Tag: recipe
Crêpes with Apples and Caramel Sauce
Every cook should have a signature dessert—something you can pull of with ease and aplomb. My signature dessert is crêpes, In fact, I like...
How to Use Herbes de Provence
How to Use Herbes de Provence
Add an unmistakably French angle to your cooking with this wonderfully fragrant herb blend.
As its name suggests, herbes de...
Peaches and Cream Tart
Living in the south of France for over 11 years in the village of Bar-sur-Loup gave me the opportunity to make close friends with...
French Tabbouleh
Anyone who has ever had Lebanese-style tabbouleh—or even an American one—has probably raised an eyebrow at what the French label tabbouleh in their delis...
Tour de France and a Zucchini Pie Recipe
The Tour de France, the most important cycling race in the world, takes place July 5th through July 27th. One of the most interesting...
Armagnac and Honey Spice Bread à la Gasconne
A very simple, quick recipe. Delicious for breakfast with a strong cup of coffee or tea and in the late afternoon accompanied by a...
A recipe for a wonderful and simple poached egg salad (aka: Salade Lyonnaise)
In the spring of 1997, my husband and I were driving on a country road from Paris to the Loire Valley; we stopped at...
Light French Recipes: The French Diet Cookbook
Snowdrifts give way to crocuses, and songbirds perched in budding cherry trees announce that spring is here, with swimsuit season hot on its heels....
Three Everyday Cooking Tips I Learned from a Great French Chef
Alsatian-born David Baruthio has cooked all over the world, from England, France, and Belgium to Beverly Hills; he now cooks and lives in the...
How to Make French Lasagna
One of my favorite dining memories in France was on a trip I took with my mother years ago. We ducked into a little...
Valentine’s Day Romantic French Dinner for Two – Fish Meunière
One the best moments in the film, Julie and Julia, was when Julia Child (Meryl Streep) gets off the boat in France and is...
Dandelions Don’t Bite (with recipes)
Larousse's motto: “Je sème à tout vent” (I sow by every wind)
If dandelions could speak
Who hasn't, as a child, blown on a dandelion's silky...