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Hope you’ll try these recipes from my French cruise.
I just returned from a riverboat cruise down the Rhone in France on the A Rosa ship called “Stella” here is the view from my cabin window at dawn and here are the recipes for Mini Goat Cheese Souffles in Phyllo Cups with Micro Greens and Radish Salad and Spicy…
Fruit: Selecting and handling early summer fruit
Freshly picked apricots are the first “stone” fruit of summer. Shortly after they appear on the market, cherries, nectarines, peaches, and then plums arrive. Prompted by the warmth of the early summer sun each ripens in its own time. Fruits have different ripening agendas, some stop ripening when they are…
Rick’s Barbecue Sauce
My cousin-in-law, Rick Bzdafka, frequently cooks for the large crowd spending holidays at our family’s farm. A very talented cook and the soul of affability, Mr. Rick always whips up two separate batches of his barbecue sauce, mild and very spicy. (Note the variations.) Whatever your preference, you’ll find that…
Tequila Lime Shrimp with Mango Salsa and Cumin Chili Chips
This sunny summer dish is perfect all year round. Don’t limit its appearance, it is so flavorful that you could serve it in the dead of winter and be happy. Here’s some weird food science. Alcohol in a recipe heightens the flavor of the other ingredients even if you don’t…
Rosemary-Scallion-Crusted Rack of Lamb
Rack of lamb is my favorite cut of lamb. It’s always delicious – the bones add so much flavor – and the basic preparation requires little more than popping it in the oven and keeping an eye on it until it’s done. It’s really almost impossible to mess up. But it…
Join me for a French River Cruise, May 24 to 31, 2014.
Plan ahead for your spring vacation in the French countryside. From May 24th to 31st, I will be teaching cooking classes on an A-ROSA Rhône/Saône river cruise. We will discover delicious French ingredients and recipes that use them as we cruise from Lyons to Arles and back with stops at Lyon, Mâcon,…
Baked Striped Bass with Sherry Vinaigrette, Olives, and Capers
Back in the early eighties a pioneering new fish restaurant called Le Bernardin opened up in New York as the American outpost of a French original. Under the direction of Chef Gilbert Le Coze, Le Bernardin’s revolutionary stroke was to reduce significantly the butter and cream required in classical French…
Here is the link to all my tips from the the Rachael Ray Show.
I appeared on The Rachael Ray Show to share my tips for bringing almost dead ingredients back to life – limp lettuce, stale baguettes, rock hard brown sugar. I have a fix for all those dilemmas and more. Here’s a link to the video on Rachael’s web site.
Roasted Asparagus Bruschetta
With asparagus in high season, this is a delicious way to start a special meal. My favorite way to cook asparagus is to roast it at high heat which caramelizes and concentrates its flavor. After it’s been roasted, asparagus dresses up very easily. In this recipe from Sara Moulton Cooks at…
White Bean, Artichoke, and Tomato Gratin
Any recipe devoted to artichoke hearts involves the terribly boring and even slightly dangerous job of bending back and pulling off those prickly leaves. After wrestling with some artichokes during the first test of this recipe, Andrea Hagan, the backup recipe tester on this book, said, “Why don’t we just…