestions in a local moms group and coq au vin was one of them. Coq means rooster, and vin (you probably know) means wine. Unsurprisingly, this is a classic French recipe. If you don’t have a rooster on hand, you can use a really large chicken. (I… Read More
I got my original deviled eggs recipe from the old Joy of Cooking cookbook. When that one wore to pieces, and I got a new version for Christmas, I saw they didn’t have that same recipe and was disappointed. I cobbled together a replacement using all the adaptations I had been making from before and am now putting this recipe… Read More
This coconut curry chicken recipe is really quite simple, and as it’s something I make often, I thought I would share it with you, though it’s not in the least bit French. I dabbled with several variations until I found the perfect recipe, which ended up being an Epicurious recipe, and I only made slight modifications on that one. Instead… Read More
This lemon mousse crumble is a ten-minute dessert if you use store-bought lemon curd, but I’ve included the recipe for homemade lemon curd.
