Jacques Pepin, one of my all-time favorite chefs, is turning ninety this month. His skills would be almost intimidating if he wasn't such a nice person and so down to earth. He can cut up a chicken in thirty seconds and he'll show the rest of us how to do it too. Maybe it'll take … Continue reading Cooking With (Another) French Chef: Three Favorite Jacques Pepin Recipes
Cooking With the French Chef: Quenelles
Welcome back to Cooking With the French Chef, in which I review episodes of Julia Child’s original show, cook out of the new edition of the French Chef Cookbook and share the results with you. Past posts can be found here. What does the word, "quenelles" bring to mind? If anyone is like me, not much, but once … Continue reading Cooking With the French Chef: Quenelles
Who Likes Leftovers? (Turkey Shepherd’s Pie and Turkey Pockets)
As those of you who read my "Cooking With the French Chef" post yesterday know, for this month's installment, I transformed three chickens into five meals. We're all looking for ways to use up leftover turkey for the holidays, and I thought I'd throw my hat into the idea ring, only using chicken as a … Continue reading Who Likes Leftovers? (Turkey Shepherd’s Pie and Turkey Pockets)
Cooking With the French Chef: Feasting On the Remains
Welcome back to Cooking With the French Chef, in which I review episodes of Julia Child’s original show, cook out of the new edition of the French Chef Cookbook and share the results with you. Past posts can be found here. It's the holiday season! Woo hoo! The natural question for everyone during this season of large dumb … Continue reading Cooking With the French Chef: Feasting On the Remains
Which Screen Burger Would You Eat?
Who doesn't like a good burger? I had an In-N-Out Double Double today and it was fabulous (Cue knowing nods from any Californians). Anyway, I kept thinking about all the times burgers appear on TV and in movies, and decided to compile a list of some of them and a couple of near-burgers. Some of … Continue reading Which Screen Burger Would You Eat?
Cooking With the French Chef: Steaks And Hamburgers
Welcome back to Cooking With the French Chef, in which I review episodes of Julia Child’s original show, cook out of the new edition of the French Chef Cookbook and share the results with you. Past posts can be found here. Beef. It's what's for dinner. If that phrase brings up a certain series of commercials from the … Continue reading Cooking With the French Chef: Steaks And Hamburgers
Cooking With the French Chef: Genoise Cake
Welcome back to Cooking With the French Chef, in which I review episodes of Julia Child’s original show, cook out of the new edition of the French Chef Cookbook and share the results with you. Past posts can be found here. Genoise Cake. It sounds like a song. It's also rather intimidating, because it's another case of everything … Continue reading Cooking With the French Chef: Genoise Cake
Hanging Out In Julia Child’s Kitchen
"Julia Child's kitchen" is a truly magical phrase, right up there with "Aladdin's cave" or "the lost city of Atlantis." Or maybe even "Powell's City of Books," but I digress. Anyway, America has plenty of iconic chefs, and after Hannah Glass, Amelia Simmons, and Fannie Farmer, Julia Child is a towering presence in more ways … Continue reading Hanging Out In Julia Child’s Kitchen
Cooking With the French Chef: Improvisation
Welcome back to Cooking With the French Chef, in which I review episodes of Julia Child’s original show, cook out of the new edition of the French Chef Cookbook and share the results with you. Past posts can be found here. Sooner or later, as we all know, something won't go according to plan, and obviously the kitchen … Continue reading Cooking With the French Chef: Improvisation
Movies That Need Fish Cakes
Has anyone ever seen a fish cake in a movie? I have yet to see one. Fish, yes. Fish cakes, no. Maybe it's because they're too easy to mistake for other things, or they're too high maintenance for multiple takes, or they're too rich to nibble on all day. Who knows. Either way, they're not … Continue reading Movies That Need Fish Cakes
Cooking With the French Chef: Fish Mousselines
Welcome back to Cooking With the French Chef, in which I review episodes of Julia Child’s original show, cook out of the new edition of the French Chef Cookbook and share the results with you. Past posts can be found here. Welp. I decided after last month's misadventure that Julia owed us dinner. Problem is, my budget is … Continue reading Cooking With the French Chef: Fish Mousselines
Tea In Wonderland
Probably the most infamous scene in Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland is the Mad Tea Party, and we all know how it happens. Alice comes upon the Mad Hatter, the March Hare, and the Doormouse, sits down to have tea with them, and is rather put out at their rudeness. Here's an audio version of … Continue reading Tea In Wonderland
Cooking With the French Chef: Strawberry Tarts
Welcome back to Cooking With the French Chef, in which I review episodes of Julia Child’s original show, cook out of the new edition of the French Chef Cookbook and share the results with you. Past posts can be found here. Fruit tarts are both intriguing and intimidating. No matter the season, there they sit in the bakery … Continue reading Cooking With the French Chef: Strawberry Tarts
Cooking With the French Chef: Timbales
Welcome back to Cooking With the French Chef, in which I review episodes of Julia Child’s original show, cook out of the new edition of the French Chef Cookbook and share the results with you. Past posts can be found here. What does the word, "timbales" make you think of? It doesn't signal food to me. I don't … Continue reading Cooking With the French Chef: Timbales
Some Things Were Lost (Three Out-of-Print Recipes)
It seems funny to us in this age of DVDs and Blu-rays, but there was a time when studios thought the moviegoing public wouldn't be interested in deleted scenes. In the documentary, When the Lion Roars, Debbie Reynolds remembered that MGM and other studios would burn trimmed scenes in trashcans. It's amazing any of it … Continue reading Some Things Were Lost (Three Out-of-Print Recipes)
Cooking With the French Chef: Great Beginnings and More Great Beginnings
Welcome back to Cooking With the French Chef, in which I review episodes of Julia Child’s original show, cook out of the new edition of the French Chef Cookbook and share the results with you. Past posts can be found here. I don't know about anyone else, but appetizers aren't something I've really considered before, because a lot … Continue reading Cooking With the French Chef: Great Beginnings and More Great Beginnings
Cooking With the French Chef: Bouillabaise a la Marsellaise
Welcome back to Cooking With the French Chef, in which I review episodes of Julia Child’s original show, cook out of the new edition of the French Chef Cookbook and share the results with you. Past posts can be found here. Bouillabaisse is almost as intimidating as paella. I don't know why. Maybe it's because so much of … Continue reading Cooking With the French Chef: Bouillabaise a la Marsellaise
Taking Up Room 