Tomato Wars

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

J and I generally agree on the big marital issues: sex, money, travel destinations and the importance of always owning at least two dogs. But seemingly minor matters occasionally rock our relationship; high on the list is his insistence on purchasing crappy tomatoes.
I was taught at an early age that beef should be served rare, [...]

Tags: Baking with Julia, Dorie Greenspan, Flo Braker, galette, Julia Child, tomato, tomato pie

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4 Questions 4 Dorie Greenspan

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Passion fascinates me. Lead me to books or blogs written by people passionate about any subject from art to zebra-stalking and I’m interested. Of course, if the passion involves food, I’m very interested. And if the writing is first-rate, I’m a fan forever.
Dorie Greenspan’s passion for baking has fueled an outstanding collection of award-winning cookbooks [...]

Tags: Dorie Greenspan, Julia Child, Paris restaurants

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Demolishing My Low-Carb Vows

Friday, October 12th, 2007

Oh, I am loving this book from the chef/owner of San Francisco’s Citizen Cake. Gorgeously photographed, sassily written and stuffed with exciting recipes, “Demolition Desserts” is one helluva book. Even the back cover blurbs are impressive: Mario Batali calls it “crazy, smart and beautiful,” Pierre Herme claims to want to try [...]

Tags: Citizen Cake, Citizne Cupcake, Dorie Greenspan, Elizabeth Faulkner, Mario Batali, Pierre Herme

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Whisk to the Rescue

Thursday, July 12th, 2007

Browning butter: it sounds simple but the task often frustrated me. Let us not enumerate the pounds of butter I watched turn from pale tan to bitter black. Let us further not enumerate the attendant curse words. When I discovered an article in Gourmet in which the author suggested watching for the butter to [...]

Tags: browned butter, Dorie Greenspan, financier

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