Braving Brioche
They say you should do one thing every day that scares you. Well, this week we are jumping ahead to the letter H in the A-Z of cooking and I am doing something that terrifies me. The reason for the...
View ArticleProfiteroles For Very Special Occasions
You might think that five and a bit years into this that I would cease to be surprised. Both when things go awry and when by some stroke of mad luck things work out just as they should. Such was the...
View ArticleTomato and Tarragon Soup with Sun Dried Tomato Bread
Bonjour mes amis, aujourd’hui nous faisons une soupe de tomates inspirée par un jardin d’herbes françaises. It is actually a tomato and tarragon soup but the French word for tarragon is “estragon”...
View ArticleUse By: Apricot, Lemon and Basil Sorbet
There were so many things I could have named this post. But hey, I made an Apricot, Lemon and Basil Sorbet. So when I couldn’t decide between witty or explanatory I decided to go with plain old...
View ArticleFrizzled Artichokes with Gribiche Sauce
I have been wanting to make a Gribiche Sauce ever since I first read about it in an old edition of Gourmet Traveller which teamed it with some deep-fried Artichokes. The other day in the greengrocer I...
View ArticleOrange and Cinnamon Creme Caramel
Happy Caramel Custard Day everyone! Yes indeed there is a day for every sort of food imaginable and October 3rd is Caramel Custard Day! I am celebrating with a Moroccan twist on the classic French...
View ArticleCoeur A La Creme – Murder on The Orient Express
Hello crime readers and food lovers! Welcome to part two of my Murder on The Orient Express Trilogy! We started last week with the fun collab with Jenny from Silver Screen Suppers. Today is a...
View ArticleLast of the Cheese Platter Quiche
Hello friends, this weeks recipe takes the leftovers at the end of a cheese platter – the scraps of cheese, leftover nuts, maybe a bit of Proscuitto and turns them all into a delicious quiche. In...
View ArticleDeath in the Clouds: Chicken Chaud-Froid
Welcome aboard crime readers and food lovers! Today on Dining with the Dame we are reading 1935’s Death in The Clouds. Our menu option includes a rather fancy-sounding French dish called Chicken...
View ArticleVogueing A Ham and Cheese Croissant
Now you might be wondering why on earth am I featuring a recipe for a ham and cheese croissant? Surely that’s not even a recipe? Well, we are cooking from the Vogue Entertaining Guide from Autumn...
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