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Aqua Angels
Although I usually write about food, this column is about a different kind of nurturing. One as much for the soul as it is for the body; the winning therapeutic package of human kindness and physical...
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Ilke Erdogan from Ilke’s Kitchen Reviews Tart Love- Sassy, Savory and Sweet
See review here. Thank you, Ilke! Tart Love – Sassy, Savory, and Sweet (Gibbs Smith, Oct. 2011) http://www.ilkeskitchen.com/2012/11/nutella-tart-love/ Share/Bookmark
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Somewhere Between Sauces and Choux
I just bought Dansko shoes for the first time in my life. Sexy they are not, but they are highly practical in the kitchen and go reasonably well with the pair of jeans I usually wear when I’m cooking,...
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Looking Back, Moving Forward
In some ways, 2012 was, for me, the year that wasn’t. At least six months of it weren’t fun, were definitely very painful, and the last three months of the year, even walking wasn’t possible. So,...
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The Cook Who Thought Too Much
About the time my junior year in college rolled around, my boy-crazy roommates and I would indulge in one of our favorite games in our limited spare time. We called the game “baby-fooding.” It went...
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Fun with Choux: Bacon, Avocado and Tomato Eclairs
Most people think of eclairs as something filled with cream and topped with chocolate, or another decadent sweet flavor pairing . But, the pastry they’re prepared with, the ever versatile choux pastry,...
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Kind Words from Ilke’s Kitchen
I would like to thank food blogger and photographer Ilke Erdogan McAliley for taking the time to review my about to be released new book, The French Cook: Sauces (Gibbes Smith, March 1, 2013). Ilke...
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Cottage at The Crossroads Reviews The French Cook: Sauces
Special thanks to Jane Windham at cottageatthecrossroads.com for her cookbook review blog of The French Cook: Sauces. She tested and was especially happy with the roasted asparagus with an orange and...
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No Stopping the Versatile Choux Train
I’ve been having fun in my kitchen testing choux recipes for my upcoming book, The French Cook – Eclairs and Cream Puffs (Gibbs Smith, Fall 2013). I’ve just concluded the savory portion of the book and...
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Why I Love My Le Creuset
I have an unusual appreciation for my two Le Creuset Dutch Ovens. I think it’s fair to say I love them. Walking around the Charleston Wine & Food Festival the last few days under the constant...
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Pumpkin Pecan Spiced Cream Puffs
It’s been a sweet week in my busy little kitchen. My right arm has been stirring and stirring and stirring the likes of choux pastry and what seems like vats of pastry cream as I get underway...
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Ricotta and Yogurt – A Match Made in Dairy Heaven
Thank you to The Southeast United Dairy Industry Association, Inc. for inviting me to be a guest blogger for this month’s recipe. The delicious recipe is listed below. To see the complete blog, please...
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Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk
DON’T CRY OVER SPILLED MILK Here’s an excerpt from Charleston Style and Design’s latest issue and an essay I wrote about how cooking mistakes can actually be a good thing for healing laughter,...
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Farmers’ Market Opening Day – An Early Spring Rite of Passage
Early spring selflessly affords us with so many wonderful things to celebrate. Here, in Charleston, the air is sweet with the heady frangrances of jasmine, wisteria, and budding trees everywhere. It’s...
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A Conversation with Pierre Wolfe about The French Cook: Sauces
I was delighted to join culinary radio veteran and utter gentleman Pierre Wolfe a few weeks ago to talk about France, cooking, Julia Child and The French Cook: Sauces He loves France as much as I do!...
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Mother’s Day Cookbook Give-Away – The French Cook: Sauces
Mother’s Day is just one week away. Does your Mom love to cook, particularly all things French and delicious? Treat her to a signed copy of the just-released French Cook: Sauces so she knows just how...
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The Alley Strikes All the Right Notes
Equal parts sports playground, restaurant and bar, The Alley is lined up to be one of Charleston’s most diverse and delicious destinations for casual, sophisticated dining and a good, old-fashioned...
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Serving Dad, “McCaulio” Style
My father was (and is) many things to many people: a busy corporate executive over-seeing a large staff, a friend to many, a close brother to his brothers Jim and John, a loyal husband, a veteran, a...
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Summer Solstice Screams For Ice Cream
In the South, summer is as much about squeaky screen doors, slowly swaying hammocks, sweet tea and fireflies as it is about watermelon, peaches, and that perennial summer staple, ice cream. So, with...
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Big, Fat, Delicious Blueberry Eclairs
For me, blueberries are a fruit laden with delicious memories of summers’ past. Hot July days of my youth were often spent picking plump, purple berries off the prolific bush on our farm and popping...
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