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What happens when the Dad next door meets Julia Child

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Whose calling me chicken?

This recipe seemed pretty straightforward...Supremes De Volaille A Brun (Chicken Breasts Sauteed in Butter with Brown Deglazing Sauce)...

These are sprouting up everywhere!

Looking for a quick and simple vegetable side dish? Here ya go! I took a lot of photos (below) just to make it look complicated but...

A quick, easy...and boring...sauce.

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...

These aren't your mother's pancakes.

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

Easy cheesy.

Did you ever feel like cooking something you've never made before, like chicken fricassee, and then discover while reading the recipe...

Foundue - Not just a dipping sauce.

If you're one of those people who, like me, thought foundue was a pot of warm cheese sitting at your table waiting for you to dip in...

Kimchi Fried Rice - Definitely not French...

I'm pretty sure you won't find this in any French cookbook but it is something I know how to make and thought I'd share it with you now...

Sylvie joined us for dinner.

I'm trying to find the right words to describe this one...delicious isn't the right word. Perhaps scrumptious would be closer. This was...

An Instant Success!

This certainly isn't a recipe in Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" but I have to think she would have approved. After...

Cutting the mustard.

What to do when your favorite sous chef (that would be my sweetie, Elizabeth) finds a good deal at the grocery store for family packs of...

Getting my dux in a row.

What kind of a French dish can you make when your family is having a "baked potato bar?" That was the challenge I faced and, of course,...

Good food, good people.

For all of you who have been worrying about my welfare -- thank you for your thousands of cards, e-mails, telegrams, phone calls and...

Don't try this at home...

I love garlic. I really really love garlic. On a cold day I like soup. Needing a quick recipe I thought this Aigo Bouido (Garlic Soup)...

Who are you calling an oaf?

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

A rose by any other name...

They say that "A rose by any other name is still a rose." Did you know that also applies to broccoli? Broccoli in French is still...

Burnt Offerings

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...

Terre-ibly Tasty!

Need a quick and tasty side dish? Try this one! Pommes de Terre Pour Garniture are quick, easy, and fun to make and they're yummy too! ...

Time flies.

"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." What's that have to do with Oignons a la Creme (Creamed Onions)? Not a whole lot...

Pennsylvania Dutch Approved

Living here in Pennsylvania we've grown accustomed to the local Pennsylvania Dutch new year's day tradition of having a meal of pork and...

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