....Hot Comfort for a Cold Winter Day Soupesoup Montreal, QC ●●●●●●●○○○ 7 out of 10 … [Read more...] about Soupesoup vs. Soupe Café…
So, how many layers were there?
Bringing it all together. When you have a whole lot of recipe ideas that sound interesting, you sometimes have to say "No, I just don't see how hamburgers can possibly be served with Duck a l'Orange". But then you remember that mini gourmet burgers are popping up everywhere … [Read more...] about So, how many layers were there?
The Bûche de Noël: Alice Medrich’s Christmas Log
Assembling the great Bûche... After I made the double recipe of bittersweet chocolate truffle mouse, the Bûche recipe says to line a jelly-roll pan (just a baking pan with rims) with aluminum foil, like I had done for the Chocolate Soufflé pastry (see previous post), and freeze … [Read more...] about The Bûche de Noël: Alice Medrich’s Christmas Log
Building A Lemon Mousse Cake: Gravity hurts us all in the end, I suppose…
This is the horrible picture of what was left of the mousse after 30 minutes: So my lemon mousse cake was a bit messier than the picture in the book...but every bit as delicious. It was a little better than lemon pudding, but not quite as spectacular as my first lemon mousse … [Read more...] about Building A Lemon Mousse Cake: Gravity hurts us all in the end, I suppose…
So many mousses…
1 day before great Christmas Party 2009, I had 3 meringues to make as part of: 1. A double batch of Bittersweet Frozen Chocolate Truffle Mousse Cookies 2. A lemon mousse cake 3. The outer layer of the baked frozen Buche de Noel. I was a little nervous. First the Bittersweet … [Read more...] about So many mousses…
The Cookies Part 2 – Oatmeal Variations on a Theme
Bittersweet Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies, Dried Apricot Oatmeal Cookies, and old-fashioned Gumdrop Oatmeal Cookies The Oatmeal Cookies, a family recipe, but if you ask me for specific quantities I'll give it to you. Food should be shared, especially cookie recipes. This is the one … [Read more...] about The Cookies Part 2 – Oatmeal Variations on a Theme
On to dessert: The Cookies Part 1 – Chocolate and Mexican Chocolate Cookies
Wow, I made it through all the recipes for savoury dishes at the Great Christmas Party 2009. I even made it through the chocolate soufflé pastry layer to go with the Buche de Noel, but I'll save the stories of the ridiculous amount of meringues that remain for the rest of the … [Read more...] about On to dessert: The Cookies Part 1 – Chocolate and Mexican Chocolate Cookies
Because you always need a little green: Arugula Salad with Grilled Shrimp, Asparagus and Fennel
Basically fennel is my new favourite thing. I discovered roasting it and then sprinkling it with lemon and I nearly died from joy. The funny thing is I hate anise, black licorice, sambuca, pastis or any other products with that horrible taste, but somehow when you roast and (I … [Read more...] about Because you always need a little green: Arugula Salad with Grilled Shrimp, Asparagus and Fennel
Southwestern Barbecued Brisket: Bonnie Stern’s Heartsmart Cooking
How does a person who doesn't eat beef end up making a really good brisket? By trusting a good recipe in a good book, changing a few little things when you don't have quite the right ingredients, and crossing your fingers. The amount of praise that this recipe received at the … [Read more...] about Southwestern Barbecued Brisket: Bonnie Stern’s Heartsmart Cooking
Indian Lamb Cocktail Koftas (Chhote Kofte): Madhur Jaffrey’s Indian Cooking
The other hot hors d'oeuvre for the Great Christmas Party 2010 were a gourmet take on meatballs. I'm sorry but taking lumps of meat on a toothpick and dunking it in barbecue sauce down-grades the class of a party. That may seem snobby, but meatballs have a time and a place, and … [Read more...] about Indian Lamb Cocktail Koftas (Chhote Kofte): Madhur Jaffrey’s Indian Cooking