I have been madly in love with Jacques Pepin’s mother, and more importantly with her reckless ingenuity, ever since I read The Apprentice. I immediately knew I’d have to try her every-known-rule-breaking cheese souffle, and it was everything I had hoped and more. I have made all kinds of variations on it since, and it [...]
Posts Tagged ‘cheese’
Merci, Maman
Posted in Breakfast, Main Courses, Side Dishes, tagged "Jacques Pepin", "The Apprentice", asparagus, cheese, souffle on February 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Twice-Baked, Cheesy Wages of Sin
Posted in Snacks, tagged biscotti, cheese on August 15, 2008 | 4 Comments »
“That’s the spirit, George. If nothing else works, then a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through.”
– Blackadder Goes Forth
You could call me persistent. If you’re feeling charitable, that is; what I really am is stubborn. The surest way to get me not to do something is to [...]
Kitchen-sinkakopita
Posted in Main Courses, Side Dishes, Uncategorized, tagged cheese, greens, mushrooms, phyllo on August 8, 2008 | 5 Comments »
While I’m normally a language fascist and many flee the sight of my red pen, I can’t resist smartass neologizing no matter how linguistically improper I know it to be. I’m sure someone in Greece has put a contract on my head for the insult I just perpetrated, but I’m a hopeless reprobate and I [...]
$12 Paella Cakes
Posted in Main Courses, Side Dishes, tagged cheese, corn, rice, tomatoes on July 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Longtime readers (Hi, Mom!) may recall The $12 Empanada Incident, in which His Lordship’s finely-tuned sense of food value was grossly violated by a single, tiny empanada of spinach, artichoke and Manchego cheese. Inexplicably priced at $12, this item, which would more properly have been labeled an amuse-bouche, greatly impacted what was otherwise [...]
Another Legitimate Thirty-Minute Meal: Roasted Asparagus Salad
Posted in Legitimate Thirty-Minute Meals, tagged asparagus, cheese, greens, honey, olive oil, radishes, salad on May 7, 2006 | 4 Comments »
In my ongoing valiant quest to present legitimately quick, easy, delicious and nutritious meals, here is what His Lordship and I had for dinner last night, courtesy of our Saturday trip to the farmer’s market, where the signs of spring are truly undeniable, as evidenced by the asparagus, radishes, baby greens, scallions, rhubarb, early tomatoes [...]
