I had so many ideas for this love holiday blog entry, but writing got sidelined last Tuesday. The stomach flu/fever/cold/all around sickness has been taking down students and staff at school like a fast moving bowling ball quickly taking out pins! And last Tuesday, I went down. For the past 6 days, I’ve only moved [...]
Entries Tagged as 'French Fridays with Dorie'
French Fridays with Dorie: Chicken B’Stilla
January 31st, 2011 Comments Off
This week on French Fridays with Dorie menu was Chicken B’Stilla. I’d never hear of such a dish, so after a quick google search, learned it’s a classic Moroccan dish typically made with pigeon, but in this case, chicken. First, the chicken is marinated in cinnamon, ginger, saffron, coriander (I used parsley instead), garlic and [...]
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French Fridays with Dorie-Paris Mushroom Soup
January 9th, 2011 Comments Off
At 6 PM yesterday evening, I decided it was time to turn off the Mistresses, which I’d watched for better part of the day, and make some dinner. Dinner was Paris Mushroom Soup from Around My French Table. After reading the recipe the previous night and shopping at the local trg market in the morning, [...]
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French Fridays with Dorie-Speculoos
December 31st, 2010 Comments Off
I was in charge of Christmas day meals. Lemon Ricotta Pancakes for brunch. Sweet Potatoes with Pecans and Goat Cheese for the first afternoon snack. Pineapple Pork Spring Rolls for the later afternoon snack. Dinner was going to be Taiwanese Pork Noodles, but my sister’s neighbor made a snow bar on the street, so dinner [...]
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French Fridays with Dorie-My Go-To Beef Daube
December 24th, 2010 Comments Off
Two weeks ago, my little brother arrived in Zagreb via train, and not without a hilarious story. More on that later. I knew he would like Zagreb. Everybody smokes. Everybody drinks beer. And, the locals like their meat. I figured it was a good time to try the Go-To Beef Daube from Around My French [...]
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French Fridays with Dorie
November 21st, 2010 Comments Off
About a month ago, I was sitting at the kitchen table catching up on my food blog reading. I scanned through the usual: Orangette, Smitten Kitchen, White on Rice Couple, Delicious Days, David Lebovitz and MattBites. Then I checked out Dorie Greenspan’s blog, one that I read, but not on a regular basis. With the [...]
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