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
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
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
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
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: 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
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
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
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
Cooking With the French Chef: Coquilles Saint-Jacques
Welcome back to Cooking With the French Chef, in which I make recipes from the new edition of Julia Child's French Chef Cookbook and review episodes of Julia's original TV series, The French Chef. Past installments can be found here. Coquilles Saint-Jacques is a dish I've been wanting to make for a long time but never … Continue reading Cooking With the French Chef: Coquilles Saint-Jacques
Taking Up Room 