Christine | February 28, 2011
I spend a depressing amount of time and mental energy tracking what is going on out there in the food-o-sphere while I sit at my kitchen desk in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Twitter, Facebook, e-mail, repeat. That’s my mantra. I chastise myself for not blogging enough. I lament my novice ability to self-promote via social media. I [...]
Christine | January 18, 2011
My proposed menu for a five-course Italian-inspired meal for a catering client originally ended with a semi-freddo, a full-fat concoction of frozen, unchurned cream that can easily be made in advance. A caterer’s dream, actually. Simple, fast, tasty, impressive. But then I found out the guest of honor had a lactose issue. “How about something [...]
Christine | January 15, 2011
I am not afraid duck fat. I adore duck fat. I just had my hubby bring me several jars off it from England where it’s a grocery store staple commonly used for fabulously crispy roasted potatoes. But the amount of fat attached to my duck prosciutto, I must admit, caught me off guard. On Day [...]
Christine | October 25, 2010
I’ve been in love with a very fetching brown butter pumpkin layer cake since the moment I first saw it on the cover of the October/November issue of Fine Cooking. During our first face-to-face encounter in the kitchen — after I’d poured most of the batter made up of browned butter, pumpkin puree, brown and [...]
Christine | August 19, 2010
Way back when I threw a South American themed birthday party for a dear friend of mine in her brownstone basement apartment in Boston’s South End. She loved flank steak and I’d decided to fit that cut of beef into the theme with the addition of the Argentinean-inspired Chimichurri Sauce I’d seen in a then [...]
Christine | June 21, 2010
Last Friday I had lemon soufflé with Chambord crème Anglaise for breakfast. And I make no apologies. Not even to my sister-in-law to whom I’ve pledged undying Weight Watchers solidarity so that we might don bathing suits without embarrassment by Labor Day. Yes, it was so good there was no guilt involved. I’d switched my [...]
Christine | February 11, 2010
The only time I got out of my pajamas yesterday was to take a shower and change into a clean pair. So it’s only fitting that I had breakfast food for dinner. But it was a very interesting twist on breakfast food: Poached eggs on top of bacon studded sweet and white potato hash. The [...]
