cheese
green garlic and ricotta scrambled eggs
i still have ramps on the brain but green garlic also has my attention. these early spring harvest weeks bring...
grilled ramps
i plan to try making many dishes with ramps this year like risotto, quiche, soup–anything i might use leeks for and more. because they are also referred to as wild leeks, after all, and their flavour sits somewhere between leeks,...
salad with dried chillies and oaxaca
i ate an obscene amount of delicious homemade pupusas (latin american maize “biscuits” stuffed with cheese and jalepenos) at a...
i love you, spring + outdoor grilling +…halloumi again!
ok if you’re wearing a heavy jacket to barbeque, perhaps spring hasn’t entirely sprung…but these evenings we’re saying “close enough!”...
a random sunday snack
how i enjoyed this weekend…let me count the ways. my good friends were in town and they stayed with us, they brought their wii and wii fit(!), we had good food and good wine. and now that they’ve gone, i...
paris day 10: a visit with the experts
it's no wonder i'm so in love with paris. they do best the things i love most: wine, cheese, and...
paris day 7: street crepes + more tagine! (le progres, the 404, andy wahloo)
ok, this picture makes it look as if i actually found this crepe on the street. not really, but i...
over-the-top chutney and cheese sandwich
(…and a farewell to summer!) i made this sandwich almost exactly a year ago! i stumbled across the recipe, dated sunday, october 14, 2007, as i looked for a nice recipe to share with you. it fit the bill–something filling...
crispy halloumi and summer vegetable salad
i tried to lay off this treat for a while. but with summer back again, and salads subbing as dinner, how can i not invite my old friend to the table again?