August 2009 Archive
Blueberry Oat Bran Muffins
Cheese Thins
Roasted Patty Pan Squash and Herbed Chickpeas
[Edible Idiom] Ménager la chèvre et le chou
August 25, 2009
Cheese Thins
When it comes to appetizers, I generally try to offer relatively light preparations, and often opt for vegetable-based dips* that can be scooped with raw zucchini sticks or dolloped onto cucumber rounds : if I'm serving something before dinner, when my guests are, all things considered, starving, the idea is to sate them temporarily, not until ne...
August 18, 2009
Blueberry Oat Bran Muffins
I grew up in a household where le goûter is a cardinal ritual, and I can safely state that I've been eating an afternoon snack practically every day for the past thirty years. It is so much a part of my food habits that I actually size my lunches to make sure I'll feel a bit hungry around 5 or 6, and in need of something to tide me over until di...
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August 11, 2009
Roasted Patty Pan Squash and Herbed Chickpeas
[Pâtissons rôtis et pois chiches aux herbes] The patty pan squash (in French: le pâtisson) is a member of the blended summer squash family. Shaped very much like a UFO with undulating edges -- each bump a tiny cockpit with an alien inside, presumably --, it can be conical or squat, and comes in shades of yellow, green, or white. The flesh inside...
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August 6, 2009
[Edible Idiom] Ménager la chèvre et le chou
Photography by Bertrand. This is part of a series on French idiomatic expressions that relate to food. Browse the list of idioms featured so far. This week's idiom is, "Ménager la chèvre et le chou." Translated as, "Accommodating* the goat and the cabbage," it means trying to please both sides in a situation where the two parties are in fact ir...
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