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Just Say No to Negativity
As I do every year, last New Year’s Eve I pondered my resolutions for 2013. At the top of my list, was extricating negative people from my life. This sounds simple enough, but for me, someone who...
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Talking French Sauces with Your Day
The wonderful radio host and personality, Donna London, recently spoke with me about my most recent book release, The French Cook: Sauces . The French Cook: Sauces (Gibbes Smith, March 1, 2013) by...
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Sparkling Canteloupe Soup with Prosciutto and Basil
This cold, refreshing canteloupe soup is a delicious and low-calorie way to celebrate the tastes of summer. A crazy, water-logged summer has taken its toll on farmers and produce. Sweet, juicy peaches...
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Animal Attraction: The Power of Pets
For whatever reason, God chose not to bless me with children. For a while there, back in my twenties and thirties, I was pretty sad about that. Instead of surrounding me with the two tow-headed sons I...
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Cream Puffing Around
Thank you to the fine folks at Grilliant Ideas for inviting me to join their show this morning. We covered cream puffs, profiteroles, French cooking, croissants and more and had a lot of fun in the...
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Culinarian Williamsburg
I’ve had the happy occasion to spend a fair amount of time in Williamsburg, VA in recent months for book signings and to visit a very special someone. Experiencing this celebrated Colonial American...
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Sweet Press for The French Cook: Cream Puffs and Eclairs
Not to toot my own “choux,” but am pleased to share the happy news that at barely one month since its release, The French Cook: Cream Puffs and Eclairs (Gibbs Smith, 10/1/2013) is getting noticed by...
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Day After Thanksgiving Turkey and Crimini Soup
Last week, a full two weeks before Thanksgiving was even scheduled to arrive, I got an intense craving for turkey. No, not the deli variety, and not the roasted kind you can buy. I needed to have a...
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Stress-Free and Decadent Thanksgiving Dessert
Thanksgiving is all about tradition, but let’s face it, not everyone loves apple, pumpkin or pecan pie, and not everyone loves to bake or get involved with making or rolling out pie pastry. That’s...
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Roasted Grape Tomato Soup with Thyme Croutons, Bacon and Creme Fraiche
In between holidays, I’ve been having fun in my kitchen experimenting with French soups for my upcoming book on the same subject. One of the things that makes soup French (aside from being delicious)...
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Merci Bonjour Colorado and Holiday Tidings
Thank you to Maribeth Clemenete at Bonjour Colorado for taking the time to talk with me about The French Cook: Cream Puffs and Eclairs, making pastry, France and Charleston’s dynamic restaurant...
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WSJ Has Kind Words for Cream Puffs
Wall Street Journal’s Gastronomy columnist Aram Bakshian, Jr. wrote a very flattering review of The French Cook: Cream Puffs and Eclairs(as well as 4 other cookbooks) in this past weekend’s (December...
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Ringing in the New Year with French Onion Soup
Hardly anything I can think of trumps the utterly simple deliciousness of a well-prepared French onion soup. Similarly, I can think of nothing utterly worse than a thin, flavorless ill-prepared...
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The Thick of Warming Soup Season
The brutal winter weather of the past few weeks has left me with a near constant craving for soups and also long-braised stews. Combine this with the near constant recipe testing for my next cookbook,...
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Books & Beignets for Valentine’s Day
Wondering what to get your sweetie for Valentine’s Day? How about some sweets for your sweet? Learn how to make fried choux pastry (beignets) with a fresh raspberry coulis from my demonstration and...
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Super Stew Play for Game Day
Sack the chili and other usual Super Bowl menu suspects and throw a pass on this classic French stew: Coq au Vin. Make it ahead, serve and hear ‘em roar! This one is a winner that the whole team will...
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Red, White and Beignet
Valentine’s Day, the holiday that almost everyone loves to hate, is upon us. While not one of this diehard romantic’s favorite holidays due to its forced, contrived nature and requisite expense, I can...
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Pot au Feu Weather
I spent most of last week channeling my inner Irish Catholic guilt. I confess that’s because while what seems like the rest of the country was commiserating over the “Polar Vortex,” I was (as my...
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A Real Book Page Turner
Thank you to The Times and Democrat for a nice article about me and my books as well as the other two authors participating in next week’s sixth annual Page Turner event, the newspaper’s biggest...
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Wearin’ of the Green St. Patrick’s Day Asparagus Soup
I call this soup “triple threat asparagus” because the flavors are layered in a stock based upon trimmings, roasted fresh asparagus for maximum flavor and color, and a finishing garnish of roasted...
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