One of the best and simplest dinners you can have on a cold, snowy day is Vacherin au Four–a flavorful cheese that is baked until melted, and is then laddled onto boiled potatoes. Vacherin Mont d’Or, a cheese from the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, is the one and only cheese for such preparation, thanks [...]
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Vacherin au Four
Posted in cheese, recipes, Swiss food, Switzerland, tagged cheese, Swiss food on January 18, 2010 | 3 Comments »
After the Nog
Posted in drinks, recipes on December 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I will be making eggnog at a pot luck later this week, and so was looking for a cocktail in which to use the leftover bourbon. I wanted a simple drink that wouldn’t require the purchase of additional, expensive ingredients. A mint julep sounded good but too summery; I liked the idea of building my [...]
Aperol Negroni
Posted in drinks, recipes, tagged Aperol, Campari, cocktail, gin, Negroni, vermouth on December 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As a consolation for spending too much money paying bills, I ordered a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle Family Reserve 15 years last week. I firmly intended on buying nothing else, but got tempted by a bottle of Aperol, which has become a very popular cocktail ingredient. Both arrived yesterday but remained in their box. [...]
Green Curry
Posted in recipes, tagged green curry, recipes, vegetables on October 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of my favorite dishes to cook on a Sunday is a green curry loaded with vegetables and chickpeas or chicken for protein. It allows me to immediately use up some of the vegetables I picked up at the market that day and have plenty of leftovers for a couple of weeknight dinners, since it’s [...]
Portuguese Orange-Olive Oil Cake
Posted in recipes on October 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Every once in a while I taste something so, so good that I immediately need to obtain the recipe. I might not get to cook the dish right away, but I need to know that I can succumb to my craving any time I want to. That’s what happened after eating a slice of David [...]
