Are you popular? Good looking? Affable? Adored and looked up to by your peers? Brilliant? All of the above? I know, I know, life is hard (and we have SO much in common). If you possess any or all of the aforementioned qualities, and/or your house is located conveniently in the path of your friends’… Continue reading The Trick to an Amazing Crostini
Author: Rusty
Baked Meringues
Well, I did make meringues. However, as you can clearly see from my picture I departed from the recipe and traditional Iles Flottantes in general. Personally, I needed to make a lighter dessert for myself so I wanted to stay away from the creme anglaise. I knew I wanted to do something fruity with a… Continue reading Baked Meringues
Homemade Cinnamon Rolls
These cinnamon rolls were made during our recent battle brioche that my husband has been posting about this week. How do you have brioche dough in the house and not make some cinnamon rolls or sticky buns? The answer is you don’t. I used the winning brioche dough. However, I made the rolls following the… Continue reading Homemade Cinnamon Rolls
Pigs in a Brioche Blanket
After battle brioche I was left with over a pound of unused brioche. I decided to try something I have always wanted to make, but have not: “Pigs in a Blanket” and what better blanket is there than a supple, buttery brioche blanket? I decided to make this pigs in a blanket recipe as my… Continue reading Pigs in a Brioche Blanket
Warm Spinache and Artichoke Dip
I love spinach artichoke dip, and I have made this recipe a few times before so I knew it was going to be good. I made this at my parent’s house for a family party, and I added some lump crab meat this time. My dad bought a can of colossal crab meat that was… Continue reading Warm Spinache and Artichoke Dip
How to Make Turkey Meatballs
I LOVE pasta with marinara sauce. Pasta in general may be my favorite thing to eat, and as luck would have it, I have a boyfriend who likes to make me homemade pasta. He has become quite proficient at it and will post his process on the blog at some point. For this dinner he… Continue reading How to Make Turkey Meatballs
Chocolate Sable Cookies
These cookies are essentially chocolate sable cookies accented with some lovely fleur de sel. The recipe says they are the brainchild of French pastry genius. It just so happens that this week we are also talking about good ole’ Pierre in husbands posts on our recent battle brioche. I was excited to make these cookies… Continue reading Chocolate Sable Cookies
Making Brioche
I had the opportunity last weekend to finally commit the time required to try out all of their takes on a classic French bread: brioche. I followed their brioche recipes and methods exactly as outlined (except where noted) and then compared the results. In this the first installment, I will discuss a unique brioche recipe.… Continue reading Making Brioche
Duck Consomme with Porcini Mushrooms and More
Sunday dinner. Hopefully the one night where dinner tables around the country and world are filled with families sitting down to a nice meal before everyone heads their separate ways and begins their busy work/school week. Here, we appreciate Sunday’s for another reason: time. I had written the post on duck and wanted to create… Continue reading Duck Consomme with Porcini Mushrooms and More
Sage Pork Chops with Warm Apple Slaw
I have often leafed through the recipe book book and contemplated making these. However, for the longest time my husband would not eat pork chops. I think he was traumatized by the tasteless rubbery pork chops he ate as a child. However, we have recently begun buying excellent pork chops so he is happy to… Continue reading Sage Pork Chops with Warm Apple Slaw