I have laid to rest my French Food At Home book, temporarily. After making Laura Calder recipes for a week I have discovered that some of her recipes are awesome and some are not so scrumptious. I cannot tell if the recipes were not wonderful due to my inability to follow directions correctly from time [...]
Coffee Chops and Blue Cheese Pasta
August 18, 2009
Amazing Chicken and Carrots
August 16, 2009
Last night’s dinner was fantastic and I will definitely make it again. This is another Laura Calder French Food At Home recipe. I’ve been making one meal a day from her book for the past week and tonight will be the last one. I’m not sure yet which book I’ll be using, if any in [...]
Toast Soup
August 13, 2009
Sometimes I wonder if maybe I am not following a recipe correctly. When I was younger most of my teachers’ concerns were that I didn’t pay attention and that I didn’t follow directions. Or maybe the recipe is as quirky as Laura Calder. I’m not saying it was terrible because I did, after all, eat [...]
Sea Salt Fish and Asparagus with Hollandaise Sauce
August 10, 2009
I just waded through a blanket of smoke to get to my laptop so I could spread the word about tonight’s dinner. The smell of burnt sea salt is still lingering in the air. Sound appetizing? Well, let me tell you, it was! I was a bit turned off by this Laura Calder recipe at [...]
Breakfast and Dinner
August 10, 2009
It used to be that most Saturday mornings I would wake up and fry two eggs and several strips of bacon. That tradition went on a little break when I began to eat only egg whites and no bacon. For the past month, however, I have not been dieting and so I decided to make [...]
