Goldie Hawn’s Tomato Sandwich Years ago Goldie Hawn described her favorite tomato sandwich to a pretty uptight, very neat looking talk show host. She was graphic and hilarious. This is one to be...Read More
CHEESE GOUGÈRES Happy the customer who’s enjoying a late afternoon glass of wine in a favorite café, when Madame comes out with a plate of gougères, still warm from the oven—and sets them on th...Read More
FLYING JACOB FLYGANDE JACOB in Swedish Couldn’t resist the name—and after reading what’s in it, couldn’t resist trying the recipe. The ingredients read like something your visiting bachelor Un...Read More
LEMON POSSET Medieval recipes, either sweet like this posset, or sweet and alcoholic like a syllabub, often hid under the mantle of ‘medicinal’, often starting with:—mylke ye cowe. This modern l...Read More
Fish Fingers Cooking fatigue—hard to avoid it after weeks of kitchen duty. What happens when you hit a day when nothing appeals—when all you really want is someone else to put dinner on your plate...Read More
Strawberry Cake with Sauce It’s getting to the end of strawberry season and you couldn’t resist those last two baskets at the farm market. Even when the berries are getting a little soft, this cak...Read More
Deviled Chicken Legs with Caper Sauce Cuisses de Poulet á la Diable–avec beurre aux câpres Probably safe to say that hot chilies, hot pepper in general, was generally not a big thing in tradit...Read More
Avocado and Mango Salad There’s nothing very complicated about this simple salad—the good taste of mango and avocado together is hard to overthink. From Mexico to Thailand, these two warm weather ...Read More
Krumiri—Italian Corn Meal Cookies The Piemonte, or Piedmont region of Italy, is known for fine wine, truffles and corn meal in regional cuisine—think polenta. These 19th C., barely sweet, crunchy,...Read More
The Asparagus Course Asparagus—one of the venerable rites of culinary springtime. Sautéed? Roasted? Covered with an herbed béchamel? Or would that be akin to gilding the lily? Then the second ques...Read More