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Grapefruit Margarita Recipe

2026-06-02T18:00:00+02:00

Summertime is margaritatime!The famous Midnight Margaritas scene in the movie Practical Magic is not from the book, but Alice Hoffman does at least reference (...)

You say scallops, i say scallops

2026-05-26T18:00:00+02:00

Let’s call the whole thing awesome!Depending on where you came from scallops are pronounced either scaw-llops (like scald) or ska-llops (scaffolding). I tend (...)

Lobster Thermidor

2026-05-19T19:30:26+02:00

Blind dates used to be a sticky situation. The time I’m talking about was over 35 years ago, before the age of cyberstalking, when a blind date was just (...)

Spring chicken with rhubarb and honey

2026-05-12T18:00:00+02:00

I like the seasons to dictate my menus, using fruits and vegetables when at their peak. And rhubarb (from the latter category) is rarin’ to go right now. This (...)

A Very Literary Cocktail

2026-05-05T18:00:00+02:00

I list the American Bar at The Savoy and Rules (both in London) among my favorite places in the world that I know. Napoleon House in New Orleans is another. So (...)

Pea soup and mint jelly

2026-04-28T18:00:00+02:00

The very thought of fresh mint bouquets fills my head with bright notions of spring, the approaching Kentucky Derby (always the first Saturday of May), and (...)

Chicken Chasseur Recipe

2026-04-21T19:45:22+02:00

I met renowned French chef Alain Sailhac at The French Culinary Institute and we got along rather well, so he came to my apartment a number of years ago to (...)

A table cookbook: curried mushroom soup with rosie

2026-04-14T18:00:00+02:00

Rosie’s back! I have spoken of my love of Oprah’s former personal chef Rosie Daley, and in particular, her Unfried Chicken. Daley’s cookbook In the Kitchen (...)

Steak Diane Keaton

2026-04-07T18:00:00+02:00

Oh, if only Diane Keaton had been in The Deer Hunter, I could have tied together this post about venison steaks and the legendary actress that much easier.But (...)

Halibut Burgers Dugléré

2026-03-24T17:00:00+01:00

Going through books I’d read and probably no longer needed to keep in my already overstuffed bookshelves, I came across The Pigeon by Patrick Süskind (also (...)