My Chocolate Madeleines
A couple of weeks ago, Bea at La Tartine Gourmande made the most beautiful chocolate madeleines. I was seduced. So on my last visit to Plate It Up! I bought a silicone madeleine pan. Bea's receipe is super easy to…
Sole Meuniere
My local supermarket had some fresh sole filets yesterday and that reminded me that I had not yet tried to make Sole Meuniere myself since the French cuisine cooking class. Now what to serve with it? It looked like they…
San Francisco Today
I am in San Francisco today attending SixApart's Business Blogging Seminar. I had some time to kill and it was getting close to lunch time. I wandered into the Ferry Terminal and browsed through the farmers market and found this…
Biscuits Worth Eating
You may recall a couple of weeks ago I made biscuits from a Martha Stewart recipe and they were underwhelming. Yesterday I asked Chef Pat smith, my baking and pastry mentor - not to mention owner of a local catering…
Palm-Held Vegetable Peeler Part II
I picked this gadget up a few weeks ago at Plate It Up! but I have not had a chance to use it until now. It is a vegetable peeler designed to fit in the palm of your hand. It…
My First Whole Roast Chicken
With my new roasting pan sitting on the counter, I just had to initiate it. Thanksgiving is coming up, right? Let's give this thing a shakedown cruise by roasting a whole chicken. Ignore the little voice inside my head screaming,…
My New Roaster
So as I walked in the door of my favorite kitchen tools store Heather said, "Oh Dave, you were asking about oval roasting pans a few weeks ago and I have one you cannot resist." She was right. Chantal has…
Mediterranean Chicken Breasts
Now this is seriously good. This may be my favorite chicken breast recipe yet, and is from The Garlic Lover's Cookbook. Don't worry about all the garlic. By the time it is served it is very mild and nobody will…
Creamed Spinach
For a long time I have been wanting to try to make creamed spinach that is at least as good as Boston Market's. I think I have done it. This recipe started out as Martha Stewarts and has evolved over…