Dear Reader, I’m sorry for abandoning you. I have no excuse. I could cite the fact that the Canadian has left, once again, this time for Cannes, which has left me with…
Author: emiglia
The Incredible Edible Egg
I haven’t always been as big a fan of eggs as I am now. I remember being forced to eat scrambled eggs as a child and hating them. I liked hard-boiled eggs,…
Potato au Gratin with Chanterelles
I don’t know what possesses me to try new potato gratin recipes. I have a perfectly good recipe that I adore, and now every time I try a new one, I get…
Tacos à la Parisienne
Me with two margaritas for the price of one. Olé! When I actually lived in the States, I never craved American food. Ever. My favorite food was Italian, which, as a New…
Baked Ravioli
Just a short post for you guys today. I had gone to Monoprix (kind of like our Wal-Mart) and stocked up on ravioli. I ran out of sauce one night when I…
Slow-Cooked Salmon
I have made my issue of undercooking things previously known. This problem, I may have also said, stems from a severe fear of overcooking things. Overcompensation… something I should work on. Anyway,…
Daring Bakers: First Challenge!
Wow… after a lot of difficulty, I’ve finally participated in my first Daring Bakers Challenge… and I loved it! The challenge this month was for French bread. “Perfect,” thinks I, “I live…
To Cheese or Not to Cheese?
OK… so here’s the thing. I call myself an Italian-American, but the truth of the matter is, I’m only half. My mother, who does the majority of the cooking in my house,…
Canadian Sister!
I love markets. I love taking my big canvas bag out and perusing the different stands, buying up cheap, fresh produce and meat and fish (and containers of thirty eggs). The Canadian…
Cranberry-Pistachio Rugelach
How do you deal with it when someone is gone from your life… someone who you weren’t expecting to have to say goodbye to any time soon? No, no one has died,…