tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-92724 2013-02-02T19:22:25+01:00 Bonjour! Ciao! Benvenuti a Cucina Testa Rossa, the red head's kitchen. Please join me on my culinary journey through France. You'll have a front row seat in a French kitchen so fasten your aprons and let's get cooking! Experience the highs and lows, the cuts and burns, the rants and raves, the fish guts and real nuts... TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345343c869e2017ee8291b11970d 2013-02-02T19:22:25+01:00 2013-02-02T19:22:25+01:00

If you are in charge of the chili tomorrow, here's a tried and true recipe for you. But don't take my word, take Jacques Pepin's because this is actually *his* recipe! Chili con Carne with Lettuce and Cheese is featured...

cucina testa rossa tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345343c869e201676446d6d8970b 2012-03-27T06:26:51+02:00 2012-03-27T06:26:51+02:00

Our wonderful tradition continues! This year we cranked out five dozen eggs. I know the Easter Bunny will be proud when he hops on by this year. Here are step by step instructions, our past efforts, and the original inspiration....

cucina testa rossa tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345343c869e2014e8a451f95970d 2011-07-31T22:19:38+02:00 2011-08-01T04:07:54+02:00

...the Pawnshop kings that is! A last minute email from two of my favorite guys on the planet that they were coming to town was reason enough to drop everything, moving boxes be damned, and throw a dinner. I was...

cucina testa rossa tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345343c869e20147e3b78bb7970b 2011-04-04T04:05:19+02:00 2011-04-04T04:04:38+02:00

The most beautiful Easter eggs ever!

cucina testa rossa tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345343c869e20134866c0a76970c 2010-08-21T17:51:00+02:00 2010-08-24T07:03:52+02:00

La Traviata Truffles ~ grand marnier & orange zest For the past week I've been up to my elbows in chocolate and chocolate powder making 400 truffles for the SF Opera's Bravo! Club Kick-off Party at the Kim Vo Salon...

cucina testa rossa tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345343c869e20133f2392b77970b 2010-07-14T10:00:00+02:00 2010-07-14T10:00:00+02:00

cucina testa rossa tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345343c869e201347fb8fd99970c 2010-04-08T04:06:00+02:00 2010-08-06T07:51:44+02:00

what ever is in the fridge, goes in the frittata! today's bounty: sauteed zucchini, mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, potatoes, red peppers & shallots some crumbled goat cheese sprinkled in :) et voila! bon appetit! --------------------------------------------------------------

cucina testa rossa tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345343c869e201310fc663d6970c 2010-03-21T20:55:05+01:00 2010-03-21T21:03:18+01:00

Silk dyed Easter eggs Last year I stumbled on this incredible way to dye Easter eggs and it blows away the ol' PAAS box version. It's not for the faint of heart. It takes a while and at least one...

cucina testa rossa tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345343c869e20120a6b483be970b 2009-11-19T05:32:00+01:00 2009-11-19T05:31:14+01:00

Red grape clusters dangling from cafes, wine shops, and awnings across France, a sure sign that it's Beaujolais Nouveau time again. The ubiquitous Georges Deboeuf label and Cafe de la Comedie at the Louvre/Place Colette. Thursday, November 19, the third...

cucina testa rossa tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345343c869e20120a5840ca7970c 2009-08-28T17:51:00+02:00 2009-08-30T06:33:20+02:00

You say tomahto, I say tomayto, roasted heirloom tomato soup that is! Yes, more tomato stories! Sorry, please indulge me here... I am going heirloom tomato crazy these days. The tomatoes are so gorgeous right now, I can't pass a...

cucina testa rossa tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345343c869e20120a56c4a49970c 2009-08-24T04:51:00+02:00 2009-08-24T05:43:21+02:00

Last week, I had the honor of guest chefing at Canelé, a jewel of a restaurant that shines on a nondescript street in Atwater Village next to Silverlake and Los Feliz in LA. Corina Weibel, a former commodities trader in...

cucina testa rossa tag:typepad.com,2003:post-68130975 2009-06-15T19:43:58+02:00 2009-06-15T20:00:00+02:00

Every year on the summer solstice, the entire country of France is illuminated with music. Created in 1982, this celebration honors anyone and everyone with a love of music and a shred of musical talent. Everyone takes to the streets,...

cucina testa rossa tag:typepad.com,2003:post-67739357 2009-06-07T01:14:44+02:00 2009-06-07T01:14:44+02:00

At the Napa Valley Wine Auction at the Mondavi Winery... lots of wine and lots of food!

cucina testa rossa tag:typepad.com,2003:post-67737697 2009-06-07T01:06:14+02:00 2009-06-07T01:09:52+02:00

I was in Mill Valley last weekend checking out Tyler Florence's new shop when our stomachs started growling. My friend E suggested we check out the cupcake shop around the corner. Now I don't have much of a sweet tooth,...

cucina testa rossa tag:typepad.com,2003:post-67634735 2009-06-04T19:11:30+02:00 2009-06-07T02:46:11+02:00

As a quick follow up to my previous Black Bean Soup post a while ago, I made this the other evening and this time, with no pine nuts on hand, I sauteed about eight 1/4" banana slices til golden brown...

cucina testa rossa tag:typepad.com,2003:post-63363781 2009-02-28T17:24:48+01:00 2009-06-04T18:16:42+02:00

A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who clicked, watched, rated, commented - I appreciate it so much but I didn't get selected for the show. I'm pretty bummed but it was really fun to do and I got back in...

cucina testa rossa tag:typepad.com,2003:post-62209192 2009-02-01T04:08:42+01:00 2009-06-07T01:22:16+02:00

Sorry I've been MIA, it's so much easier to pop a note on my facebook than format pics, try to formulate complete sentences, use proper grammar, etc. Yes, officially lazy but I have a few minutes before I head over...

cucina testa rossa tag:typepad.com,2003:post-59271614 2008-11-30T13:54:00+01:00 2008-11-30T13:54:00+01:00

or Fridge-wich if you want to get clever...just don't call it a "sammie" pleeeze! I can't take credit however. I absconded the name from none other than the inimitable Jacques Pépin. On his current show More Fast Food My Way,...

cucina testa rossa tag:typepad.com,2003:post-59147914 2008-11-26T19:28:00+01:00 2008-11-26T19:28:00+01:00

May your stuffing be tasty May your turkey plump, May your potatoes and gravy Have never a lump. May your yams be delicious And your pies take the prize, And may your Thanksgiving dinner Stay off your thighs! Amen to...

cucina testa rossa tag:typepad.com,2003:post-59006102 2008-11-25T05:45:56+01:00 2009-06-04T18:39:13+02:00

You'd think a professionally trained French cook wouldn't have to agonize over what to cook for dinner?! Au contraire mon frere. I do it every night. I open the fridge. Then I open the freezer. Then I open the cupboards....

cucina testa rossa tag:typepad.com,2003:post-59005822 2008-11-25T05:26:23+01:00 2008-11-25T05:26:23+01:00

My kitchen counter strewn with stacks of magazines and cookbooks that haunt me every time I walk by them. Now I know I could simply look at the post just below this one for a plethora of great Thanksgiving meal...

cucina testa rossa tag:typepad.com,2003:post-58911376 2008-11-22T20:09:47+01:00 2008-11-22T20:09:47+01:00

Hey Everyone - My apologies for once again taking the lazy route this year but haven't been able to get my act together. Quelle surprise! So yes, I am committing that heinous act of re-gifting. Now before you judge me...

cucina testa rossa tag:typepad.com,2003:post-55266238 2008-09-07T22:40:58+02:00 2009-03-02T06:30:49+01:00

Indian Summer indeed! Global warming is alive and well when it's pushing 100 degrees in San Francisco in September. Not wanting to make anything that involved getting near a stove, I called my friends J & J and asked if...

cucina testa rossa tag:typepad.com,2003:post-55266806 2008-09-06T22:54:00+02:00 2008-09-06T22:54:00+02:00

Woof!

cucina testa rossa tag:typepad.com,2003:post-44582216 2008-01-22T09:00:00+01:00 2008-01-22T09:00:00+01:00

I could have saved $40,000 and 6 months, endless cuts and burns, bad hair days, bruised egos, fashion disasters, gas that could peel the paint off the side of a barn, and having cats follow me home because I smelled...

cucina testa rossa tag:typepad.com,2003:post-43946004 2008-01-05T07:11:00+01:00 2008-01-05T07:11:00+01:00

Champs Elysees and the Arc de Triomphe ~ Paris, December 2007 Copied from an email I sent my flatmates in Paris a few days after arriving back in San Francisco.... "...I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever fly through Washington...

cucina testa rossa tag:typepad.com,2003:post-43946262 2007-12-29T19:22:00+01:00 2007-12-29T19:22:00+01:00

Santa taking a different route into a home in Orange, France near Avignon.

cucina testa rossa tag:typepad.com,2003:post-43946134 2007-12-23T23:10:00+01:00 2007-12-23T23:10:00+01:00

Hotel Plaza Athenee ~ Paris, December 2007

cucina testa rossa tag:typepad.com,2003:post-42325024 2007-12-02T22:43:42+01:00 2007-12-02T22:43:42+01:00

29 years later! When I told people I was going to my 8th grade reunion, they looked at me like I was crazy but there was no way I was going to miss it. Two friends (above) who were boarding...

cucina testa rossa tag:typepad.com,2003:post-41782508 2007-11-20T05:19:07+01:00 2007-11-20T05:19:07+01:00

don't watch this while eating thanksgiving dinner or you'll have cranberry coming out your nose :)

cucina testa rossa tag:typepad.com,2003:post-41697762 2007-11-17T23:00:31+01:00 2009-03-02T06:41:31+01:00

Hi Everyone! Grab your apron (or cocktail as the case may be!) and let's get cooking! Putting together a menu is always the hardest part for me - I struggle and agonize and moan and questions my existence - so...

cucina testa rossa tag:typepad.com,2003:post-41696670 2007-11-17T22:30:03+01:00 2007-11-17T22:30:03+01:00

May your stuffing be tasty May your turkey plump, May your potatoes and gravy Have never a lump. May your yams be delicious And your pies take the prize, And may your Thanksgiving dinner Stay off your thighs!

cucina testa rossa tag:typepad.com,2003:post-33359662 2007-04-26T19:58:09+02:00 2007-04-26T19:58:09+02:00

I was stunned to see an email in my inbox that read: "You are an Indie Excellence Book Award Finalist!" Spam most likely was my first thought. Then....yikes! Moi? My humble little livre (book), My Keyboard for a Cutting Board...

cucina testa rossa tag:typepad.com,2003:post-32904664 2007-04-14T21:43:20+02:00 2007-04-14T21:43:20+02:00

Hi Everyone! Thank you all for being so patient with me the past few months. I had emergency surgery so have been out of touch for a while but am recovering well, in spite of a setback here and there,...

cucina testa rossa tag:typepad.com,2003:post-31702768 2007-03-16T05:38:36+01:00 2007-03-16T05:38:36+01:00

This is one place I don't mind getting lost! Every turn you take is more beautiful than the next with the cherry trees in full bloom and brilliant sun searing the sky azure blue. (Click on the picture to enlarge...

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