Fresh Tomato Tart ~ Tarte Fine aux Tomates
The tomato, like a good character actor, is able to convey a range of impressions in shorthand. It is traditionally infamous in the …
Category Archives: Appetizers/Hors d’oeuvres
Warm Bar Nuts ~ Union Square Cafe
Spiced nuts come in many variations. This version from New York’s Union Square Cafe is one of them–and a very …
French Green Beans and Marinated Baby Carrots with Mustard Dill Dressing
Fans of the Looney Tune may recall Bugs Bunny’s trick of tying a bonnet round his head, jumping in a …
Pizza Rounds with Figs, Raddichio, Walnuts, and Tallegio Cheese
Diplomats work in countries that aren’t their own. They are outsiders that need to know insiders to do their job. …
Batter-dipped Fried Merguez Sausages
These small spicy sausages, made of lamb (and sometimes beef as well), dipped in cornmeal batter, and deep fried may …
Roasted Shallot and Fresh Rosemary Flatbread
Flatbreads are often unleavened, containing only flour, water, salt–and maybe some sort of fat and additional seasonings. With the exception …
Pickled Black and Red Grapes
The fact that one has never pickled, canned or bottled anything should not make one think twice about pickling a …
Petites Gougeres Fol Epi ~ Little Fol Epi Cheese Puffs
A Gougere can be made in the form of one large ring or in small bite-sized puffs. ‘Puffs’ is the …
Cheddar and Cornmeal Croquettes with Carne Asada Powder
Betty Harper Fussell is an American food writer who published a book about corn called: The Story of Corn. Anyone …
Pumpkin Seeds ~ Chili-roasted
Likely you do not think of pumpkin seed eating as a topic for debate. Even this boutique issue has its …
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