Eggs and toast, eggs and toast – who cares? BUT, if the eggs are slowly and softly scrambled with a teaspoon of cream, mixed up with a few pieces of mushrooms and fresh chives, then rested gently on a perfectly toasted piece of rye bread (like a tiara on a velvet cushion), and finished with a plump lavender chive flower garnish – that’s worth eating. Chives are among the heartiest of windowsill herbs to maintain. They grow quickly, are easy […]
We’ve had some drop-in breakfast guests lately, and since I don’t maintain a massive pantry of ready-to-cook breakfast food, some scrambling was in order – and not just for the eggs. With a pinch of this and a teaspoon of that, you can turn the most ordinary breakfast ingredients into something to get excited about. For example, this yogurt and fruit cup began as life in a plain Greek yogurt container. I popped it into the mixer, whipped the yogurt […]
I’m thrilled to have a guest post from my friend Matt Wendel, a wonderful chef who worked for President and Mrs. Bush both at their home in Texas and at Camp David. Matt is primarily known for his Tex-Mex cooking, but you can see from the recipe below that his skills are certainly not limited to South-of-the-Border cooking. This is a perfect midsummer grilling recipe, wherever you’re from! From Matt: This grilled marinated chicken is very tasty and easy to […]
I love this salad! It’s like an explosion of summer in your mouth: soft, sweet cheese and crispy green apples, joined with honey and balsamic vinaigrette, topped with crunchy pine nuts and strengthened by the fragrant, earthy taste of microgreens. I wonder if it’s possible for food to affect the equilibrium, because it made me a little dizzy when I first tasted it. All flavor sensors firing in exaltation can do that to a person! I take no credit for […]
There are times when chocolate is called for, and when the need arises, I say, go Big or go home! These cookies will assuage any chocolate craving, however long you’ve had it and no matter how badly you deserve to be compensated. Chocolate is often about compensation: something that was supposed to happen didn’t – and so you need chocolate. Or something you never wanted to happen did – and so you need chocolate. It can’t be a daily occurrence; […]
