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My mentor, Julia Child, wrote "Like pie crusts, biscuits are a measure of a baker's talents and a pastry in which bakers take particular...

Pop's favorite bread? Pop = soda, get it? It took a lot of words to describe making bagels. This Irish Soda Bread is the exact opposite....

Remember the old joke, "Why are seagulls called seagulls? Because if they flew over the bay they'd be called bagels." Well, this was my...

When I started this blog it was going to be me sharing with my family and friends my adventures as I tried to become a better cook by...

I wanted a starchy side dish to go with the entree I'd made but wanted something fairly easy since I'd be spending a fair amount of time...

Let's say you're having friend over for breakfast, or having a simple vegetable for lunch, and you want to impress them by making...

I've been trying to come up with the correct adjective to describe these and I'm really having trouble. Wow! Outstanding! Yummmmm! ...

Thanks to a comment posted by my new Facebook friend, Francoise, she gave me a wonderful tip for some variations on Oeufs En Cocotte...

Just when I start to feel like I'm starting to "master" part of "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" I'm reminded what a novice I really...

Ooof! I've learned another wonderful way to cook oeufs! Oeufs en Cocotte (Eggs Baked in Ramekins) are amazing!! Poached eggs have...

Being a recovering Californian who now lives in Pennsylvania Dutch country, we've learned that the bread mixture that goes into a turkey...

I was in the mood for a hot breakfast and hadn't made any Oeufs Brouilles for awhile so I decided to try one of Julia's variations on the...

While on a recent trip to visit family in Austin, Texas, with my sous chef Kathryn and I were introduced to "Migas." This Tex-Mex dish...

I started my quest to cook through many of Julia Child's recipes in "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" so that I could learn some...

I thought I'd briefly share this to show that French and Americans really can get along beautifully. In the past, when I've made an...

Breakfast again! Since the previous version of hollandaise sauce and Eggs Benedict had turned out so well, I decided to try making it...

Can't decide whether you want scrambled eggs (Oeufs Brouilles) or an omelette (L'Omelette Roulee)? Lucky for us, Julia has a solution --...

This one was all about conquering my fears. I love Eggs Benedict and it is one of my favorite things to order when going to a restaurant...

I don't know about you, but poached eggs are actually one of my favorite ways to eat eggs. At the same time, poaching them can be a bit...

Scrambled eggs —who would have thunk that Julia Child could make them better? All it takes to scramble eggs is a hot pan, dump in the...