I love salad. I’ve loved salad since I was young, when my mom used to take me to the Ponderosa Steak House and I’d get mounds and mounds of salad from their salad bar. Of course, today I’ve grown up and I like making my own special salads. I thought I’d document how one comes together. Choose […]
Archive for May, 2009
May23
A Splendid Table
Tonight’s supper came from Lynne Rosetto Kasper’s famous cookbook of northern Italian cuisine, The Splendid Table. She has a recipe for simple asparagus. After blanching it, you quickly sauté it with butter. I added one clove garlic to the butter. Then, she suggests keeping it warm in the oven until service. Until then, you hold off […]
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May17
Fish Dinner
This recipe was loosely followed from one that appeared in Bon Appetit magazine. The idea here is that you cook asparagus, topped with oyster mushrooms (cooked with shallot or garlic), then you top the asparagus with a parmesan-loaded dressing. The flavor combinations were amazing. I used a portion of the leek with a fresh tomato to […]
Filed in: In the Kitchen
May16
Best Baguettes?
I’m tempted to try, although my pains for baking have never been stellar. Baguette winning recipe from Chewswise.com.
Filed in: French In the Kitchen
May10
A May Salad
Dinner tonight consisted of some great sourdough rolls from the Fresh Market, a discussion about visiting Argentina, and this salad. Bitter lettuces are mixed with sweet grape tomatoes in a dressing consisting of minced garlic, red wine vinegar, a trace amount of Dijon-style mustard, and sweet balsamic and EVOO. Within the salad freshly-roasted yellow beets, prosiutto […]
Filed in: In the Kitchen