We celebrated Moe’s birthday on Tuesday. For dinner I made Cioppino (Link to Recipe) with Dungeness Crab,  local Spot Prawns, Clams and Halibut. With grilled, garlic olive oil brushed baguette. Served with a bottle of Mumm Champagne. And for dessert we had a Strawberry Meringue Roulade. (Link to Recipe) It is a tradition to always have…

We ate big this morning  so for dinner I just made soup. French Onion Soup topped with Swiss Gruyere Cheese. French Onion Soup ================= 3 to 4 large white onions sliced 1/4 cup butter 1 tablespoon minced fresh thyme salt pepper 6 to 8 cups combination of  chicken and beef broth 1 tablespoon flour Port…

I’m not an early breakfast fan, but I love eating between 9:30 and 10:00.  Which works on my days off. So this morning I grilled burgers and we shared them on a platter board  with homemade potato chips. We like our burgers differently. I’m a No Cheese, and No Mustard person.  Just give me sliced…

Better late than never. I usually make my first rhubarb pie of the season early April. This year, thanks to a snowy February and colder temperatures the rhubarb was slow growing. Early this week, I made two batches of a quick puff pastry. Basically just used one cup of butter in three cups of flour …

I saw these little Applecakes on eGullet  recently and  just had to make them. They are called Modern Applecakes  The recipe is from: A Game of Thrones : A Feast of Ice and Fire  by: Chelsea Monroe-Cassel and  Sariann Lehrer The recipe calls for making eight in a jumbo muffin tin. I made them in…

Eggplant with Tempura Batter 1 eggplant thinly sliced  Salt and set aside for 20 minutes.  Pat dry with paper towels. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Make batter Batter 1 cup of flour 1/2 cup corn starch 1 teaspoon baking powder salt and pepper 1 can of soda water  Mix dry…

I promised Moe yesterday I would bake something sweet this morning. I had a few apples so I decided to make him Apple Turnovers with a quick puff pastry. Just out of the oven Enjoyed with a second cappuccino. Just winged the filling. Three apples peeled, cored and cut into small 1/2 inch pieces. Sauted…

Tempting Moe’s appetite.    Apple Pie And Ice cream And Oatmeal Cookies. Some plain  and some with White Callebaut Chocolate and dried cranberriesBasic Apple Pie===============5 or 6 applesjuice of half a lemon1/2 cup of white sugar1/2 cup of brown sugarcinnamon to taste2 tablespoons flour (more if the apples are very juicy, less ifnot)1 tablespoon butterdouble…

Starter fed at night and a biga made from the discard This is what it looked like in the morning. Starter went back into the fridge and the biga went into a 1000g dough. Six soudough baguettes came out of the oven just before bed. Sliced the next morning for breakfast. Buttered Toast with tomatoes….

I had meant to feed my starter before Moe’s surgery but forgot. So by the time we were home after 10 days at the hospital it had been over two weeks since it had been fed. The starter was a little slower starting but had doubled in about 18 hours. I left the biga out…