Last night I searched and searched the dark cave of our basement and realized that I had misplaced my 15 minutes of fame. In June of 1990 a recipe that has been in my family for years was published in Gourmet Magazine. I can still remember the cover of the magazine, with its dewey fruit [...]
Archive for September, 2007
The Ulterior Epicure
Posted in Events, Recipes, tagged cake, carrot, epicure, gourmet on September 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Basmati rice is so amazing. Fragrant and sweet, exotic and nutty…I love it. I made an Indian inspired pilaf last week that rocked with flavor–so good that it’s making a repeat appearance tonight! After sauteeing some ginger and garlic in olive oil, I added a dash of cardomom, cinnamon and nutmeg–just dashes of each, enough to favor not [...]
Yiayia memory
Posted in Early memories, tagged child, grandmothers, julia on September 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Last night, while watching the PBS annual donations drive, the programmers there decided to run the classic series, The French Chef hosted by none other than Mdme. Julia Child. In her iconic kitchen, she jerked a non stick pan over her electric coil stove in an attempt to form the perfect omelette.
Flashback to 1976 maybe, when [...]
Celebration
Posted in Events, Recipes, tagged cake, carrot on September 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I offered to bake the birthday cake for my friend Brian Raynor, who turned 40 last week. About 40 guests to feed so I knew an 8 inch cake would not do. And a sheet cake is so well, institutional. Why not do a three tier I said? What flavor Brian I asked? Carrot Cake with Cream [...]
Milkshake
Posted in Early memories, tagged food, memories, passion on September 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I vividly remember sitting on a counter at perhaps the age of 5 or 6 “assisting” my late Aunt Elaine with a milkshake being whirred in a Waring Beehive Blender. My memory of that moment includes vanilla ice cream, milk and Bosco chocolate syrup. My fascination with that machine ignited a lifelong love affair with food, living, [...]
