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Québecois French Toast

June 8th, 2008 · No Comments

This rich Sunday breakfast dish was inspired by my recent trip to Montréal and the gorgeous strawberries and peaches I picked up at the Union Square Greenmarket. This recipe serves two (or one if you are really hungry).

For the French toast:

Two organic free-range eggs
Two heaping tablespoons of Greek yogurt
3/4 cup of milk (I didn’t have [...]

Tags: Cooking · Cuisine · Fun · Quebec · Recipe

Arugula, Walnut, Blue Cheese & Fig Preserve Salad

June 8th, 2008 · No Comments

This salad is one of my current obsessions. I just can’t get enough of this stuff. It’s a real orgy of flavors, with tangy, creamy blue cheese gettin’ it on with the nutty walnuts, peppery arugula, sweet fig preserves and crunchy croûtons. (Recipe below)

Ingredients (serves 2):

Two handfuls of a baguette or other [...]

Tags: Cooking · Cuisine · Food · Recipe

Roasted Whole Red Snapper

June 8th, 2008 · No Comments

I roasted up a a whole red snapper for dinner last night. For me, this dish evokes long leisurely meals in a warm Mediterranean beach town somewhere. Fancy restaurants in New York would charge 50 bucks or more for a dish like this, but you can do it a home for a [...]

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Latest culinary exploits

January 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Octopus Avocado Salad (Canned Galician octopus in olive oil, avocado, minced onion and celery, lemon juice)

Spiced lamb stew, ume-pickled celery, brown rice, raspberry lambic

Pimentón-dusted salmon, Swiss chard with chickpeas, brown rice

Gâteau à l’orange, Greek yogurt, honey, Fuji apple, dark chocolate

Tags: Cooking · Cuisine · DIY · Food