Tarragon This week’s CSA box from Two Small Farms contained a very interesting essay about French Tarragon. Apparently, true French Tarragon cannot be started from seed, but by dividing the plant’s roots in the winter. Sounds like a little too much work for this home gardener, so I am going to make the most of [...]
After reading My Life in France, by Julia Child, and to a lesser degree, The Sharper Your Knife, The Less you Cry, by Kathleen Flinn, I became very interested in taking a class at the Cordon Bleu in Paris. Not a full regimen of courses to become a certified chef, just a class to see [...]
Mother’s Day in my house is definitely bittersweet. My Mom died when I was in college and for a long time, I did not acknowledge Mother’s Day. Then I got married and had a couple kids, and now Mother’s Day is again the celebration in my household it was meant to be. As I think [...]
This weekend, we celebrated a birthday and an anniversary, so there was lots of cooking to keep me busy. The best thing I made this weekend was an Orange Cheesecake with Candied Kumquats (and Blood Oranges) which used up the cute kumquats from our Frog Hollow CSA box. IMG_1725 I don’t normally write a plan [...]
Green Garlic Soup Green Garlic Soup with Potatoes I made this easy soup last week for dinner, adding grocery-store roast chicken, although the soup as written stands on its own very well. The original recipe from Two Small Farms called for mashing and pureeing the soup, but I decided to leave things whole. And because [...]
Hidden Kitchen Table Sunday night, March 21st, we were fortunate enough to join a Hidden Kitchen dinner. The Hidden Kitchen is a private supper club in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, offering 10-course, prix fixe dinners four to five times a month for up to 16 guests. All in the comfort of their own living [...]
Champagne Our first full day in Paris, Suzy and I woke first, confirmed the rain had stopped and decided to get out and about, before the others were up. We were both eager to visit our first destination, the open-air food market on the Boulevard Raspail. The five of us arrived on Saturday for a [...]
You may have noticed I have not posted anything on Kitchen Gadget Girl for the last few weeks, more about that later. In the meantime, on March 19th, the new season of the Two Small Farms CSA started! I am as excited as I was when I found out Glee would be coming back for [...]
Ah, to be able to nap mid-day!
Meyer Lemon and Cranberry Buckle (recipe)
Family Dinner Plan: Still with the freezer
In the Kitchen with Chez Pim: Marmalade
