Swiss Chard, Leek and Sweet Potato Tacos

February 27, 2012

I’m a mad list-maker. I make daily to do lists, I jot down lists of new French words, new Paris boulangeries/restaurants/wine bars I want to try, recipes to test, books to read…and on and on.
When I go to the market, I always have some sort of list — which keeps me from getting overwhelmed by [...]

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Road Trip: Burgundy

February 23, 2012

When my friend Betsi emailed me in January to invite me to her house in Burgundy for a weekend of brocanting (that’s a verb, right?) with the girls, I couldn’t get out my Sharpie fast enough to write it on my calendar. Burgundy + brocantes always equals fun in my book, so I packed my [...]

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Soupe à l’Oignon (French Onion Soup)

February 19, 2012

When I’m back in Dallas, the first thing I want is a taco. Likewise, within hours of landing at Charles de Gaulle, after I’ve had a double espresso and a pain au chocolat from the boulangerie across the street and unpacked my bags, I want onion soup.
Especially when it’s cold outside, as you’ve no doubt [...]

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Brussels: Dille & Kamille

February 15, 2012

Sometimes I take on the most dangerous of assignments. Like when my editor at Virtuoso Life magazine asked me to go to Brussels and write about the boutiques in the chic Antoine Dansaert-Ste. Catherine neighborhood, and I unknowingly timed it to coincide with the end of the January sales.
OK, the truth is, the story was [...]

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Indian-Style Broccoli Soup

February 12, 2012

When you wake up to dark gray skies and a forecast with a high of less than zero, your whole day becomes about how to keep warm. For me – and for the population of Parisiennes over 80 — that means long underwear from the store Damart, perhaps the tackiest store in all of Paris. [...]

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Tiger Cakes

February 10, 2012

Oh I know what you’re thinking. “Tiger? Really? That doesn’t look like a tiger at all.”
Oh yes it does. See that chocolate ganache running down the side? Tiger stripe, people!
Also, look at the insides. See that brownish, chocolately goodness that’s also sort of stripedy? More tiger stripes!
Now perhaps you can understand why we call these [...]

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Naan Bread

February 8, 2012

After traveling around the northern part of India a few years ago, I was determined to make naan bread at home. I bought cookbooks and researched recipes on the internet. And I failed time after time. I figured that there was some sort of magic in the clay (tandoor) ovens that were used to make [...]

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Roasted Cauliflower, Spinach and Quinoa

January 31, 2012

Last time I was in Texas and I brought home a big ol’ head of cauliflower from the Kroger, Mom said, “Oh, I don’t like cooked cauliflower. I only like it raw.”  That was before I roasted it up and she couldn’t stop eating it right off of the cookie sheet.
So I knew this time [...]

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Road Trip: Santa Fe

January 26, 2012

See that blue stuff streaked with a wisp of white? That, Paris people, is what the sky looks like.
In Santa Fe, New Mexico, at least.
Somehow the temperature doesn’t seem as chilly when the sun’s out with a sky like this. Or when it’s coming up or going down against a mountain backdrop, looking like an [...]

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Santa Fe Farmer’s Market

January 23, 2012

This is Rose Trujillo and she’s one of the founders of the Santa Fe Farmer’s Market, considered one of the top farmer’s markets in the U.S. See that sack in her right hand? That’s a package of her buffalo tamales, handmade the night before, she told me. Rose and her daughter also make the anise [...]

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