Weekends in the Kitchen and Beyond
If you buy a bunch of peaches, and they all happen to ripen at the same time, what can you do? No need to panic. The tried and true solution to such a dilemma (aside from making jam) is to bake something special with the extra peaches. You can bake a fruit pie, tart, crostada, […]
I was exploring down home, country-style French cooking and came across this traditional dish for boiled chicken. You might think that it is really just chicken soup, with the chicken cooked whole instead of cut up. I admit that it has the appearance of chicken soup, but the flavor suggests something a little more, not […]
I was looking for a recipe for light rolls to make sandwiches for lunch that would bring a welcome change to the day-in/day-out country-style bread we always have at home. I turned to a recipe for French yeast dough–pâte levèe–that is used to make pissaladière à la Niçoise, which is an onion tart that is commonly […]
If you are regularly a cookie/cake home baker but have an adventurous spirit, try making custard-filled cream puffs! They are an elegant dessert to take to a party potluck and really not so bad in terms of difficulty. They just need a chunk of your time and attention. See my post on making the basic […]