Here’s an easy and appealing salad for the cooler weather. This is a salad that works well with many different combinations of ingredients. You can substitute Chevre if you prefer, or a different kind of cheese. You could also add some dried cranberries or some apples (or both) to give some extra color and flavor. [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘French Regional Specialties’
September 12, 2009
Endive Salad with Roquefort and Walnuts
May 31, 2009
5 Steps to a “Perfect” Roast Chicken
You may have heard some Chefs say that in order to judge a prospective cook’s abilities they ask them to prepare a simple roast chicken. While I have never seen this done in an actual professional kitchen, there is something to be said for stripping away the bells and whistles that some chef’s rely on. [...]
February 28, 2009
Whole Roasted Daurade a la Provencale
I love roasting fish whole. The preparation is simple and the results outweigh the minimal effort. You just need to have a willing audience – willing to stare their dinner in the eye, and willing to tackle the bones as they eat.
It’s relatively easy to find whole fish at most fish markets. Ask them to [...]
May 25, 2008
Mixed Berry Gratin with Champagne Sabayon
This is one of my favorite desserts at Cafe du Soleil – it’s so light that it makes the perfect ending to a big meal. This same sabayon technique can be used for savory dishes. You would just make the Champagne sabayon described below, omitting the sugar in both the sabayon and in the whipped [...]
March 15, 2008
The Best Beurre Blanc
When I was 18 I spent a year in Devon, England studying music at Dartington College of the Arts. If you are ever in that part of England you should pay a visit to this beautiful part of the UK. The college was located at Dartington Hall which is now run as a conference center [...]
February 1, 2008
Alsatian Choucroute
This week we will depart from the theme of ratio cooking to present a spectacular winter dish that could make for a very different kind of Super Bowl Party – especially handy if your local market has sold out of chicken wings! Even though it looks like a really impressive dish – it is easy [...]
December 22, 2007
Basic Sponge Cake Recipe
It can be so easy to remember a recipe when you are aware of the ratio of the ingredients to each other.
This Sponge Cake recipe is the one that opened my eyes as to how you can (and should) simplify a recipe to make it easier to remember. More importantly, in doing so I [...]
