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Posts tagged “French”

Recipe Review: Baguettes from Local Breads by Daniel Leader

We had a free afternoon this past weekend and thought we'd try out the baguette recipe from Local Breads, Daniel Leader's latest book on bread baking. Leader says that he didn't include this recipe i...

French Table Treasures from The Blissful

The post below from Kristin made us sigh for French flea market treasures. It would be so nice to roam French flea markets and find small treasures to make our kitchens more beautiful. Fortunately for...

Cooking By Feel: French Ingredients and Flavors

French cuisine is perhaps the one kind of cooking where almost all of us feel uncomfortable off-roading it without a recipe. Julia Child, Jacques Pepin and other chefs of the last fifty years have pu...

Word of Mouth: Mirepoix

Mirepoix (mirh-pwah) noun. In French cooking, a mix of carrots, onions, and celery, usually finely diced, and used as the seasoning base for a meat dish or sauce. A mirepoix is often the only season...