Dinner in a Flash: Swordfish en Papillote

Don't let that fancy name scare you away. Cooking "en papillote," or in a paper pouch, is one of the easiest and most delicious ways to cook fish. You're essentially creating simple little steam ovens made of paper: the moisture stays fully enclosed in the packet and all the flavor [...]

2022-06-15T23:44:19+00:00March 5th, 2010|Cooking at Home, Garden|

A New Project: Tasty Fun and Games

I've had a Blondie comic strip tacked just above my desk for a while now. In it, Dagwood's playing poker with his pals, shuffling the cards only to have them all fly out of his hands with a P-R-R-R-T (one of those clever comic sound effects). The others decide that Dagwood's [...]

2009-05-12T12:38:52+00:00May 12th, 2009|Cookbooks, Cooking at Home|

My Kind of Fast Food

When I left for La Varenne cooking school back in the summer of 1989, I thought I had a tidy 9 months ahead of me. But what already was clearly going to be a fascinating adventure became even more so when the excursion got extended a few different times and [...]

2020-06-04T23:03:13+00:00October 3rd, 2008|Cooking at Home|
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