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Curried Butternut Soup

This is one of those soups that tastes more complicated than it actually is. I like to doctor mine up with extra hot sauce to temper the sweetness of the butternut squash  an [...]

2023-05-01T16:40:08-04:000 Comments

Leek Condiment

Weird name, I know. But I’ve kept it because it’s the closest translation to the original created by Ryoko Sekiguchi then popularized by François-Régis Baudry, host of the  t [...]

2023-03-28T01:53:42-04:000 Comments

Velvet Scallops

When I first read about velveting scallops in Grace Young’s fabulous cookbook, Stir-Frying to the Sky’s Edge, the promise of ‘luxuriously smooth and dense’ scallops made me t [...]

2023-02-06T07:39:58-05:000 Comments

3-Ingredient Winter Squash Velouté

It worked! After a late season batch of 3-Ingredient Zucchini Soup had me longing for more (but there were no more local zucchinis to be found), I decided to try the recipe w [...]

2022-11-18T04:50:11-05:000 Comments

Medlar Jelly

My medlar jelly journey began with a lone, wild medlar tree growing by a cliffside field near my home in Cancale. I clocked it (inveterate forager that I’ve become), tasted o [...]

2022-11-15T07:04:27-05:000 Comments

Mashed Potatoes with Preserved Lemon

I first tasted this combo at Le Coquillage restaurant in Cancale/Saint-Méloir. The restaurant’s écrasé de pommes de terre was redolent with butter and was served alongside 2 [...]

2022-11-04T07:41:43-04:000 Comments

4-Ingredient Fennel Soup

Fresh fennel’s distinctive, delicate flavor makes this soup taste a lot more sophisticated than it actually is. You can always doctor it up with crême fraiche, yogurt, or a s [...]

2022-10-14T05:36:09-04:000 Comments

Green beans almondine

When I came to France for the first time as a teenager, I thought green beans almondine were the quintessence of French culinary sophistication. They’re still pretty fab. I a [...]

2022-07-24T03:49:19-04:000 Comments

Zucchini Pickles

After polishing off the better part of a friend’s jar of zucchini pickles all by myself, I set about to make my own. Hers were a touch too sweet for my taste, so I halved the [...]

2021-09-16T02:53:32-04:000 Comments