Mussels in Escabeche Sauce
What do you do with an extra bowlful of mussels after everyone’s eaten his/her fill? (When Mont-Saint-Michel Bay mussels are in season (July – January), leftover mussels are [...]
Lemon Lover’s Frosting
This frosting has at least three times the amount of lemon juice most recipes of the other recipes I’ve seen call for. It has a tart hit like a lemon curd or lemon meringue p [...]
Favorite Chocolate Cake
The original version of this cake was a Sour Cream Chocolate Cake from San Francisco à la Carte, a cookbook I purloined from my Mom’s kitchen shelf as soon as I moved out on [...]
Summertime Salt Cod
Salt cod is a winter dish in Cancale, and traditional recipes generally involve potatoes, plus lots of butter and cream. This Italian-inspired dish takes it out of that cold- [...]
Fennel Tapenade
Take two favorite foods—braised fennel and olive tapenade—put them together, and what do you get? Total lusciousness in a cocktail spread. The braised fennel blends up creamy [...]
Virginia Crab Dip
When I was 14/15, I spent Saturdays working at a seafood store in Richmond alongside my best friend (her parents owned the store). Making crab dip was one of my favorite task [...]
Perfection V/GF Cookies
These are everything a chocolate chip cookie should be: crisp on the outside, tender on the inside, with a decent dose of vanilla and the rich, caramel flavor of brown sugar. [...]
Nori Mashed Potatoes
You might not think of nori as a French ingredient, but the seaweed can be found on rocks along the coast and has been cultivated on seaweed farms around Brittany for decades [...]
Spring Vegetable Minestrone
Minestrone can be anything you want it to be with any vegetables you happen to have on hand. Fresh tomatoes will make it light and brothy, canned tomatoes will make it thicke [...]