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: 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
Order Up
Anyone hungry? Restaurant kitchens, especially kitchens in fine dining restaurants, seem like inner sanctums. We don't know what goes on in there, but food emerges at the hands of servers almost like magic. In a way it's like a curtain going up, and like the theater, it can be plenty cutthroat, and not everyone makes … Continue reading Order Up
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: 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
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)
Chatting With the Oracle (Judy’s Chocolate Chip Cookies)
And here's our first post in the Club 15 Tier! Why is it called Club 15? Well, it's a reference to 2015, the year Taking Up Room began. All right, I hope you enjoy... We all have something resembling an Oracle in our lives, whether it's a flesh-and-blood person or something intangible. When everything feels … Continue reading Chatting With the Oracle (Judy’s Chocolate Chip Cookies)
Taking Up Room 