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Savory Cheese and Scallion Bread, French Fridays with Dorie
I have two very clear memories of my time in Paris more than a decade ago. They both involve baguettes. The first happened on the Metro. Across from where I was standing, a man held a baguette, secure...
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Adapting Recipes and Beggar’s Linguine, French Fridays with Dorie
I’ve gotten away from posting recipes lately. That’s because after nearly two years of blogging, I still don’t understand when I can post a recipe without upsetting the original author, or how much I...
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Salted Butter Break-ups, French Fridays with Dorie
What I loved most about these salted butter break-up cookies wasn’t their rich, buttery taste. It wasn’t their the combination of salty and sweet either, or even the fact that these tasted a lot like...
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Scallops with Caramel-Orange Sauce, French Fridays with Dorie
I love a good excuse to splurge on one of my favorite foods. So thank you, French Fridays with Dorie, for this week’s selection: scallops. I’ve used bay scallops to make cioppino, a fish stew. But...
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Quinoa Salad, French Fridays with Dorie
Every month, the FFwD crew votes on the recipes we will make for the next month’s French Fridays with Dorie. I voted for this week’s quinoa salad recipe, but I thought about skipping this post. After...
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Garlicky Crumb-Coated Broccoli, French Fridays with Dorie
I think eating plain steamed vegetables is kind of like chewing a vitamin instead of just swallowing it: You know it’s good for you, but the unpleasant taste while chewing makes getting the stuff down...
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Chocolate Eclairs, French Fridays with Dorie Rewind on a Monday
I was both excited and very intimidated about making chocolate éclairs for French Fridays with Dorie. Making them requires using a bag and pastry tip to pipe the dough onto a baking sheet, then the...
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Torteau de Chèvre, French Friday with Dorie
There are few desserts I don’t like, and one of them is plain, traditional cheesecake. I don’t like the texture. It’s too rich and creamy for my taste. So when I first heard we were making torteau...
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Spinach and Bacon Quiche, French Fridays with Dorie
Thanks to French Fridays with Dorie, I’m more confident in my tart-making skills. I started with a sweet tart crust – the sweet comes from the powdered sugar in the recipe – to make Dorie’s...
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Bacon and Eggs and Asparagus Salad, French Fridays with Dorie
A bacon and eggs and asparagus salad sounds pretty simple, right? It even sounded a little boring to me when I first read this month’s French Fridays with Dorie schedule. At least from the writing...
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