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Wahoo Fish Salad
Wahoo! Doesn’t it sound better if you yell it? It’s like a celebration! Maybe because it sounds like yahoo. Or, maybe I just like entertaining myself… Actually, I am celebrating, because I have a large...
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Red Fish
This recipe is so easy that I hesitated doing a post on it. But since my blog hopefully inspires people to cook more often, and be less intimidated about home cooking, I just knew I had to follow...
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Tapenade
Tapenade is a condiment of sorts, made from olives mostly, plus capers. It originates from Southern France, specifically the Provence region, but I’ve seen recipes from nearby Italy that also include...
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Ricotta and Smoked Salmon
Smoked salmon is one of my top favorite indulgences, along with steak tartare and foie gras. I love smoked salmon served in the traditional manner, alongside cream cheese with a generous amount of...
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A Seafood Salad
There’s one thing that I really dislike after a vacation, and that’s having to go to the grocery store. Of course, no one else goes for me, so inevitably I drag myself out of the house to stock up on...
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Meatballs in Creamy Caper Sauce
It’s commonplace to pair meatballs and a red sauce, but this recipe is a lovely alternative. The only prerequisite is that you must love capers! This recipe comes from one that most likely I copied...
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Double Olive Pasta
There’s nothing quite like fresh pasta in its many forms. The texture is light and fluffy, and yet still durable to hold up to sauces and fillings. But I must give credit also to the fabulous world of...
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White Bean and Tomato Salad
Beans, beans, beans. The more I eat, the more I’m addicted! I really love making beans from scratch, because still love the idea of creating meals for pennies. And a pot of beans can be turned into...
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Capered Butter Sauce
I first came across this sauce with a recipe called Meatballs with Caper Butter Sauce. I followed the recipe and was really impressed with the sauce. As with many great recipes – ridiculously easy and...
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Tuna with a Vinaigrette
This recipe was inspired by a meal Stéphane made my daughter and I when we visited him in France last year. If you’re not yet familiar with this culinary wizard and photographer extraordinaire, check...
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Nigella and Pasta
Nigella Lawson is my favorite TV chef. Not just because she is pretty and has a cool accent, but because she’s hysterically funny and loves eating and sharing food. When I think of Nigella, I...
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Chicken Paillard
Avec Eric is a PBS TV in the United States. It features the Eric Ripert, co-owner and executive chef of Le Bernardin in NYC – still one of the most highly rated restaurants in NYC. The show involves a...
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Croxetti with Smoked Salmon
Last April when my husband and I visited New York City for my birthday, we went to Eataly. I could have spent much more time there, but my “other half” has limited patience shopping. We checked out the...
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Tuna Burgers
Tuna burgers aren’t quite as popular, in my opinion, as salmon burgers. It’s probably because salmon is more fatty and moist, so burgers made with prepared salmon are more apt to be moist and tender....
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A Sunday Supper
Sunday Suppers at Lucques is a James Beard Foundation award-winning cookbook by Suzanne Goin, published in 2005. The actual name is, Sunday Suppers at Lucques – Seasonal Recipes from Market to Table. I...
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Crostini al Tonno
Thanks to a friend who visited Lorenza de Medici’s Badia a Coltibuono in Italy many years ago, and cooked with the Madame, I learned about the Italian cuisine expert and bought a few of her cookbooks....
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White Sauce
A white sauce is just that – a sauce that’s white. It’s white because it’s made with milk, 1/2 & 1/2, or cream. It was years before I dared make a white sauce; I assumed it was difficult for some...
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Trottole Trapanese
This is a pasta post, based on my discovering the cutest twirly pasta ever, called Trottole. I purchased the spinach variety, for color. As is my pattern, apparently, I purchase a unique pasta, then...
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Smoked Trout and Shrimp Pate´
Although I’m a huge fan of smoked salmon, I probably would have balked at the idea of smoked trout, until I actually had it. And it’s spectacular. Our younger daughter went to summer camp outside of...
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Café de Paris Butter
Café de Paris butter is something I’ve never come across, until I saw it on the blog called Food is the Best Shit Ever. I know, I’ve told friends of mine whose children I’ve taught cooking to that I’ll...
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