Dorie Greenspan visited Seattle last week as part of her book tour to promote Around My French Table. I’ve been a big fan of Dorie ever since I stole my mom’s copy of “Baking with Julia,” the baking book that Dorie wrote to accompany Julia Child’s PBS series. This latest cookbook (Dorie’s tenth) is peppered [...]
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French Fridays with Dorie: Creamy cauliflower soup
Posted in Cookbooks, French, Soup on October 22, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Feasting Friday: Frites
Posted in Dining Out, Feasting Friday, French, Restaurants on May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Seattle has become a great french fry town. What makes a great french fry? It’s the double fry. That’s right – the double fry. The first fry cooks the potato just fine, but it’s the second fry that gets them superextracrispy and that my friends, is the key to great french fries. Last Friday, Gavin [...]
Pâté Temptation
Posted in Dining Out, French on April 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Boat Street Café is dangerously close to my office. It isn’t cheap, but when you can get delicious pâté and a glass of wine for $10 in this town it is pretty great. Their happy hours (5-7pm) are only Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, but it is a charming place and hey, Thursday is the [...]
Pain au Chocolat: Battle of the Bakeries
Posted in French, Pastries on March 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It is a widely held belief that the best pastries in Seattle can be found at Cafe Besalu. I have long subscribed to this belief. Thankfully, Besalu is not close enough to my house for me to be a regular patron. When I am in the neighborhood though…I make a point of stopping in for [...]
