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
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
Cooking With the French Chef: The Mushroom Show
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. Who likes mushrooms? I love 'em. Portabellos, creminis, buttons, morels, oyster, shiitakes, whatever. Anything but the magic … Continue reading Cooking With the French Chef: The Mushroom Show
Fifteen “Gilmore Girls” Songs
It's hard to believe Gilmore Girls is turning twenty-five this year. The show is going strong on Netflix and just recently appeared on Hulu as well, plus people are still asking for a second reunion show nine years and counting following 2016's A Year In the Life. It's pretty safe to say Stars Hollow isn't going … Continue reading Fifteen “Gilmore Girls” Songs
Cooking With the French Chef: 2024 Recap and Ranking
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. Since it's the beginning of 2025, I thought it would be fun to look back at the … Continue reading Cooking With the French Chef: 2024 Recap and Ranking
Cooking With the French Chef: French Crepes
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. We all know crepes are wonderful, whether sweet or savory. There are so many possibilities and so … Continue reading Cooking With the French Chef: French Crepes
Cooking With the French Chef: Chocolate Mousse
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. After our rather explosive time of it with the chicken and rice last month, my son suggested … Continue reading Cooking With the French Chef: Chocolate Mousse
Cooking With the French Chef: Chicken Breasts and Rice
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. How often do we cook thee, Chicken and Rice! Let us count the ways. And the countries, … Continue reading Cooking With the French Chef: Chicken Breasts and Rice
Cooking With the French Chef: Chop Dinner In Half an Hour
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. School has probably started for everyone, right? It started over a month ago for me, and my … Continue reading Cooking With the French Chef: Chop Dinner In Half an Hour
Who Is Robbie Going Out With?
Hello, Mr. Spelling... Who remembers 7th Heaven? This show ran from 1996 until 2007 and follows the lives of minister Eric Camden, his wife, Annie, and their seven children in Glenoak, California, and today we'll be looking at the "V-Day" episode, which was, appropriately enough, the fourteenth episode of Season Five and broadcast on February … Continue reading Who Is Robbie Going Out With?
Cooking With the French Chef: Paella Americaine
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 a little funny to see paella in what is supposedly a French cookbook, since paella is … Continue reading Cooking With the French Chef: Paella Americaine
You’re A Really Good Songwriter, John
A John Denver biopic? Far out! Oh, wait... Ah, biopics. As we all know, no one is really safe, especially musicians. Oh no. Songs and creative bursts make great filler, not to mention great fodder for montages. And we also all know that sometimes the results come out better than others. The 2000 TV movie, … Continue reading You’re A Really Good Songwriter, John
Cooking With the French Chef: French Onion Soup
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. Yep, this time we're making one of the Quintessential French recipes, French Onion Soup! Who doesn't love … Continue reading Cooking With the French Chef: French Onion Soup
Sniffing Out Moral Infection
House lights down... Heinrik Ibsen is a highly respected Norwegian playwright, and his most famous play is, no doubt, 1879's A Doll's House, a before-its-time story that made a huge sensation during the Victorian Era. It was not without controversy, as it presented some scandalous ideas for the time. Less known to the public, though, was … Continue reading Sniffing Out Moral Infection
Cooking With the French Chef: Brains, Aspic, and Other Gross Stuff
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. We all like to wax lyrical about Julia Child, but there are some recipes of hers I … Continue reading Cooking With the French Chef: Brains, Aspic, and Other Gross Stuff
Cooking With the French Chef: Reine de Saba 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. Next to Beouf Borguignon, Julia's Queen of Sheba cake seems to be one of her most famous … Continue reading Cooking With the French Chef: Reine de Saba Cake
Taking Up Room 