Soft, fragrant madeleines, enjoyed with a cup of coffee or tea, are a wonderful and cozy little treat (and I’m all about food being “cozy”). After an impulse purchase of a madeliene pan, I decided the time was nigh to try making them myself. And with fall here and Halloween around the corner, I thought [...]
Archive for October, 2007
A Chanterelle Crepe
Posted in main course, vegetarian on October 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
When my Google Reader popped up the most recent post from Delicious Days, I resisted the urge to run straight from my office building to the Ferry Building Farmer’s market. Instead, I waited until lunch and then ran through some drippy San Francisco weather to procure my ingredients: chanterelle mushrooms and pancetta. Chanterelle mushrooms make me [...]
Halloween Candy: An Apology
Posted in candy on October 17, 2007 | 5 Comments »
I’m sorry for doing this. Please, if you like salty and sweet (read: chocolate and salt, or, more specifically, chocolate and pretzels), don’t read on. Because these little concoctions are too easy and quick to make. Seriously, 150 degrees, five minutes, and about 1 minute afterwards. I warned you… For those of you still reading…I [...]
Fall Vegetable Pasta Bake
Posted in main course, pasta, vegetarian on October 17, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Fall is here! And so I’ve declared it in our house – there are fires, slippers, cozy blankets, and comforting fall food. First up on the list was a fall vegetable pasta bake, or, butternut squash and parsnip bake. I made this on a Sunday night, in anticipation of Cauli’s mom and grandma coming over. This is [...]
Leftovers and New Inventions
Posted in breakfast on October 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Ever since making the dutch babies, I’ve wanted to try making individual babies in a muffin pan. I tried this weekend and they came out well, if not a bit smaller than I’d anticipated. If I tried this again, I’d use larger sized ramekins. This time I made them savory, layering bacon, eggs, the slow [...]
Simplicity: Slow-Cooked Broccoli
Posted in side dish, vegetarian, tagged Art of Simple Cooking on October 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Recently the New York Times did an article on Alice Waters in anticipation of her new cookbook, The Art of Simple Food. The article wasn’t the best, but it piqued my interest. Especially the subtitle: Notes, Lessons, and Recipes from a Delicious Revolution. When the book arrived in the mail, I knew it would be [...]
Lemon Squares
Posted in dessert on October 9, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Lemon squares are not made, as Cauli likes to put it, “by combining lemons and squares.” They are a bit more complicated than that, but not by much. I was first introduced to lemon squares by Cauli’s mom. I’d never had them before and was hesitant to try (I have my favorite desserts, and I’m always [...]
Cheese Crackers
Posted in crackers on October 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A few posts ago, I expressed a wish to find a healthy cracker recipe. I didn’t find one. Instead, I found this one. This cracker is 3/4lbs of cheese, a stick of butter, an egg yoke, and some flour. It’s a sticky awful mess when you mix it in the food processor. And it needs [...]
Scrambled Eggs with Leeks, Ricotta, and Chives
Posted in breakfast on October 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This morning I made a simple egg scramble with leeks, ricotta cheese, and chives. I sauted the leeks in a little butter and added some salt. I mixed up some eggs with the ricotta and poured it in the skillet with the leeks. I then added some chives and cooked them up. Very simple and [...]
Cilbir: Turkish Poached Eggs
Posted in breakfast on October 2, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I came across this recipe at Cooked Books, written by Rebecca Federman. She handles the culinary collection at the New York Public Library, and has interesting stories and facts along with her recipes. This recipe, in fact, came from the blog Almost Turkish. As I’m always looking for new and interesting breakfast recipes, I decided to make [...]
