Life's a feast

JULIA CHILD’S COQ AU VIN & CHOCOLATE MOUSSE CHARLOTTE

noreply@blogger.com (Jamie) — Sat, 26 May 2012 16:27:00 +0000

A SET OF MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING Cooking is like love; it should be entered into with abandon or not at all. – Julia Child We were poles apart. She...

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VEAL ROLLS IN A TOMATO WINE SAUCE

noreply@blogger.com (Jamie) — Wed, 23 May 2012 09:24:00 +0000

HAZAN FAMILY FAVORITES Mangiare per vivere e non vivere per mangiare Eat to live and not live to eat. - Italian proverb My sons were weaned on Italian food. Their...

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CHERRY ALMOND FOCACCIA

noreply@blogger.com (Jamie) — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:44:00 +0000

BREAKING BREAD: HOW SWEET IT IS! I’m a sucker for little piglets. A brilliantly sunny day, a chilly wind whipping my hair and tearing at our coats, we decided to put our work aside for a...

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SPRING LAMB POTATO PEA TAGINE for Mother's Day

noreply@blogger.com (Jamie) — Thu, 10 May 2012 08:26:00 +0000

MOTHER’S DAY M Is for the Many things she gave me, O Means only that she’s growing Old. T Is for the Tears she shed to save me, H Is for her Heart of purest gold. E Is...

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CARAMEL BUDINO WITH SALTED CARAMEL SAUCE

noreply@blogger.com (Jamie) — Sun, 06 May 2012 17:14:00 +0000

EATING CHEZ MOI – it is all about the food Oddly enough, for all that I bake, for all that we cook and for all that I eat…with passion, desire, necessity… I write less and less about the food....

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APRIL IN PARIS bis

noreply@blogger.com (Jamie) — Thu, 03 May 2012 14:03:00 +0000

MONTHLY MINGLE ROUNDUP Everything ends this way in France. Weddings, christenings, duels, burials, swindlings, affairs of state -- everything is a pretext for a good...

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ALMOND JAM TARTLETS – MIRLITONS aux amandes et confiture

noreply@blogger.com (Jamie) — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:32:00 +0000

IN BETWEEN College applications sent. Apartment Promise signed. Articles written and submitted. Those interminable two weeks between le premier et le deuxième tours. Now we are in between, in...

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CLASSIC AMERICAN DOUBLE-RICH CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE

noreply@blogger.com (Jamie) — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:14:00 +0000

TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY From French to American. Films, tv series, books, news programs, politics and elections, board games, music and family vacations, a cultural back and forth like a...

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VANILLA CUSTARD BERRY TART

noreply@blogger.com (Jamie) — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:48:00 +0000

BLEU BLANC & ROUGE RED WHITE & BLUE I have no consistency, except in politics; and that probably arises from my indifference to the subject altogether. - Lord Byron The excitement...

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CLASSIC FRENCH BEEF AND CARROTS à la mode

noreply@blogger.com (Jamie) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:10:00 +0000

BOEUF À LA MODE* AUX CAROTTES FOR THE CHANGES IN OUR LIVES The call came Friday afternoon as things were winding down for the day, heading towards dinnertime, melting into the weekend. We had truly...

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IACP CONFERENCE NYC

noreply@blogger.com (Jamie) — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:50:00 +0000

HOW I PREPARED FOR & SUCCEEDED AT IACP NYC How can I describe the perfect conference? A revelation? An inspiration? An epiphany? Grand words, highfalutin ideas for just a conference. But how...

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2 DAYS IN NEW YORK

noreply@blogger.com (Jamie) — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:36:00 +0000

BEFORE IACP I arrive at JFK exhausted yet somehow invigorated. I am back in New York where I am greeted by brilliant sunshine and a cool breeze whipping my hair. “Wake up!” the city seems to be...

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APRIL IN PARIS – MONTHLY MINGLE GOES TO FRANCE!

noreply@blogger.com (Jamie) — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:53:00 +0000

Every time I look down on this timeless town whether blue or gray be her skies. Whether loud be her cheers or soft be her tears, more and more do I realize: I love Paris in the springtime. I love...

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CLASSIC CHOCOLATE CHIP PECAN BLONDIES

noreply@blogger.com (Jamie) — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:15:00 +0000

ANOTHER TRIP Summer journeys to Niag'ra and to other places aggra- vate all our cares. We'll save our fares! I've a cozy little flat in what is known as old Manhattan we'll settle down right here...

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WRITING A BOOK

noreply@blogger.com (Jamie) — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:03:00 +0000

THE DARK SIDE How does one begin to paint a picture in black when one has been using a palette of green to blue to red and every hue in between? Shades of grey edged in somber coal, murky and thick...

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RASPBERRY COCONUT MACARONS FOR WORLD MACARON DAY!

noreply@blogger.com (Jamie) — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:09:00 +0000

WORLD MACARON DAY! AND OLD FASHIONED BREAD PUDDING I am anti-trend. Yes, I have worked in the arts. And fashion. Now food. How much trendier, how much under the influence can one get than art,...

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HEAVENLY CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES WITH MOCHA BUTTERCREAM

noreply@blogger.com (Jamie) — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:06:00 +0000

CHAOS AND COMFORT Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out...

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TENDER COOKED BEEF AND CARROT CANNELLONI

noreply@blogger.com (Jamie) — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 09:30:00 +0000

FROID, BRULÉ, PAS CUIT… * Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all. - Harriet Van Horne With all the baking that goes on in my house, with all of the baked goods...

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CHOCOLATE CINNAMON PANNA COTTA & CHOCOLATE HAZELNUT FINANCIERS

noreply@blogger.com (Jamie) — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 08:15:00 +0000

BOYS WILL BE BOYS I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a woman in it. - Marilyn Monroe My dear friend Lael keeps teasing me about living in a household full of men.Woman vs...

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MOM’S CHOCOLATE CHIP NUT BREAD MY WAY

noreply@blogger.com (Jamie) — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:39:00 +0000

INSPIRATION SWEET AND NOSTALGIC Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.-- Ralph Waldo Emerson We were a family with a serious sweet tooth....

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CHOCOLATE CHIP PECAN BUTTER HORNS

noreply@blogger.com (Jamie) — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 08:49:00 +0000

RUNNING ON EMPTY I used to be funny, and perhaps I’m not anymore. It may be that I have become rather grumpy because I’ve seen so many things that have offended me that I cannot deal with in terms...

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BROWNIE PECAN CUPCAKES WITH SALTED BUTTER

noreply@blogger.com (Jamie) — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:37:00 +0000

SALTY AND SWEET When I was about eight or ten years old, my father bought an ice cream maker. Revelation! You see, we were an ice cream family: our freezer was always well stocked with gallon...

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CHOCOLATE AMARETTO POUND CAKE

noreply@blogger.com (Jamie) — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:24:00 +0000

BAKING BASICS AND BEYOND I learned early that the most important thing in life is a good story. - Ruth Reichl La Folle Journée, Glinka, Prokofiev. DCL, Angers, The Tapestry of the Apocalypse....

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ORANGE COINTREAU BROWNIE TIRAMISU

noreply@blogger.com (Jamie) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:11:00 +0000

SNOWED IN Mieux encore que dans la chambre j’t’aime dans la cuisineRien n’est plus beau que les mains d’une femme dans la farineQuand tu fais la tarte aux pommes, poupée, tu es divineRien n’est...

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COOKIES FOR VALENTINE’S DAY

noreply@blogger.com (Jamie) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:46:00 +0000

THE SLIPPERY SLOPE Nothing says Valentine’s Day quite like chocolate; lovely, elegant handmade chocolates wrapped in shiny gold foil, snuggled up together and smartly tucked in a box all tied up...

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