Persian Cucumber Soup with Mint
I have been making this soup for exactly twenty years. Exactly. How do I know this? Because I made my first version for it during the 1998 World Cup (when France also won). I [...]
Elodie’s (Easy) Tian
The tians (pronounced tee-ahn) I’ve tasted in France have all been simple, meltingly tender swirls, rows, or stacks of summer vegetables cooked with some garlic, a few herbs [...]
Caprese Polenta Stacks
Caprese salad – that super-simple, utterly addictive Italian combination of tomatoes, mozzarella and basil is such a big part of the French summer food experience that it’s p [...]
Rhubarb Tarte Tatin
Take two classic French tarte recipes and what do you get? This rhubarb tarte tatin, which is so very easy... and effortlessly beautiful. The French are BIG rhubarb fans. The [...]
Crispy-Skinned Roast Chicken
To test the flavor and freshness of an organic chicken that was fedexed to me by the Poulet de Janzé people (nothing makes you feel like a *real* food blogger than having a f [...]
3-Ingredient Potato and Caramelized Onion Soup
2 weeks away from Cancale and I come home to a bare fridge on a national holiday (May Day). Meaning: any attempt to shop is pretty pointless. There may be a small grocery ope [...]
Chocolate Biscuit Cake
When my friend Elodie asked for a recipe that would use up leftover Easter candy, I knew just what I wanted to make: Chocolate Biscuit Cake. Chocolate biscuit cake got a lot [...]
Preserved Lemons
Most preserved lemon recipes call for cutting the lemons almost into quarters, stuffing the centers with salt, then squeezing the lemons into jars. I made them this way for m [...]
One-Banana Bread
I always seem to have one over-ripe banana. There it will sit, on my counter, getting increasingly black, soft until 1) I take the initiative to cram it somewhere in the free [...]