Sure I learned how to fabricate a chicken and make bechamel; we clarified butter and practiced our knife cuts. We used chinoise to strain our sauces and hailed the art of cooking an egg. We used bain maries and whisked emulsions, studied food culture across the US and learned to look at plate presentation with [...]

I would sooner buy a dish than a new scarf, or a hand-held, battery powered, cordless, triple speed, multi-attachment blender than say, new makeup or jewelry. My cash flies out of my pocket when I see glassware that I must have, but I can walk right past clothing stores and perfumeries. Good wine or a [...]

I have been spending a chunk of time browsing the web. Jumping from one blog to another, like a kid skipping on the top of stones across a river. It is a rush, full of discovery and occasional slips into a time warp.
Most of my posts are full of recipes and methods, but I couldn’t [...]

As in: no white shoes before Easter, loose the leg warmers and satin is out.
This meal is all wrong. I learned in cooking school that it is important to consider the combination of foods on a given plate. In other words, what are the varying textures? Are the colors contrasting? Do you have a protein, [...]

Ciao! It has been awhile, I know.
I confess, I have been blogging more on our family blog (www.familyfrolics.com) than I have here. Mostly because my chatter has been more about travel—from our year abroad—than about food. Most of my posts on this blog function as a means to provide you stellar recipes and simple [...]

I get a kick out of little memes; mostly I ignore them but sometimes they cause me to giggle knowingly, or learn something new about a new or long-standing friend. This one about ‘3 things’ was sent my way from my friend Alisa at One Frugal Foodie. Answering little factoids can offer a chance to [...]