Since I am going to be posting a recipe for my shrimp etouffee tomorrow, I figured I should write a post on making roux today.

So, for those who have never made roux, or have been afraid to try, or who don't even know what it is, check out my illustrated primer on the making of roux--a thickening and flavoring agent for French and French-based ( Read more... )

Being the mother of a one year old and a seventeen year old has its challenges; luckily, few of them involve what goes on in the kitchen.

Being blessed with two daughters of highly disparate ages and interests, but very similar tastes in food is a great thing. Both of them, like their father and I, love spicy, flavorful food made from fresh, local ( Read more... )

Here's where I make y'all jealous. I just had a piece of hot, out the oven, sourdough French bread with butter. It was most excellent. Recipe and inspiration from this post: http://community.livejournal.com/food_porn/3420015.htmlRead more... )

I've got what may be a tricky recipe request for y'all. I'm absolutely drop-dead craving creme brulee, as is my mum, but despite our copious amount of cookbooks, I can't find a single creme brulee recipe. That's where you guys come in ^_ ( Read more... )

I recently went to a french restaurant and ordered something called ( Read more... )

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I've been vegetarian for about 9 months now...And after eating nothing but legume and East Indian dishes, I decided to expand my menu a bit...So I decided to crack open my french cookbook. Thing is it's loaded with meat recipes (I bought it when I still ate meat)...So that will take a bit of a stretch of the imagination and I have no problems ( Read more... )

I learned something today.

Croissants are pretty easy to make. Time-consuming, yes, but difficult? Not in the least!

Because just plain croissant isn't unhealthy enough, I made pain au chocolat using a recipe from Jacques Torres.

( Chocolately French pastry goodness )

Okie-dokes, a little recipe request, if I may ( Read more... )

I was in France last week. Everything I ate was at the very least good. Even the food at the cheesiest looking restaurants looked absolutely delicious ( Read more... )